What a voice

[wowbright]

I have been listening to nielrian's Glee podfics obsessively for the past week. It started last Saturday with mary_flanner's Scholars and Gentlemen. I had been reading a lot of fan fic last week because I had the flu and only one book out of the library, and on the last day of bed rest (Friday) I discovered mary_flanner's Sally Meets Harry and just couldn't stop reading. I stayed up until 1 a.m. reading it, which you really aren't supposed to do when you're sick; and when I woke up on Saturday, I wanted to run right back to the computer to start reading again.

But I was also feeling healthy enough to work on processing the two or three bushels of apples that sat in my kitchen the whole time I had the flu, waiting for me to put them up for the winter. And I thought that moving around would probably be good for me after being so sick.

I remembered seeing in the comments section a back-and-forth between mary_flanner and one of her readers about a recording the reader had done of some of mary_flanner's work. So I went back and found the link and downloaded the entire series. I spent all day peeling and chopping apples and laughing and crying and feeling my heart torn out and then put back in again. Seriously, I don't think I've felt so many intense feelings in so short a time span since I fell in love with my partner four years ago.

I haven't listened to podfics before this, but I listen to a lot of audiobooks and nielrian is right up there with the best of the readers. I am currently also listening to Evelyn's Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, which is read by Jeremy Irons, and I can say without a doubt that nielrian's reading is much better that Jeremy Irons'.

I spent Sunday re-listening to the Scholars and Gentlemen stuff and then also started downloading nielrian's other Glee podfics. I've been listening to them for the past week; her selections are awesome and her reading is spot-on. Alas, I came to Chapter 5 of aelora's Together We Are the Oceans and realized that was it.

Now I'm stuck listening to only Jeremy Irons.

So I suppose it may be time to expand my podfic universe and check out other readers. I wonder where to start.
If anyone ends up reading this and has recommendations, I'd love to hear them.

Comments

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

This thread (http://kurt-blaine.livejournal.com/2491995.html?thread=94840923#t94840923) might be a good starting place. Also this (http://emilianadarling.livejournal.com/tag/podfic) and the latest two entries here (http://jennacorinth.livejournal.com/)!

[wowbright.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, brimtoast! Also I loved the entry in your journal about gender bias. Went to the original article; so true and so sad.

[caveatempty.livejournal.com]

I haven't been around these parts in a looooong time so I can't help with recommendations (except absolutely check out everything that What_Larks has written).

Mary_Flanner sucked me into this world, too.

[caveatempty.livejournal.com]

That's what_larks. Hope I did the linkage thing right.

[wowbright.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's lovely to have you comment and thank you for recommending What_Larks. Just read "Reckless Words" and oh, the feelings!

[nielrian.livejournal.com]

Gah, I know you posted this like... forever ago and all, but holy shit, you are seriously the sweetest thing ever. Like... I'm making little hand flappy motions and everything, because I can't contain myself.

(I'm better than SCAR? I just don't know if my tiny mind can handle that idea.)

[wowbright.livejournal.com]

Flappy motions! If I was good with gifs, I would put in a flappy one right here. Instead, I will forego my usual icon and give you a gay high five!

(And just like Kurt is simply going to have to accept that Blaine *really* loves him, you're simply going to have to accept that you *really* are better than Jeremy Irons.)