Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Listening to books...

Ok. Its been a few weeks since I last posted and I want to try to keep this blog updated on a semi-regular basis. So this short post is an update to what I've been doing lately. I've continued to study for my licensing exam and feel I'm much closer to being ready to take it. I'll be glad to get that over with. Jae and I continue to prep our house for the market, and I continue to play soccer on Sundays and play music with my band. One relatively new thing is that I've discovered that the local library has audiobooks for download. I've downloaded a few books and have been listening to them. I never thought I would like listening to books, prefering to read them, but I've found that I quite enjoy listening to the narration. This is partly due to the voice acting which makes it almost like a movie but inside your head. It makes me think of the time before T.V. when people would gather around the radio to hear a story program. I've listened to the first two books of the Prydain Chronicles, which includes the Black Cauldron. Unfortunately the library doesn't have a subscription to the last three books in the series which is a disappointment (audiobooks are expensive $20 compared to a $6 book). So if anyone has access to these audiobooks through their library please let me know. The other books I've been listening to are "His Dark Materials" by Phillip Pullman. There was recently a movie based upon the first book, 'the golden compass'. Needless to say the books are much better than the movie (same goes for the black cauldron). Anyway, that's what I've been up to lately. Well I have to get to work. Later.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Do you recommend the Pyridian Chronicles?

JSB said...

Hey Melissa. Yeah, someone other than my sister reads my blog!! If you are referring to the Prydain Chronicles. Yes I do. They are written for a Teen - Young Adult audience but written well enough that us "older" adults who like fantasy genre can enjoy them.