Carol's Notebook

Today is the fifth day of We’re Listening: Audiobook Week 2013. Hosted for the fourth year by Jen at Devourer of Books, Audiobook Week runs June 17–21. It’s a fun way to find audiobook reviewers and see what everyone’s listening to. Today's prompt is about sharing our secrets - it's a shame I don't have any. Where do you learn about great audiobook titles? Buy your audiobooks? Share your secrets with the rest of us! We’d particularly love to know what narrators or publishers are active in social media or do a great job communicating with listeners. The Audiobook Jukebox is a great resource for finding good audiobook titles. I've also gotten a few recently thanks to the reviewer program. I only get downloads, never CDs. I don't buy audiobooks- I'm cheap. I don't even have an audible subscription. What I do is search through my library's on-line selection. I pick up anything new I find that I think I'd enjoy. Unfortunately my library's choices are a little limited. And...

Today is the fourth day of We’re Listening: Audiobook Week 2013. Hosted for the fourth year by Jen at Devourer of Books, Audiobook Week runs June 17–21. It’s a fun way to find audiobook reviewers and see what everyone’s listening to. Today's prompt is about what we do while we listen. What do you do while you listen? Any particular tasks or games that you find amazing for audio time? I guess maybe I approach this a little different. For me it's more like what do I have to do that I make a little better, easier, more enjoyable if I listen to an audio book while I'm doing it. I don't play games while I listen, I find I can't concentrate on the book. I also don't watch tv. I don't listen in the car for a couple of reasons: most of my drives are less than ten minutes long and my books are on my MP3 player which can't plug into my...

Today is the third day of We’re Listening: Audiobook Week 2013. Hosted for the fourth year by Jen at Devourer of Books, Audiobook Week runs June 17–21. It’s a fun way to find audiobook reviewers and see what everyone’s listening to. Today's post is a quick, middle of the week meme. Current/most recent audiobook: Dragons at the Party  by John Cleary, read by Shaun Grindell Impressions: This is a new series for me, although this one was first published in 1988. The mystery itself is interesting, although I'm not necessarily thrilled with one of the characters, but thankfully I think this is probably his only appearance in the series. Grindell does a good job, disappearing for me if that makes sense. He fits the story and the characters. Current/most recent favorite audiobook: A recent favorite audiobook is Frank Sinatra in a Blender by Matthew McBride, read by Keith Szarabajka. Violent and funny.  Favorite narrator you’ve discovered recently: I don't really notice narrators for the most part. If I do...

Today is the second day of We’re Listening: Audiobook Week 2013. Hosted for the fourth year by Jen at Devourer of Books, Audiobook Week runs June 17–21. It’s a fun way to find audiobook reviewers and see what everyone’s listening to. Today's prompt is about how we choose our audiobooks. How do you decide what you’ll listen to? Do you mostly listen, or split time between listening and reading? Particularly if you split time, how do you decide what you’ll consume in audio and what in print? I mentioned yesterday that I tend to listen to mainly mysteries with the occasional romance thrown in. I need things that are light, that don't take too much though, since I'm usually doing something else while listening and I can't focus on too much detail or overly complicated plots. Lots of characters can get a little confusing too. For the most part, I choose from what's available at my library, but lately I've received a...