Comments on: Compliments http://piratelibrary.com A book of a thousand pages starts with a single word. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Astrid Elbers http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-128290 Astrid Elbers Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:58:50 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-128290 I have just finished listening to your Librivox recording of 'Frankenstein'. As I have to travel a lot, I listen to a lot of audiobooks in my car and normally I do not pay particular attention to the reader. But as your recording was so great, I googled your name and so I found this website. Really, this was the best recording I have ever heard. Your voice captivates everybody's attention. Keep on the good work! I have just finished listening to your Librivox recording of ‘Frankenstein’.
As I have to travel a lot, I listen to a lot of audiobooks in my car and normally I do not pay particular attention to the reader. But as your recording was so great, I googled your name and so I found this website. Really, this was the best recording I have ever heard. Your voice captivates everybody’s attention. Keep on the good work!

]]> By: Cori http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-127161 Cori Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:24:30 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-127161 Oh, thankyou, Linda, you are very welcome! It's such fun to read that that's almost enough by itself -- but to know that other people are enjoying the recordings too, is lovely. Oh, thankyou, Linda, you are very welcome! It’s such fun to read that that’s almost enough by itself — but to know that other people are enjoying the recordings too, is lovely.

]]> By: Linda http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-127099 Linda Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:46:38 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-127099 Thank you so much for taking the time to read for Librivox.org. I enjoy listening to your recordings while traveling, or hanging out by the pool here in Malaysia (enforced idleness and many plane trips due to husband's overseas posting). I'm English so its lovely to hear British classics read in what, to me, is the "right" accent and marvel at your diction. Thanks again. Thank you so much for taking the time to read for Librivox.org.

I enjoy listening to your recordings while traveling, or hanging out by the pool here in Malaysia (enforced idleness and many plane trips due to husband’s overseas posting).

I’m English so its lovely to hear British classics read in what, to me, is the “right” accent and marvel at your diction. Thanks again.

]]> By: Joanna http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-124682 Joanna Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:08:46 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-124682 Your voice is perfect reading the material that I love to listen to. Thank you so much for your contribution, such a pleasure to hear your presentations! Your voice is perfect reading the material that I love to listen to. Thank you so much for your contribution, such a pleasure to hear your presentations!

]]> By: Nicholas http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-123926 Nicholas Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:56:14 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-123926 How about this for a future reading: Swallows and Amazons - the whole series. None more perfect than you for this job. I have heard the audio voices on offer -Gabriel Woolf, Alison Larkin- your voice is heads and shoulders above these professionals. How about this for a future reading: Swallows and Amazons – the whole series. None more perfect than you for this job. I have heard the audio voices on offer -Gabriel Woolf, Alison Larkin- your voice is heads and shoulders above these professionals.

]]> By: Nicholas http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-123924 Nicholas Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:39:16 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-123924 A mesmerizing performance of Water Babies. Simply superb. In the same way that Jeremy Brett became the definition of Sherlock Holmes, I have little doubt that your voice will become the defining one for this story. Have you thought of a serious career in (first and foremost) children's audio literature? A mesmerizing performance of Water Babies. Simply superb. In the same way that Jeremy Brett became the definition of Sherlock Holmes, I have little doubt that your voice will become the defining one for this story.

Have you thought of a serious career in (first and foremost) children’s audio literature?

]]> By: I. Fabian http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-123043 I. Fabian Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:18:31 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-123043 Hi Cori, I just heard The beetle hunter read by you. Superb quality and the most charming voice :) All the best, Istvan Hi Cori,

I just heard The beetle hunter read by you. Superb quality and the most charming voice :)

All the best,
Istvan

]]> By: Michael http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-120759 Michael Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:32:41 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-120759 I was really pleased to find the Water Babies at Librivox, since I haven't read it since I was a child. I found I had remembered hardly any of it at all. I very much enjoyed it, and it was interesting from the historical point of view. It did, however, shock me a little in places, and I don't make a fetish of "political correctness". So unnecessarily abusive about the Irish for example! It thought it showed how much better George Macdonald was at fairy tales of this sort since he doesn't weave in contemporary prejudices that were never very sound and have become dated in the way that Kingsley, despite much that is admirable, does. But the book was very enjoyable. Very nicely read, too. You missed the the right pronunciations of a few archaic words -- e.g. ha'penny (hape-ny), Mama (m'mah) -- but your voice is both clear and restful. I was really pleased to find the Water Babies at Librivox, since I haven’t read it since I was a child. I found I had remembered hardly any of it at all. I very much enjoyed it, and it was interesting from the historical point of view. It did, however, shock me a little in places, and I don’t make a fetish of “political correctness”. So unnecessarily abusive about the Irish for example!

It thought it showed how much better George Macdonald was at fairy tales of this sort since he doesn’t weave in contemporary prejudices that were never very sound and have become dated in the way that Kingsley, despite much that is admirable, does.

But the book was very enjoyable. Very nicely read, too. You missed the the right pronunciations of a few archaic words — e.g. ha’penny (hape-ny), Mama (m’mah) — but your voice is both clear and restful.

]]> By: Cori http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-119305 Cori Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:44:15 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-119305 Thankyou, Keith! Once I've made it through <em>Frankenstein</em> and another Iambik project, Dante is definitely next on the list ... and the credit will go entirely to Longfellow for making such an eminently readable translation. The copyright laws depend on when (and sometimes where) translations were published and the date of death of their translator -- so there is <a href="http://librivox.org/the-story-of-a-soul-by-saint-therese-of-lisieux/" rel="nofollow">one version</a> of St. Therese's work in the LV catalogue already, but I don't think that would be public domain for me, as the translator died in 1963. Thankyou, Keith! Once I’ve made it through Frankenstein and another Iambik project, Dante is definitely next on the list … and the credit will go entirely to Longfellow for making such an eminently readable translation.

The copyright laws depend on when (and sometimes where) translations were published and the date of death of their translator — so there is one version of St. Therese’s work in the LV catalogue already, but I don’t think that would be public domain for me, as the translator died in 1963.

]]> By: Keith http://piratelibrary.com/compliments#comment-119275 Keith Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:25:02 +0000 http://piratelibrary.com/?page_id=92#comment-119275 Hi Cori, God has surely given you a talent for reading! Listening to you is somewhat like going back to one's childhood, and being read to by one's mum. I think a greater compliment would be tough to come by! And I think we could all stand to become a bit more child-like. As for Dante--well, not everyone can read Dante; you are a gem of an exception, and sound like you grew up with Dante as your native language. I look forward to your next Dante installment! Have you ever considered reading The Story of a Soul by St. Therese? I don't know how the copyright laws work in regard to reading books for Librivox, but I know there would be a big audience for that book, and that you would read it brilliantly. What else can I say? I echo the words of others on this page--warmest thanks for being part of our lives :) Hi Cori,

God has surely given you a talent for reading! Listening to you is somewhat like going back to one’s childhood, and being read to by one’s mum. I think a greater compliment would be tough to come by! And I think we could all stand to become a bit more child-like. As for Dante–well, not everyone can read Dante; you are a gem of an exception, and sound like you grew up with Dante as your native language. I look forward to your next Dante installment! Have you ever considered reading The Story of a Soul by St. Therese? I don’t know how the copyright laws work in regard to reading books for Librivox, but I know there would be a big audience for that book, and that you would read it brilliantly.

What else can I say? I echo the words of others on this page–warmest thanks for being part of our lives :)

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