Audio books

Since being involved in the production of an audio book, I've realised what a pleasure it is to be read to.  Usually I am the one doing the reading to other people, my own or the children I teach, but listening to someone read is very soothing.

With this in mind I downloaded the amazon Audible app to explore their service.  One book a month for $14.95, might be quite nice to listen while I'm running or knitting.  I might like it.  The app allows you to sample a few works before you commit to anything so tonight I did.  The first book was The Help, which I've read already to myself.  The narrator had one of those drawling southern voices like warm honey, entirely suitable for the work, and I was lost in it.  It truly brought the book alive in a way my In My Head voice couldn't do.  I was fairly convinced that this was a good idea, and when the sample ended, I wanted more, so I downloaded The Hunger Games, which I've also read and loved.  

I don't know who narrated this book, but I didn't like it.  Not one bit.  She paused in the wrong spots, she read too slowly, her intonation was horrible.  I tried speeding it up. But it was still annoying as hell.  I love that book, but I can't listen to that voice reading it to me, there is no pleasure in that at all.

Before I go ahead with a membership then, I need to find out if I can sample a part of a book before committing to it being the one I choose.  Because if I can't then I don't think it's going to suit me at all. 

I'm wondering if I'm just being fussy and hard to please.  I don't think so because I loved the first book, it was beautifully done.