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“Dr Watson is better to have at your side in a tight place than any other man.”

- Sherlock Holmes, from the Audible audio book adaptation by Richard Dinnick of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 19th century book, The Hound of the Baskervilles.

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I'm considering getting audible so I can listen to books at work but I have a few questions, chief of which is

Can I use the app/access a book when I have no internet connection?

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William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back. By Ian Doescher. Star Wars part the fifth.

Based on the films by George Lucas.

A parody written in Elizabethan English.

You can listen to this great audio book on the audible app.

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Listening to the audio book version of The Hound of the Baskervilles again on the audible app. Book adapted by Richard Dinnick.

I was glad that the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mentioned Stapleton showed toxic positivity, by saying Stapleton was positive but harsh, ignoring and minimising people’s distress. This contrasts with Doctor Watson’s healthy positivity, empathy and compassion.

I was impressed that some of the voice actors voiced two to three characters! I wasn’t sure if this was the case until the voice actors confirmed this in interviews at the end of the audio book. The female voice actress Charlie Norfolk voiced Beryl Stapleton, Laura Lyons and Mrs Barrymore. She has a lovely and eloquent voice.

There’s an actual audio book called Sherlock Holmes versus Dracula. Which sounds hilarious. Make of that what you will. 😆

Holmes’ voice actor sounds rather flirtatious and cheeky when he tells Watson to be careful with the revolver. 😆

I thought it was hilarious and interesting that by 19th century standards that the antagonist Mr Stapleton was considered a daring and exciting person while he was jumping and trying to catch a butterfly in his net. Okay, to be fair - he was trying to catch a butterfly near a dangerous swamp. That was pretty daring.

Animal science can be exciting, but catching a butterfly in a net is not my idea of an exciting time. Also, it was interesting that being a naturalist scientist made him a jock in the 19th century! Stapleton would probably still be considered daring and physically active in the 21st century, but seen as a boffin (geek), not a jock, given his job and hobbies. He’d be considered evil and violent anyway regardless of time period.

I know there are plenty of naturalist scientists that are good people in real life, so Stapleton is not a very positive representation of people in those jobs unfortunately.

The music and sound effects (poured tea, crackling fire, horses’ hooves, carriage wheels, steam train sounds, walking, turning newspaper pages) were terrific and made the story more exciting. 🙂👍 It made me feel as if I was present with the characters and listening to a movie.

The book is shortened (abridged). But books with the best voice actors, music and sound effects usually are shorter than the actual book, to save time and money.

I definitely recommend listening to this audio book. This is my honest opinion and I’m not being paid to review the book.

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The Mathematics of Love. Written and read aloud by mathematician Hannah Fry. You can listen to this great non fiction book on the audible app. It has funny comments and interesting facts about statistics on finding love.

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My First Audio Book Ever: "Born A Crime" by Trevor Noah

My First Audio Book Ever: “Born A Crime” by Trevor Noah

Hello Everyone and Welcome to JGC Blog!

I know my fellow book nerds are currently editing their 2018 reading list with great delight. Self-help books, fantastic novels, autobiographies… The book universe might never fail to deliver what we need in terms of mind-stimulation but still, you need to know what’s worth your time.

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How to listen to Audible Channels on your Kindle Fire

How to listen to Audible Channels on your Kindle Fire

Back in April 2016, I posted a blog post about how to listen to Audible Channels using your Audible app for free as part of Audible Membership‘s benefits. A few months later, on September 13th, Amazon and Audible announced the same benefit for Prime members (US only).

As a Prime member, you get unlimited free access to Audible Channels, including the new short-form digital audio service and a…

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