[HPFGU-OTChatter] Harry Potter audio, now with philosophical musings on reading aloud

[Richelle Votaw]

Wow, thanks so much to everyone for your input!  I followed the link to
Random House and listened to a chapter by Jim Dale.  Not bad.  Now I'm
searching for Stephen Fry to compare.  Haven't found one yet, but I'm not
done looking.

Amy Z writes:

> To sum up, they differ in many ways but don't take radically
> different overall approaches, and I like them both tremendously.
> We're really lucky to have two such good readers of our beloved
> books.  So, my advice, if you're still listening, Richelle--
> Richelle?  Richelle?  Wake up!--is to buy whichever one is not
> available in your local library, so that you can listen to both.

Oh, yes, I'm still here! :)

> If
> that means shelling out serious money for the version that must
> travel overseas, you could recoup some of the money by renting it to
> your neighborhood HP-starved fanatics.  Or maybe report it as a
> professional expense.  <g>

Hmm, wonder if I can pull that off.  I could stick it in the listening
center for my first graders. :)  Wonder what they'd think?  Anyhow, this is
actually making me want both versions.  <sigh>  My poor pocketbook.  Still,
all in all, why not?  If you're going to have a Harry Potter collection,
might as well go all the way.

Thanks again for all the input!

Richelle

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