I'm hoping that this thread could be for our little reviews and comments on books on tape, much like the What Book is Everybody Reading thread.
I listen mostly when I practice. Hearing a voice reading to me keeps me from getting too lonely.
There seem to be some differences between having a story read to you and reading it yourself. Pace is fixed at medium tempo when it's on tape. You can't skim or dwell. The personality, voice, and acting ability of the reader are really important.
Some things seem better when read aloud -- I'm thinking of _The Master and Margarita_.
Some things -- like Nietzsche -- just sort of wash over me when they're read aloud. I need to slow down with his work and read each sentence over several times.
I like Graham Greene, but the man reading _The Power and the Glory_ sounded like some priggish martinet neo-Nazi -- all clipped and sneering.
But the opposite has been true, too. I've enjoyed some Chuck Palahniuk that I would have found a little too blank on the page -- maybe partly because he deliberately writes with simple vocabulary and syntax.
One other random observation: When I think I'm multitasking, I'm really just missing huge chunks of what's being said. It's as if it never happened. So practicing while listening is only partly successful.
I listen mostly when I practice. Hearing a voice reading to me keeps me from getting too lonely.
There seem to be some differences between having a story read to you and reading it yourself. Pace is fixed at medium tempo when it's on tape. You can't skim or dwell. The personality, voice, and acting ability of the reader are really important.
Some things seem better when read aloud -- I'm thinking of _The Master and Margarita_.
Some things -- like Nietzsche -- just sort of wash over me when they're read aloud. I need to slow down with his work and read each sentence over several times.
I like Graham Greene, but the man reading _The Power and the Glory_ sounded like some priggish martinet neo-Nazi -- all clipped and sneering.
But the opposite has been true, too. I've enjoyed some Chuck Palahniuk that I would have found a little too blank on the page -- maybe partly because he deliberately writes with simple vocabulary and syntax.
One other random observation: When I think I'm multitasking, I'm really just missing huge chunks of what's being said. It's as if it never happened. So practicing while listening is only partly successful.
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