La vie décousue

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I recently discovered this amazing, amazing site. On this site, Maureen podcasts public domain books 6 days a week. I can’t imagine how much time she must spend recording. For those of you who think recording is easy, take a look at this forum thread at Librivox, where readers discuss how long it takes them to make their recordings. Maureen’s recordings are definitely not perfect, and there are stumbles here and there, but hey, it’s free! She has a wonderful reading style which is a real pleasure to listen to. If I had discovered her site before I started mine, I may never have begun recording, because I wouldn’t have felt there was a need to. Her choice of books falls along similar lines to mine, and she has recorded a few works which I was contemplating doing. I highly recommend going to check out her site, but please remember to come back here

Ann Veronica is finally finished. I hope you enjoyed it. Personally, I didn’t really like the ending, but I still think it’s a good novel. As a single woman I could certainly relate to many of the issues she faced, and it made me appreciate many of the freedoms and rights I have today that I take for granted. All over the world, people have fought, faced prison or even death, to earn the right to vote, yet so many of us who do have that privilege just throw it away.

The next book I’ll be recording is another Andrew Murray one. In fact, it’s my favourite Andrew Murray book: With Christ in the School of Prayer. It’s an amazing book. I have read it many times, but I always find it takes me a long time to finish because I keep needing to stop and pray. I hope it fires up your prayer life, too I’d love to hear about your experiences.

Recording for The Holy War is progressing at a nice pace now. When that is done, I’m thinking of doing one of the gospels in the King James Version. I’d like to do the whole bible, but then I think of books like Numbers, and get nervous So, I’ll start with something smaller and see how it goes.

Well, I’ve finally got my internet connection set up at home, and I’ve also invested in a new microphone. Recording has started again, and I’ll shortly be posting new chapters. Since I’m no longer living on the airplane route, I’m hoping that I’ll be able to do more recordings, so please look forward to a faster service!

I know I haven’t been posting very much lately. I’ve just moved, and everything is a bit of a mess. I’ve been trying to get my phone line set up for over a month with no results. No phone line == no internet Also, wouldn’t you know, I don’t know where I packed my mp3 player, so until I find it there will be no recording. Strangely enough, I found my mic… Anyway, I’m really sorry. Regular and frequent service should resume in a few weeks!

Well, we’ve been powering through Ann Veronica, and the finish line is definitely in sight. Unfortunately, I’ve caught a cold, so recording is going to be on hold for a little while Once Ann Veronica is complete, I’ll be aiming to finish The Holy War. I’ve already got the next few projects in mind, but we’ll have to wait and see how things go.

On a side note, The Pilgrim’s Progress has been downloaded from the Internet Archive 49,555 times. I’m wondering if it can reach 50,000?