June 2011
11 posts
The Book Lady: In which I respond to That... →
bookladysblog:
The interweb was all atwitter yesterday about an “article,” (and I use the term loosely) that denigrated Book Expo, publishers, the state of literature, and book bloggers in an impressive feat of unfounded ridiculousness. It took 24 hours for my comment to make it through moderation, and then…
A Response to Daniela Hurezanu's Article
Book Expo’s Sorry Turn
I deliberated as to whether or not to respond to Daniela Hurezanu’s article. It really doesn’t deserve the dignity of a response; but I couldn’t resist. I commented. Or at least I tried to. Unfortunately the site was “unable to receive my comment at this time” and it just returns me to the article with a new validation question. Maybe the...
Disqus Test
I just installed the Disqus comments system to this tumblr blog. This is a test to see if the HTML lines automatically integrated into the code or if I need to embed the code myself.
Audiobook Week: Audiobook Resources
Learning about great audiobook titles is part of my job! Every month, I familiarize myself with the Blackstone Audio’s catalogs and assign titles to listener advisory services (i.e. reviewers.) Some LASs have very general qualifications while others, like bloggers, have very specific tastes. In this way, I often come across titles that I think I might be interested in for myself! For...
Audiobook Week: Audiobooks for the Uninitiated
Years ago, I went to visit an actress friend of mine. All over her apartment, there were little sticky notes with the lines she was trying to memorize for a play. The Post-It notes were stuck on door jambs, mirrors, the refrigerator… I asked her what was up and she replied that it was a technique for learning her part. As she encountered the notes during the day, she would recite the lines...
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Audiobook Week: Current Audiobooks
Current/most recent audiobook:
I’m currently listening to Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? (the memoir from the lead singer of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler and David Dalton; narrated by Jeremy Davidson.) The ghostwriting and the narrator temper the free-form/stream-of-consciousness scat of Steven Tyler; but the spirit of the book, of the singer, come through. Not for the prudish,...
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Audiobook Week: Sound Effects and Multiple...
Sound effects and multiple narrators in dialogue definitely have their place: in audio drama. In an audio drama, the story is presented in play form. There is dialogue and foley and, all this meets the listeners expectations. Some great examples are The Importance of Being Ernest (by Oscar Wilde; performed by a full cast starring James Marsters,) The Maltese Falcon (by Dashiell Hammett; performed...
Shaken, Not Stirred: James Bond in Audio / Video
bethfishreads:
I like James Bond, I like movies, I like audiobooks. That means I like this fun readalong, listenalong, viewalong event with Jennifer from the Literate Housewife.
To join the Shaken, Not Stirred event, see the details in the announcement post or on the event’s blog. I’m not sure how many of these I will get around to doing, but I love the idea and hope to participate at least...
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2010-2011, My Audiobook Year
I’ve been exploring my world through audiobooks for over sixteen years! It all started when the narrator, Grover Gardner, asked me to proof his work on Umberto Ecco’s Foucault’s Pendulum. Proofing an audiobook means to check the audio for misreads (both text deviations and egregious misinterpretations) and for noise anomalies. In addition, I also started monitoring at...
