tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post6180540944134542949..comments2024-03-17T03:17:43.229-04:00Comments on David Anthony Durham: Listen to Acacia!David Anthony Durhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-60568700806718513972007-07-25T17:53:00.000-04:002007-07-25T17:53:00.000-04:00Tia,Honestly, I thought about you when I wrote tha...Tia,<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I thought about you when I wrote that in the original post. (It was sort of note of commiseration to Tia.)<BR/><BR/>David.David Anthony Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-21819727630721745492007-07-25T11:28:00.000-04:002007-07-25T11:28:00.000-04:0029 hours! Now I don't feel bad at the amount of ti...29 hours! Now I don't feel bad at the amount of time that it is taking me to read it. Almost done, though!Tia Nevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05489109929908389257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-57180620062469250442007-07-24T20:21:00.000-04:002007-07-24T20:21:00.000-04:00I love audio books. It took me a while to feel str...I love audio books. It took me a while to feel strongly enough about it to admit it, but I listen to a lot of stuff as I walk, ride, cook, do yard work. I can only assume that it either works for you or it doesn't, but I have no trouble taking in a story listened to while doing other things. It's become a feature in my life and work day. It's been a great benefit to me in many ways.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the reader has to do the book justice. They have to serve the book, bring it to life but not try to dominate it. I don't like it when a reader seems to think the book needs improvement, or when it's clear they're more interested in showing off their talents than taking care of the job at hand. Readers like Dick Hill, though, can strike that balance between adding character and drama to a piece while doing so in a way that respects the words on the page and a listener's capacity to engage with them. I like that.David Anthony Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-50619980401507402932007-07-24T19:56:00.000-04:002007-07-24T19:56:00.000-04:00He certainly has the required gravitas to read thi...He certainly has the required gravitas to read this story. I've yet to finish a book on tape (or should that be book on MP3?). I got most of the way through a Roddy Doyle but found that my mind often wandered. I'd listen to whole chapters and realise I'd taken nothing in. Something similar can happen while reading too, but I'm yet to be convinced by books on tape.James McLauchlan Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709990473841688450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-44721950143681337022007-07-24T17:29:00.000-04:002007-07-24T17:29:00.000-04:00I am. What I like about Dick Hill's reading is tha...I am. What I like about Dick Hill's reading is that it's so NOT me... He gives it a theatrical life of it's own, so that listening to it I feel like I'm listening to someone else's work. But it's mine at the same time!David Anthony Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885922955551669016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158536.post-21241754862450113482007-07-24T17:08:00.000-04:002007-07-24T17:08:00.000-04:00You should be honored; Harry Potter Seven only ran...You should be honored; Harry Potter Seven only ran to 21 hours. ;-)clindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337038541423116138noreply@blogger.com