GayR, I just read your request about Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle"...I've read it

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marilynfl

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Great book! Actually, I read it AND listened to it on CD...I'm in the car commuting more than I'm able to sit and read these days (years?).

The CD is a delight to listen to, as Barbara reads it herself, along with her husband reading the side notes and her daughter Camille doing the recipes. And the website has a lot of the links mentioned, but I'm getting a hard copy of the book for ease of reference. I had read the library's copy.

This book really made an impact on me.

http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.org/

 
I always listen to Books on CD during my commute

and when there is a great narration it makes all the difference in the world.
Some recent books I listened to that had great narration were:
"Fallen Angels" by Tracy Chevalier. Every character had it's own 'voice' - not one person doing all voices.

"The Water is Wide" by Pat Conroy

I know there are tons more...I'll have to think on it. Please share some that you have liked!

Thanks,
Debra

 
Funny story...I have a colleague that loves books on tape/CD. She was close to the end of her book

and really wanted to finish it. Unfortunately, she would arrive home sooner than the book was finished. So, she pulled into a building complex to finish listening to the book.

Turns out, that the building was a bank. She was there for a considerable amount of time. Employees/security ended up calling the police.

Here poor Olga...a fine, classy lady in her late 50s was being questioned by the police....Her accent came out so much as she was describing the details. I can only imagine how she did with the police!

Barb

 
Here are a few favorites of mine:

"Eat. Pray. Love." (read by author Elizabeth Gilbert)

"Treasure Island" (Brilliance Audio, 1993 version only)

"Crocodile on the Sandbank" (as read by Barbara Rosenblat ONLY, NOT the version found on Amazon read by Susan O'Malley. I have both and Susan does not even come close to Barbara's brilliant representation of Amelia Peabody, my hero.)

"Thirteenth Tale" (author is Diane Setterfield, unabridged version read by Bianca Amato and Jill Tanner)

"Secret Life of Bees"

This book was fascinating:
Title: A crack in the edge of the world : America and the great California earthquake of 1906 /
Author: Winchester, Simon. Date: 2006, c2005.

 
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