http://www.thisgreatsociety.com/blog/3186/audiobook-love Brought to you by the good people at This Great Society Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.thisgreatsociety.com/blog/3186/audiobook-love#comment-1828 Linette Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:15:59 +0000 http://www.thisgreatsociety.com/blog/?p=3186#comment-1828 Thanks for the link, Thomas! This site looks pretty great. And Joel, I really need to get on listening to or at least reading some Sloane Crosley. Thanks for the link, Thomas! This site looks pretty great.
And Joel, I really need to get on listening to or at least reading some Sloane Crosley.

]]> http://www.thisgreatsociety.com/blog/3186/audiobook-love#comment-1821 thomas Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:33:30 +0000 http://www.thisgreatsociety.com/blog/?p=3186#comment-1821 For free audio you can check out www.librivox.org - they only have recordings of works that are in the public domain, and they are read by volunteers, so the quality varies, but hey, they're free - I think they have most of the Sherlock Holmes stories, which have gotten me through a number of dreary days at work. For free audio you can check out http://www.librivox.org – they only have recordings of works that are in the public domain, and they are read by volunteers, so the quality varies, but hey, they’re free – I think they have most of the Sherlock Holmes stories, which have gotten me through a number of dreary days at work.

]]> http://www.thisgreatsociety.com/blog/3186/audiobook-love#comment-1819 Joel Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:12:54 +0000 http://www.thisgreatsociety.com/blog/?p=3186#comment-1819 It definitely takes the right book to work in the audio form. Two of my favourite audiobooks are actually topical essays by Sloane Crosley (I Was Told There'd Be Cake) and Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs). Oh and anything by Malcolm Gladwell. Actually, now that I think of it, I'm not sure if I've successfully listened to any novels "on tape." It definitely takes the right book to work in the audio form. Two of my favourite audiobooks are actually topical essays by Sloane Crosley (I Was Told There’d Be Cake) and Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs). Oh and anything by Malcolm Gladwell. Actually, now that I think of it, I’m not sure if I’ve successfully listened to any novels “on tape.”

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