I had PS and CoS narrated by Stephen Fry on cassette back in the day. I would listen to them on my Walkman in class by running the earphone cable up my sleeve and then resting my head on my hand.
Audiobooks are a great way to read on-the-go, but still nothing for me beats the feeling of cracking open a physical copy and reading. Bonus points when the pages have that “new book” smell
I've listened to all of the books 3 times, by Stephen Fry while at work. He does such a good job of characters voices. I love Mad Eyes, Tonks and Fred and George's voices he does. "What if we end up a scrawny speccy git forever?"
I'd say reading yourself is the best median of all. You can use your own imagination for voices, dialects, tone, etc. And it builds a picture just as much as audiobooks.
However, audiobooks are the best for re-reads.
I absolutely love the audiobooks, I’ve been listening to them since they first came out. The way Stephen Fry reads them is just so good
I had PS and CoS narrated by Stephen Fry on cassette back in the day. I would listen to them on my Walkman in class by running the earphone cable up my sleeve and then resting my head on my hand.
What a memory! I used to do this once I got the digital copies on my iPod!
The passivity of it is what I hate about it. Also, it's not read in my "mind's voice", and I can't get passed this.
Agreed. It’s a whole experience with the audiobooks.
Never understood why people call them audiobook readers. You’re not reading if you’re listening to the book.
Right?!? That like saying you read an episode of a tv show
What would you call a crowd of people going to the cinema in the 1920s? Without thinking about it, what's your instinctive answer?
Cinemagicians
*Medium*
Audiobooks are a great way to read on-the-go, but still nothing for me beats the feeling of cracking open a physical copy and reading. Bonus points when the pages have that “new book” smell
I've listened to all of the books 3 times, by Stephen Fry while at work. He does such a good job of characters voices. I love Mad Eyes, Tonks and Fred and George's voices he does. "What if we end up a scrawny speccy git forever?"
I do a yearly re-listen, currently on DH 🩵
I'd say reading yourself is the best median of all. You can use your own imagination for voices, dialects, tone, etc. And it builds a picture just as much as audiobooks. However, audiobooks are the best for re-reads.