http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/out-of-the-box/confessions-of-an-audiobook-addict/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/out-of-the-box/confessions-of-an-audiobook-addict/#comment-16268 Jeanette Larson Sat, 26 May 2012 17:19:31 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=11417#comment-16268 I haven't listened to this audiobook but wonder if the idea is that I don't have an accent when I "hear" myself in my head--straightforward narration--but do, obviously, when I speak. Too bad it was jarring to the point of distraction. (I also usually have two or three audiobooks going--one on my MP3 for when I walk, one in the car, and sometimes one I'm listening to with my husband.) I haven’t listened to this audiobook but wonder if the idea is that I don’t have an accent when I “hear” myself in my head–straightforward narration–but do, obviously, when I speak. Too bad it was jarring to the point of distraction. (I also usually have two or three audiobooks going–one on my MP3 for when I walk, one in the car, and sometimes one I’m listening to with my husband.)

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/out-of-the-box/confessions-of-an-audiobook-addict/#comment-16263 Elissa Gershowitz Thu, 24 May 2012 14:16:32 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=11417#comment-16263 Scenario one is how I felt about a certain Battle of the Kids' Books winner. The plot went on and on, but I was content to listen to that narrator voice the main character for as long as he was able. And... so what? Scenario one is how I felt about a certain Battle of the Kids’ Books winner. The plot went on and on, but I was content to listen to that narrator voice the main character for as long as he was able. And… so what?

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/out-of-the-box/confessions-of-an-audiobook-addict/#comment-16259 Marthe Jocelyn Thu, 24 May 2012 01:11:06 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=11417#comment-16259 oh yes oh yes! I am usually listening to two audio books at a time - one in the car & one while I walk. The very worst thing is a narrator who disappoints, and half the time it's because of an accent - feigned or wrong or unconvincing. The very best thing is a narrator who changes the book, tells a story wider and deeper than the one on the page. oh yes oh yes! I am usually listening to two audio books at a time – one in the car & one while I walk. The very worst thing is a narrator who disappoints, and half the time it’s because of an accent – feigned or wrong or unconvincing. The very best thing is a narrator who changes the book, tells a story wider and deeper than the one on the page.

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/out-of-the-box/confessions-of-an-audiobook-addict/#comment-16258 Jess Wed, 23 May 2012 23:53:49 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=11417#comment-16258 I feel the same way about audiobooks set in, say, France, where all the characters speak with French accents while allegedly speaking French. I understand it's a tricky call to make - speaking in an American or English accent might be equally disturbing. But it's the same jarring feeling - moving from unaccented narration to accented speech for the same character. I feel the same way about audiobooks set in, say, France, where all the characters speak with French accents while allegedly speaking French. I understand it’s a tricky call to make – speaking in an American or English accent might be equally disturbing. But it’s the same jarring feeling – moving from unaccented narration to accented speech for the same character.

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