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Looking for good audio books

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80Lady

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So, I have a bit of an addiction to reading and unfortunately when I have a good book (and I usually am not without one) my other areas in my life suffer. The dished tend to not get done as fast, the laundry takes longer, etc. I'm terrible, I know. So, in a desperate attempt to be more responsible and accomplish more, I turned to audio books. It's great being able to pop in my earphones and go about my work while still enjoying a good book. The only drawback are the narrators. I hate when the women narrators try to sound like a man for the male characters and vice versa. It also bugs me when I feel like the narrator has "interpreted" a character wrong (like the tone used and such) which I know is really nit picky of me, but hey, I just thought I would list all of my complaints.:whistling:

I absolutely love the Harry Potter books and so naturally I bought those books on CD also. I have been totally and completely spoiled by Jim Dale's quality. I have listened to many other books on CD but I haven't found anyone who is able to read a book as beautifully.

So I am appealing to anyone who can help me out in finding some really good audio books with decent narration.
 
I used to listen to audio books a lot when my fiance and I lived on different sides of town and I would suggest Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It was excellently read and I really enjoyed listening to it. I don't know if you're a fan of Chuck Palaniuk, but I also really enjoyed listening to Diary. You may want to look into the plot of that one though because he tends to be a bit of an aquired taste.
 
Blackstone Audiobooks also has a great selection. I'm not allowed to post links yet because I'm new around here, so I'll describe the link instead.

1. Type this: Blackstoneaudio
2. At the end, add: dot com
3. At the beginning, add: 3 w's dot

I had to make it vague like that so the forum would accept my message. It actually took a lot of tries to get it to pass.

In any case, that should be enough. Most browsers these days stick the rest on automatically.

Have a good one,
 
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