![]() ![]() It was my first exposure to Frank Muller and his performance of this novel is what propelled it from “Pretty Good” to “Holy Crap This Was Amazing!”. I scored my copy years ago and I’ve listened to it more times than I care to admit (Hint: It’s over 10). This book gets the Super Bonus Category because it’s no longer being made. The movie version will be coming out soon, so I recommend you check out the audio book before it does. She gives the perfect amount of whimsy to Melanie’s voice and just the right sinister edge to what happens as the story progresses. Finty Williams’ performance is wonderful. This novel beat Dämoren for Best Paranormal Audie Award, so it had one strike against it when I began it. I will confess I may have a teeny-tiny bit of bias because Bray performs my own books, but that still doesn’t change a damned thing when it comes to how great this audio book is. Bray’s performance made Watney feel like a real guy. Damon did a fine job, but to me he felt like Matt Damon surviving on Mars. I honestly prefer his version of stranded astronaut Mark Watney over Matt Damon’s movie performance. Bray deserves every single bit of praise that he’s received for it. There isn’t much that can be said about this book that hasn’t been said already. Horror fans should definitely give it a listen. His character voices and accents were masterfully done and The Lesser Dead has been my absolute favorite book I’ve read in 2016 so-far. Authors might be able to craft a brilliant story, but an audio book requires a brilliant performer. Now, normally I’m not a big fan of author-read books. The audio book was performed by the author. It’s scary, dark, and incredibly entertaining. Set in 1970’s New York, The Lesser Dead is a beautifully written vampire novel. He was the perfect choice for this book and Wheaton nails this performance so well that I could never imagine anyone doing a finer job than he did. And who did they get to perform it? Wil “Nerd Lord” Wheaton. It’s the ultimate ode to nerd and 80’s pop-culture. This is one of those cases where a narrator took a great book and made it even better. It’s amazing and Michael Page does a fantastic job performing all the characters and accents. I wrote an entire blog post about how much I love this book. Lies of Locke Lamora has had some beautiful covers, but the audio edition looks like it was designed by Timmy over in Accounting. Great stuff.įirst, I have no idea what’s up with that cover. One fun feature to the audio book is an introduction read by Thomas Harris where he tells a story of meeting the doctor that inspired Hannibal Lecter. ![]() I can never ever praise Muller enough for his voice and timing, and the novel itself is brilliant. When I saw that Frank Muller (my absolute favorite narrator) had performed it, it was instantly in my Audible shopping cart. I’d seen the film version of this story countless times and was interested in checking out the original book. Because it’s so short, it has also become one of those old stand-by books I save for when I need something to hold me over for just a couple hours. ![]() It’s an extremely short listen, but really packs a punch. Jeffrey Kafer nails the performance and I especially loved the effect they added to the cenobites’ voices. After a Hellraiser marathon, I decided to revisit the original story and picked up the audio edition. This is another one that I had read years before I tried out the audio book. Mark Hamill’s performance is my favorite. This does disappoint me, but the audio book is still amazing and it’s often the first one I recommend to anyone wanting a great listen. It’s a dramatic improvement, however, while the additional stories are unabridged, the small abridgments that were made to the stories that were in the original recording are still there. When the movie came out, it was decided that they would release a full-length version with all of the missing stories (this is the only positive thing I will ever state about the movie). The version that I originally listened to (many times) was made in the time just before streaming and MP3 downloads made abridged audio books a thing of the past. The only gripe I have about the book is that it is abridged. It features a spectacular cast including Alan Alda, Mark Hamill, Henry Rollins, and many, many more. After hearing about the audio version, I gave it a shot and it did not disappoint. I was fortunate enough to have read this book right when it was released and I instantly fell in love with it. So here’s a list of my most regularly recommended audio books and why. ![]() Audio books are the fastest growing market and frequently I’m asked which ones I’d recommend. Listening to a book has become my standard entertainment while driving or working on some simple task that would prevent normal reading or watching something. As I’ve said many times before, I’m an audio book addict. ![]()
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