Just a quick post in order to test my new wordpress space upgrade. Today I recorded a short novella in German called “Wenn die Äpfel reif sind” by Theodor Storm. (Roughly translated the story title is as follows “When the apples are ripe”)
It is a story about a boy trying to steal apples and being caught in the act. But a rather unexpected turn of events and a naughty trick lead to an unexpected ending…
Click here to listen:
If you’d like to read along, the text can be found HERE.
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My two solo projects now have really beautiful CD Covers. Neeru created the one for my very first solo of “In the High Valley” by Susan Coolidge…
In the High Valley CD Cover
…and Hokuspokus did the one for “Der kleine Lord” by Frances H. Burnett.
Der kleine Lord CD Cover
Aren’t they just lovely? Thanks so much you two!
Oh, btw. clicking on the pics will take you directly to the Catalog page, where you can get the whole audiobook.
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Recently another of my BCing projects got cataloged. It’s Edith Nesbit’s wonderful “House of Arden” which is the first book of the House of Arden series.
Here is a short summary (Meg and I were struggling with it for days, while it took Neeru about 5 mins to come up with this beautiful one. 
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This novel describes how Edred and Elfrida Arden and their Aunt Edith embark on a treasure hunt through time – for the famous Arden family treasure. With help from the magical creature Mouldiwarp, they find a whole lot of excitement and adventure. They need to discover the missing fortune before Edred’s tenth birthday – or it will never be theirs. (Summary by Neeru)
Listen! It’s just too good to miss!
Oh, and in case you’d like to volunteer at LibriVox, I’ve just started “Harding’s Luck“, which is the second book of the House of Arden series.
Btw. if you like Edith Nesbit, there a quite a few in the LV Catalog. I recently listened to “The Railway Children” and loved it!
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I recenlty came across the book “Falling leaves” by Adeline Yen Mah, when cleaning out my bookshelf. As this book used to be one of my favorites, the “tidying mission” was of course immediately abandoned and I started to read.
I won’t post a summary here, though I guess I must mention that the book is an autobiography, in which the author tells about her childhood as an unwanted Chinese daughter. (If you’d like to read a proper summary, just click the book title right at the beginning… I linked it directly to Adeline Yen Mah’s homepage).
Anyway, I could barely put the book down, (and that’s saying something, as I’d read it before… more than once).
It’s beautifully written and the story is probably one of the most touching, I’ve ever read. Occasionally the book is very sad and sometimes I found it hard to keep cool at the injustices, she suffered at the hands of her family. In short it’s an amazing book and I’ll certainly reread it some time! 
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Rofl… listen to Dave Carroll’s 3. United Breaks Guitars Song… so much fun!
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Here is a special treat for all German speakers - Walpurgisnacht writen by Gustav Meyrink and read for LibriVox by Hokuspokus!!!
Here is a short summary:
In der Nacht des 30. April, der Walpurgisnacht, stört ein schlafwandelnder Schauspieler die
Walpurgisnacht
Abendgesellschaft im Hause des Barons Elsenwanger auf dem Hradschin in Prag. Für die nächsten 4 Wochen steht das Leben der dort versammelten Personen unter dem Zeichen der Walpurgisnacht.
Meyrinks Werke habe einen starken Zug ins Fantastische und Esoterische. “Walpurgisnacht” erinnert in seiner Dichte und Tiefgründigkeit an die Erzählungen aus “Des deutschen Spießers Wunderhorn”.
(Zusammenfassung von Hokuspokus)
[Short summary in English: In the night of the 30. of April, Walpurgis Night, a sleepwalking actor disturbs a dinner party in the house of baron Elsenwanger...]
I enjoyed (proof-) listening immensely. Its a very special and unusual book, that really get you thinking! So listen, it’s fun!
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Hey, everybody! Just another short blogpost about my latest knitting project. Since my fingers always get so cold when typing, I’ve done a pair of fingerless mittens.
My new self-knit (no kidding) fingerless "computer gloves"
So while I’m at it, here is my latest pair of odd sock:
Yet another pair of odd socks
I really like the yarn of those. But they are soooooooooo scratchy, that I’ll probably never wear them. 
(…I’ll keep them just to show off though! )
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Here is another really funny and super-awesome LibriVox audiobook! Neeru discovered and BCed it, while I did the prooflistening. 
It’s called the “Giddy Globe” and was written by Oliver Herford. Actually it’s a geography book, but it’s hilarious. Best read along with the Project Gutenberg text. The pictures are just too good to miss.
Here is a short summary:
Is there a genre called FUN? Yes, and this is it! Insanely humorous geography that will have you rolling on the floor laughing with your sides hurting. (Summary by Neeru)
Oh and here is another expample taken from the book:
The Friendly Cow. From an instantaneous photograph of animal cracker. Owing to the high price of living the cow was partially eaten by the author before the photograph could be taken.
To be sure the Earth produces the Tobacco Plant, and many other things that we classify among the needs of Man, including the “Friendly Cow”—
She walks among the flowers sweet
And chews and chews and chews,
And turns them into friendly meat,
And pleasant boots and shoes.
So, listen! It’s fun!
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Last week I finally finished my German Solo. It’s Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “Der kleine Lord“, which in the orginal is called “Little Lord Fauntleroy”. (click booktitle for etext) Here is a short summary:
Der kleine Lord
Cedric Errol, ein kleiner Junge aus New York, wird von seinem kaltherzigen englischen Großvater, dem Earl of Dorincourt, trotz der standeswidrigen Ehe seines verstorbenen Vaters, als einziger Nachfolger für den Grafentitel bei sich aufgenommen und aufgezogen. Seine Mutter, eine bürgerliche Näherin, darf dasAnwesen aufgrund von Voreingenommenheit und Standesdünkel des Earls nicht betreten.
Nach und nach aber schafft es Cedric, mit seiner freundlichen Art das Herz des Großvaters zu gewinnen…
(Zusammenfassung von Wikipedia und Elli)
Listen to chapter 1: derkleinelord_01_burnett
I hope you’ll enjoy the listening experience as much as I did reading the book. Click here to get the whole book!!!
I started this Solo way back in May 2009 (not even a month after joining LibriVox) and it’s very special to me. It more of less chronicials my time spent recording for LibriVox almost from the day I joined until now. In the course of this solo project:
1. I completely changed my reading style (and hopefully improved it too)
2. I got a fancy new mic (which brought a huge number of new difficulties… will blog about it some time soon)
3. changed my recording software (from Audacity 1.2.6 to Audacity 1.3.7.)
4. developed editing skills (at least I think I did)
5. discovered noisecleaning (acutally I changed headphones and the new ones all of a sudden made me realize the awful hum my computer was producing)
6. completely changed my method of levelling and amplifying
7. and did my very first attempt at doing different voices (I hope I managed to keep them consistant)
I could list many more things, but I think that’s enough! So please forgive slight inconsistancies in qualitly, reading style… and just enjoy yourselves! (In case you like F. H. Burnett, there are several other books by her in the LV Catalog)
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