I'm listening to The Game of Thrones by G.R.R. Martin on audiobook during my daily commute. We're talking 28 CDs! Good thing I'm on the road two hours a day.
The problem with audiobooks is they take so dang long to listen to; in the case of The Game of Thrones, there's no skimming quickly past the frequent clash-thunk-and-bloodspray of sword fights or the interminable speeches in pompous fantasy-talk.
Speaking of which -can we call a moratorium on the fantasy adjective "wroth"? What's wrong with angry, mad, livid, or furious? I'm tired of the phrase "But I'm almost a man grown!" (which every boy and teen in the book uses at least once). And "mislike" instead of "dislike" is just plain silly.
Actually, I'm loving the book - it's truly a luscious wallow in Epic Fantasy. But perhaps it could do with the 90-second treatment? See this example below (thanks to Fuse #8 for the link - I'm jealous, jealous, jealous of that film festival!):
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