Comments on: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (audio)

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:51:08 +0000

Har-rieeeeeee, you don’t like the way Jim Dale says your naaaaaaaaame?
(Actually I thought that was really annoying, too.)
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By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:40:29 +0000

I'm not a huge crier, but I'm a lot more likely to cry during audiobooks, since the narration is always slower than my internal reading speed, so the sad bits linger longer, whereas when I'm reading, I can just zip past the tear-jerking parts. Of course, the voice acting has a big part to do with that, too - Prisoner of Azkaban didn't make me cry in book form, but the audio, when he's so convinced he's seen his dad conjure a Patronus? Big weepy mess. And don't even get me started on the audio versions of the His Dark Materials books... .-= Fyrefly´s last blog ..Andrea Barrett – Ship Fever: Stories =-.

By: Shona

Shona — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:59:13 +0000

I had checked out Jim Dale’s reading of HP from my library but was very soon put off by the voice just about half way through book 1. Then I came across Stephen Fry’s reading and got hooked on to it so much that I went and bought the set. The voice modulations are so very good .You should try out that and if not all atleast the last book.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:36:21 +0000

I went to the library and got my card this weekend specifically to check out the first of the HP audios. You know what happened? They didn’t have it! LOL

So I’ll have to wait until they do because I keep hearing such wonderful things about them.

By: Beth F

Beth F — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:55:21 +0000

I MUST get started on these audios….

By: Amy @ My Friend Amy

Amy @ My Friend Amy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:25:47 +0000

And of course Jim Dale was the narrator on my dearly departed Pushing Daisies. Which was the reason I thought I might try listening to these. and maybe A Christmas Carol as well!

By: Carrie K.

Carrie K. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:24:40 +0000

I did that once – skipped a disc – disc 36 of Drums of Autumn – and it had been so long since I read it that I had to put my name back on the hold list at the library and wait a couple of months to finish it!

The kids and I are about halfway through Chamber of Secrets. We only listen in the car, though, and have had less listening time the past few weeks. I may have to bring them in from the van for some pre-bedtime listening.
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By: Nan

Nan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:22:48 +0000

I’m listening to book 1 of Harry Potter right now and I’m loving it! I’ve had trouble in the past when I’ve listened to audio books, but I love Jim Dale’s reading of this book. I started it on Saturday and I’m already on disk 3!
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By: devourerofbooks

devourerofbooks — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:06:54 +0000

You may catch up with me, because I have to insert a couple of other audio books before I’m able to get to Order of the Phoenix.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:32 +0000

I think you are about a book ahead of me. The kids and I are five discs into this one. We are totally addicted to Jim Dale’s narration. It seems that after the third book, innocence slowly seeps out, and the story becomes so dark. I love it, but at the same time, I was so sad when we finished Azkaban.
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