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Amatuer Audiobook Recording
Thursday, January 25th, 2018 09:01 amSomething that I like to do for fun and personal gratification is record audio of myself reading books that I love.
I'm not sure if there's any kind of organized community around this activity, but there are a lot of people doing it and posting their recordings to youtube. (If you know of the clubhouse where these folk gather, please give me the secret password!)
Here are some youtube playlists that I've particularly enjoyed:
Mark Reads Ella Enchanted
Probably many of you know of the blog Mark Reads, but his video series of Ella Enchanted is so completely perfect. He reads the entire book, unabridged, and has the most wonderful reactions and commentary. I actually wish there were more book reaction videos, because each time I watch this series I feel like I'm experiencing the excitement and tension of reading the book for the first time again.
Dealing with Dragons - read by K. Jans
This is a wonderful reading of a childhood favorite of mine. The audio quality isn't the best, but the narrator is so charming and has a great voice.
Magic's Pawn read by Kitalia Logan
I'm recommending this list, even though it's incomplete. I love the style of the narrator; they put so much effort into their character voices and have a ton of personality injected into the reading. Plus, the audio quality has improved drastically in their most recent video (Chapter 8).
A Game of Thrones read by Tokybook/Melisa
The originally narrator of the Game of Thrones audiobook irritated me, so I vastly prefer this lightly-accented woman's voice. I'm not sure how long this one will last on Youtube (seems like a prime candidate for a C&D), so watch it while you can. They have also recorded the second book, A Clash of Kings!
Taran Wanderer read by Papa Bear
I love Lloyd Alexander, and this recording is very nice. I think this youtuber is doing the entire Prydain Chronicles, and they've already got the first 4 books up. This is technically the fourth book, but it's always been my favorite and the narrator added awesome sound effects to this book!
The Shattered Gates (Book 1 of The Rifter) read by florianschild
And then, if you're interested, you can check out my reading of The Shattered Gates, which is book one of The Rifter series by Ginn Hale. I'm hoping to record more of the series eventually, and if anyone out there is interested in collaborating on it I'd be more than willing to do that!
I'm not sure if there's any kind of organized community around this activity, but there are a lot of people doing it and posting their recordings to youtube. (If you know of the clubhouse where these folk gather, please give me the secret password!)
Here are some youtube playlists that I've particularly enjoyed:
Mark Reads Ella Enchanted
Probably many of you know of the blog Mark Reads, but his video series of Ella Enchanted is so completely perfect. He reads the entire book, unabridged, and has the most wonderful reactions and commentary. I actually wish there were more book reaction videos, because each time I watch this series I feel like I'm experiencing the excitement and tension of reading the book for the first time again.
Dealing with Dragons - read by K. Jans
This is a wonderful reading of a childhood favorite of mine. The audio quality isn't the best, but the narrator is so charming and has a great voice.
Magic's Pawn read by Kitalia Logan
I'm recommending this list, even though it's incomplete. I love the style of the narrator; they put so much effort into their character voices and have a ton of personality injected into the reading. Plus, the audio quality has improved drastically in their most recent video (Chapter 8).
A Game of Thrones read by Tokybook/Melisa
The originally narrator of the Game of Thrones audiobook irritated me, so I vastly prefer this lightly-accented woman's voice. I'm not sure how long this one will last on Youtube (seems like a prime candidate for a C&D), so watch it while you can. They have also recorded the second book, A Clash of Kings!
Taran Wanderer read by Papa Bear
I love Lloyd Alexander, and this recording is very nice. I think this youtuber is doing the entire Prydain Chronicles, and they've already got the first 4 books up. This is technically the fourth book, but it's always been my favorite and the narrator added awesome sound effects to this book!
The Shattered Gates (Book 1 of The Rifter) read by florianschild
And then, if you're interested, you can check out my reading of The Shattered Gates, which is book one of The Rifter series by Ginn Hale. I'm hoping to record more of the series eventually, and if anyone out there is interested in collaborating on it I'd be more than willing to do that!
