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This narrator nails it! One of the best I've heard

Revisado: 07-28-16

Where does Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is one of my favorites so far, educationally speaking. I want to use my space in each box simply to stress what a wonderful, intelligent, conversation and clear speaker the narrator was. He was clearly doing more than just reading a carefully planned lecture. He often spontaneously clarified or added information, always useful and interesting, often funny in a low-key manner. He's outstanding.

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This is one of my favorites so far, educationally speaking. I want to use my space in each box simply to stress what a wonderful, intelligent, conversation and clear speaker the narrator was. He was clearly doing more than just reading a carefully planned lecture. He often spontaneously clarified or added information, always useful and interesting, often funny in a low-key manner. He's outstanding.

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Outrageously Original

Revisado: 03-23-16

What did you love best about Cow Country?

This is a book for those who really can relish stream after stream of good sentences. It is filled with cultural satire that spares nobody and it contains a fun story that elicits a fair share of intrigue and sympathies. But it is the prose styling that kept flooring me page by page with this one. The sentences range from the highly complex to the short and simply funny. Most of them are brilliant combinations of everything in between. Know thyself and enjoy this book. What a fun surprise.

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I'm very picky when it comes to how books are read, so much so that I typically wince my way through even my favorite narrators. These two readers are very strong.

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Fun! But there is NO REASON TO LIFT YOUR VOICE!!!

Revisado: 04-07-14

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I had a lot of fun with this. But I wish male performances realized they don't need to artifically make their voices higher when speaking the female parts. It flattens their performance.

What three words best describe Ray Porter’s performance?

He GREAT except for his tendency to lift voice to high for females. He's far from the worst at this.

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Respectable, interesting and yet...

Revisado: 04-07-14

What did you like best about A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain? What did you like least?

For me the best part was the setting and how it was presented. I felt the hills and mountains and old roads and folkies.

The story felt like it never fully came together, sometimes worked too hard. But it is good writing and many wonderfully presented moments and arcs.

Would you recommend A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain to your friends? Why or why not?

I guess I would if I knew the right person, but I would have trouble recommending the audio book.

How could the performance have been better?

In most ways this was an excellent reading, however Dan John Miller is yet another male reader who feels compelled to lift his voice up unnaturally high for EVERY female character who speaks, rendering the women flat and uninteresting, all filled to the brim with the stereotypical "weaker" tendencies supposedly demonstrated by women. I cringed each time he did dialog with women characters; suddenly it went from being a story to a cartoon. Which is too bad because he is a talented performer and was able to get across much nuance in the men characters. Performers need to realize that if they hardly alter their voices, we can follow it and it will serve the story telling.

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Fascinating Stories, Brilliantly Read

Revisado: 02-11-13

Would you consider the audio edition of Tenth of December to be better than the print version?

I would never be able to answer this question, but I can say this: George Saunders reads his own book in the way that I always wish authors could do. I'm not sure even my favorite actors could have spoken from inside these characters in this hilarious and poignant manner.

What does George Saunders bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

George Saunders reads his own book in the way that I always wish authors could do. I'm not sure even my favorite actors could have spoken from inside these characters in this hilarious and poignant manner.

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