Anyone else listen to audiobooks?

[Eoraptor1]

I've pretty much given up on radio. Unless there's a game on, I rarely listen to anything besides Science Fridays on NPR. Lately, I've been listening to audiobooks while driving. I just took Moneyball back to the library last week; very interesting book; among other things it provides an understandable definition of derivatives. Right now, I'm listening to The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson, and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith. Does anyone else here choose audiobooks over radio? If so, what are you listening to now?

JAMES

[Pigwiggen]

Without fail I listen nightly, having turned in, to something on my iPod. I've been through all the Patrick O'Brian books, and am now working my way through some American detective yarns. Recently I caught the biography of John Adams. Excellent.
Wouldn't be without it. Much of what I listen to also comes from the BBC here in the UK.....plays, stories, reports etc.
Glad that you enjoy yours.

[rvn817j]

I have listened to audio books for a number of years now via a service called Audible. They have gotten very good at supporting their audio book selection on 100 or so different types of devices form mp3 players to "Ipaqs" to computers. You can stream to devices or have the audio book file loaded on the device.

I have the highest level service for about $23.00 per month, but it allows you to get 2 books per month and build up credits for 6 months before you have to reduce credits or lose the credit. The selection of books is massive. It is quite good if you enjoy listening or are required to listen versus read.

[Eoraptor1]

Without fail I listen nightly, having turned in, to something on my iPod. I've been through all the Patrick O'Brian books, and am now working my way through some American detective yarns. Recently I caught the biography of John Adams. Excellent.
Wouldn't be without it. Much of what I listen to also comes from the BBC here in the UK.....plays, stories, reports etc.
Glad that you enjoy yours.

I'm more a Richard Sharpe man than Lucky Jack, but Mr. Sharpe does manage to wind up at Trafalgar as well as Waterloo. I listened to John Adams on audio a few years back while I was painting the house for my mother; I agree, excellent book. I also liked the HBO series, especially Laura Linney's performance as Abigail Adams. It's hard for me to watch that final episode where she dies...

JAMES

[Sascha66]

Without fail I listen nightly, having turned in, to something on my iPod. I've been through all the Patrick O'Brian books, and am now working my way through some American detective yarns. Recently I caught the biography of John Adams. Excellent.
Wouldn't be without it. Much of what I listen to also comes from the BBC here in the UK.....plays, stories, reports etc.
Glad that you enjoy yours.

Patrick O'Brian - one of my all time favourite authors. I have read all his books several times - maybe I should try the audio version!

[TeaSea]

Oh, big audio books fan here...I get them from our library and since I have a 45 min commute, it really helps to pass the time. Currently I'm listening to "The Shot" by Phillip Kerr. Kerr is writer of a great noir series featuring Bernie Guenther -- Berlin dick, Unwilling SS officer, and post war private dick/accused war criminal on the run.....

Kerr puts some great dialogue into Bernie's mouth:

“When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.”

“Looking round the room I found there were so many false eyelashes flapping at me that I was beginning to feel a draught.

"It is better to give and receive."

"Murders were a lot easier to catch before Hitler came to power... for one thing, they weren't so thick on the ground as they are now."

"I don't like it one bit. But I'm delighted to see it exhibited without any interference from people who know as little about art as I do... That's democracy, I guess."

"I used to take a satisfaction in protecting society. Now I wouldn't know where to start."

"Everyone was throwing money at me. A thousand marks here, A thousand marks there. I felt like an official in the Reich Ministry of Justice."

Interestingly, Kerr does not write these stories in order....so you have Bernie looking back to a part of the story that hasn't been written yet.


If you're going to listen to Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series, which I heartily recommend, get the versions read by Patrick Tull. He died in 2006, but he did narrate all the books before his passing on, and his voice characterizations are absolutely fantastic.

[Navy Chief]

Haven't listened to audiobooks for a while, but often do when I am on a road trip.

Mostly I listen to podcasts and music....

NC

[deKoven]

Anyone know if P.G. Wodehouse is represented in audio_books??? Or Dorothy L. Sayers, mebbie ??

"Jeeves, my man, a whiskey and soda if you please".

[rpjkw]

I haven't listened to audiobooks in 25+ years. I used to rent the cassettes at the library and listen to them on a long trip. What a wonderful way to pass the time! Next year when we're living in Florida, I plan to get the gear and listen to books on the boat I want (party barge) while fishing.

Bob

[stiz]

nuther audible user here, been working my way through the Julian Stockwin books, they dont have all of em unfortunatly so it can be a jumpy in the story (as they follow one person through a carrer). However if i'm doing something that requires thinking i tend to prefer music

[dogknot]

Listening to The Last Plainsmen by Zane Grey from a free streaming site. Also have an account with my local library for library2go. Im new to the audio books and am really liking it.

[Eoraptor1]

Anyone know if P.G. Wodehouse is represented in audio_books??? Or Dorothy L. Sayers, mebbie ??

"Jeeves, my man, a whiskey and soda if you please".

You might try THIS:
http://librivox.org/my-man-jeeves-by-p-g-wodehouse/


You might also try a search at your local public library's web page. Gas is so expensive I don't even go to mine anymore without searching for what I want on the internet first.

JAMES