My Library Has the "Lemony Snicket" Series on Audio CD

[frazzledspice]

read by the author.

So far I've heard the first CD of "The Wide Window."

For those of you who like getting your daily dose of gloom in 15 minute commuting segments, I'd highly recommend it

[mtomm[$]]

I like that series.

[quasar]

Yep, all of the books are available on both casette and CD. I found them hard to deal with in audio. I much preferred reading them.

[frazzledspice]

I can understand that. The author has a very somber, gentle, soothing kind of voice. And when he gives his explanations he sounds like he's lecturing.

When I was listening to "The Wide Window" and the Lachrymose Leeches started rising up in the water, I thought, "Yuck!"

But I have listened to James Patterson and Philip Margolin on audio book while driving, and there are far more horrible incidents in them.

I really enjoy audio books. I think it comes with age. Once you need bi-focals or monovision contact lenses, reading is sometimes less enjoyable.

I still read a lot, but am happy to hear a gifted actor or actress do the work for me and give my nearsighted/farsighted/astigmatic eyes a rest.

[mtomm[$]]

I quite like audiobooks, too. I do find that whoever narrates can make a HUGE difference in my enjoyment of the book. I am not sure authors make the best narrators. Yet in some instances they can do justice to their books because they know how they meant it to "sound" to the reader when they wrote it.