Love Bytes Celebrates 8 Years: Narrator Choice & Giveaway

I am curious to know what it is that makes a narrator your favorite?

And do you pick up an audiobook because a certain narrator is reading it?

Or can you tell why a specific narrator is your favorite?

I have a couple of audiocodes to giveaway on this one. Make sure you let me know your choice in your comment!

An audio code of Faith to Blank by CF White

An audio code of The Bureau Vol 1 by Kim Fielding

An audio code of choice from a book by TM Smith

An audio code of choice from a book by Clare London

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13 thoughts on “Love Bytes Celebrates 8 Years: Narrator Choice & Giveaway”

  1. My favorite narrators are the ones that make you feel the book. They have great voices and can change the for other characters. There’s a few that I’ve got that I didn’t like because they went to fast or talked it a dull tone. I would love a code from Clare London.

  2. I actually have a spreadsheet of narrators I like, ones that are okay, and ones that I really don’t want to listen to again. Some traits that I like: great comedic timing in books where it’s appropriate; spare and appropriate use of sound effects (i.e. sighs, coughs, laughs); proper interpretation of the characters (i.e. not too over the top — sometimes less is more); appropriate accents for the characters; voice not too high or light (for male characters, of course). Last but not least, don’t read the sex scenes so hot and heavy that it’s practically pornographic. If I wanted that, I’d rent a movie!

  3. Timing – not too fast not too slow
    Accents – please match the accent to the character
    I prefer deeper voices unless it’s shown that a particular character has a higher voice
    Variations in tone for different characters – I want to know who is speaking at any given time
    I’d love The Bureau audio 🙂

  4. I love it when a narrator can really capture personalities of characters! Kale Williams is one of my favorites

  5. I normally do not choose an audiobook based on the narrator, but some of them are sure things for me, as I love the way they perform. I guess it is the voice and the cadence that makes me decide…
    An audio code of choice from a book by Clare London

  6. I like Gary Furlong and Alan Cummings. Both really bring the books they read to life. I do not have any of the ones offered so I would be happy with any of them

  7. My favorite narrator is Tristan James. I will listen to just about anything he narrates. I like a narrator that has a different voice for each character and Tristan James does really great accents.

    Kim Fielding is my choice. Thanks for the giveaway!

  8. First one comes to mind is Michael Ferraiulo. I really like some of the work he did on Alice Winter’s books. His tone and inflection matched the way I was hearing it when I read it.

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