@theappletree I'm a complete fangirl, so my opinion is not to be trusted. But a few others in the thread are enthusiastic about these readings too, so I think it's a safe recommendation objectively too

@dbsalk Heartfelt agreement. I think most authors should never read their own writing to others. Narrating an audiobook is a different skill that few writers have. As the New Yorker's The Writer's Voice often proves. Good to know Mara Wilson is one of the exceptions. Roddy Doyle and Louise Erdrich are too. And Thomas Korsgaard and Lauren Groff, if memory serves.

@beep @awfulwoman Me too

There should be a Nobel Prize in Audiobook Narration and it should be awarded to Indira Varma. Birgit Nilsson singing Wagner. Enrico Caruso singing Puccini. Indira Varma reading Pratchett. A perfect collaboration. Her interpretations of the characters are spot-on and hilarious. Their mannerisms and accents are like the cure for a bad day. Nothing more joyful than hearing a Varma-acted argument between Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick.

#Audiobooks #Discworld
#Books #Bookstodon

@willsigg Welcome to the neighbourhood!

@willsigg @benroyce Your speech was magnificent. Thank you for standing up and speaking out and taking action.

@AgatheBleibtDaheim Morgen Tak i lige måde. And yes, how lovely to have some good political news for once. I am sending the good people of Hungary many grateful and good thoughts today.

@martinodder Tak i lige måde

@kkdk Mange tak Og i lige måde

@lykkebrammer Det var sødt sagt - mange tak I hope you have a lovely week too

@CazimodoCreative God morgen

@RalphBassfeld Thank you, and the same to you

Monday has just walked in. Without so much as a by your leave. Glædelig mandag. Here's a postcard from ⁨#Aarhus⁩, just to wish you a good, calm week.

That time I realised I was somewhere near Fediverse HQ. I like the fact that Mastodon is human-sized, but sometimes wish it were more universally well-known because it was too complicated to explain why I made everyone stop so I could take a photo of the signs.

@CarstenBoll @jeppe Enig, med jer begge. Det er helt vildt.

@thebaywindowgirl

@gary_bbgames Wonderful. All of it - the result, and that you made this, and that you made it for your dad, and that your dad can use it to continue enjoying his audiobooks under his own control.

@Ksushis The dragons are fantastic. Your work is fantastic.

@folfdk @Tryllesokker Det var jeg lige på vej til at sige også. Dejligt med en glad historie fra hverdagen.

@juliette Great idea, and good luck!