by LB | Jul 4, 2013 | Audiobooks, Commentary
On June 25 I blogged about audiobooks, and five days later, coincidentally enough, The New York Times had an unrelated feature on the subject. My thanks to Norman Haase, who called my attention to this letter in the Times: To the Editor: Re “Actors Today Don’t Just...
by LB | Jun 25, 2013 | Audiobooks, Books, Commentary
“For those used to listening to crime stories on audio, [Michael] Kelly’s take on [Stephen King’s] Joyland might be jarring. The narrators of Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder series, for example – Alan Sklar, William Roberts, Mark Hammer – explore every word...
by LB | Apr 24, 2013 | Audiobooks, Catch and Release, Matthew Scudder, Newsletter
This newsletter just went out to subscribers. The border, alas, does not appear here in the blog. Think autumn leaves: I’m not sure the border works. I was going for orange, and this comes close, but it’s spring in New York—finally!—and the template...
by LB | Apr 27, 2012 | Audiobooks, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Chip Harrison, For Writers, Keller, Matthew Scudder, Non-Series Novels
No, of course you don’t. But what I’m getting at, albeit circuitously, is that I always thought of reading as an activity one performs with one’s eyes. I’ve since learned that doesn’t have to be the case. Plenty of us get as much or more...
