Cheating....Books on cd.

[BAMSS04]

So I am one of those guys. I read regular Books as well, but I also like to get several books on CD a month.

For the trip down to Texas I have:

A Farwell To Arms
The Sun Also Rises
The Old Man and the Sea
Gettysburg : The Anthology


Anyone else got any good audio books that they loved to " read."

-Brian-

[JK]

I've always wanted to try one but never did- I've often wondered what Stephen King audio books would sound like.

I'm sure somebody has some suggestions.

[FanGirl]

"Bag of Bones" by Stephen King is also read by Stephen King. It's awesome and about a writer so it totally fits. Unabridged.

"The Girl WHo Loved Tom Gordon" by Stephen King read by Anne Heche. Excellent. Unabridged.

All the Harry Potter Unabridged are read by Jim Dale and so totally rock.

But my favorite which is sadly abridged is "World War Z" by Max Brooks and read by several actors including Carl and Rob Reiner, Mark Hamill, Henry Rollins, Alan Alda, John Turrturro and a bunch of other people you'd recognize.

[Cuclean]

The only one I've read/heard was The Client when I was a kid and that's after reading the book. It's an interesting way to do it, especially if you've got the time.

[Antonio_Bay]

But my favorite which is sadly abridged is "World War Z" by Max Brooks and read by several actors including Carl and Rob Reiner, Mark Hamill, Henry Rollins, Alan Alda, John Turrturro and a bunch of other people you'd recognize.

I left it a little late this year to find my brother an audio copy of this. I couldn't find a copy anyway down my high street.

I might try one - stick it on the Ipod perhaps - one of those really long King books; IT or The Stand. Maybe the Dark Towers is they've been recorded yet.

[Cuclean]

Maybe the Dark Towers is they've been recorded yet.

They do exist. They're on Amazon. You won't regret starting that saga I can promise you.

[Antonio_Bay]

I'm halfway through reading the first one, but I've seen the other volumes in stores, and well, listening seems easier then reading - waaaay too many pages there for my liking. :p

[BAMSS04]

I've always wanted to try one but never did- I've often wondered what Stephen King audio books would sound like.

I'm sure somebody has some suggestions.

Last year I listened to Dreamcatcher....Very well read.

The thing I always love about listening to books is how differant other people read the pages compared to how it sounds in your head. The right actor with the right inflection can make even the most boring books seem exciting.

[karmattack]

All the Harry Potter Unabridged are read by Jim Dale and so totally rock. I haven't listened to much of the Jim Dale version of the Harry Potter books. I listened to Stephen Fry's version, which I loved.

As far as The Dark Tower, I'm not crazy about the audio books. I own and have read all the books, and decided to go back and revisit them and dig more out of them via the audio books. I don't know if I'm distracted by the fact that the reading duties are basically split between George Guidall and Frank Muller, or if I've just grown away from the books. The more I think about it, the more I'm disappointed with the way the series turned out. I'll need a serious revelation to ever love these books again. The first two will always be amazing though.

Right now, I'm listening to "The Universe in a Single Atom" by the Dalai Lama and read by Richard Gere. It's an interesting bridge between science and buddhism.

If you like Stephen Colbert, I highly recommend the audio version of "I Am America and So Can You."

[BAMSS04]

Just finishes :

A Farwell To Arms
The Sun Also Rises
The Old Man and the Sea

Not bad at all, they were very well read. I have more than a few issues with the books themselves, but as with all Earnest Hemingway novels it is best to just accept them.

[Shäne]

I find that listening to books by comedians is better because they know the delivery of the jokes and you don't. The last one I "read" was Nothing's Sacred by Lewis Black