Armchair Audies …Mystery Category…. And The Winner Is……
This year we really had a lot of different kinds of
Mysteries in this category, some I enjoyed others not so much. I will be going
back and listening to others in the Castillo series I really enjoyed that one
and will look for other books by Katherine McInerney. I wasn’t a big fan of
Malice or Providence Rag I thought both of these books dragged on and didn’t
keep me on the edge of my seat. I really enjoyed Missing You and had listened
to this before the nominees were announced and even predicted it was going to
be nominated (I said Solo Female Narration) but it was still nominated! The
Silkworm was a pretty good book but I think I should have read the first one
because I did feel I was missing out on some character development.
Kathleen McInerney’s
narration was really good she used a nice slight accent when she was voicing
the Amish people, her German accents were good and her male voices were fine
and her narration of Kate was very well done.
Hounded; by David Rosenfelt; Narrated by
Grover Gardner; Listen & Live Audio, Inc.
I listened to the last
book in this series last year and didn’t enjoy it much so I only listened to
some of this book. Grover Gardner’s narration is good I like his voice but
couldn’t get past not liking the book.
Malice; by Keigo
Higashino; Narrated by Jeff Woodman; Macmillan Audio
I usually enjoy Jeff
Woodman’s narrations but this one was different he has an odd accent that I
can’t place, this book is set in Japan but that isn’t the accent it has an
almost upper crust British feel to it but not all out British but it isn’t a
straight American accent either, but either way I can’t place it and it threw
me off. Also every one pretty much sounds the same, I never knew when it was
Detective Kaga or Nonguchi talking their voices sounded so similar. I think he
attempted to make one voice higher but that just confused me more because I
thought that was his lady voice.
January LaVoy’s
narration was very well done I liked that you always knew who was talking and
that everyone had a voice, I must mention though there are times some of her
male characters sound like cartoons but that was only a couple people so it was
easy to overlook. This is my second narration by January and I really enjoyed
both so I will seek out books where she is the narrator.
Providence Rag; by
Bruce DeSilva; Narrated by Jeff Woodman; Audible, Inc.
Jeff Woodman’s
narration was good although sometimes his women’s voices weren’t believable. I
thought his other accents and voices of men were well done. I have liked his
narration of other books so I will listen to him again.
The Silkworm; by Robert Galbraith; Narrated by Robert Glenister;
Hachette Audio
Robert Glenister’s
narration is very well done he does both male and female voices very well; he
also had a lot of different kinds English accents which were well done.
AND THE WINNER IS…….
January LaVoy for Missing You, I thought she was the perfect
choice for this book. I know Sleepless Reader and I disagree on this one and it
was a tough call between Glenister & LaVoy but none of the other books
brought out the emotion of the book the way January LaVoy did and for that
reason she is my winner.
Good Luck to all Nominees!
Maybe Glanister will win, at least we agree on him ;) Looking forward to seeing who the real winner will be. it was fun sharing the category with you!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that too! Yes it's been fun!
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