I am cheekily relying on my fellow bloggers’ posts today.
Flat Richie
First of all – Zee has posted that Flat Richie has arrived at her house. She will host him for a little longer before she can post him off again, and I think she will post the gift choices herself, so all I am contributing today on Flat Richie is the world map. But do check Zee’s blog for further updates. I’m sure there’ll be some “mancandy” available there, too.
Secondly – My Zoe News
Apparently My Zoe will premiere in Germany next week in Berlin. Herba posted a link to a competition this morning, where you can win tickets to the premiere, which is set for 5 November. A Tuesday! Interesting. *shrugs* The competition says that the premiere takes place “with cast and creators present”. No further names mentioned, though. Of course the raffle for premiere tickets is only to German residents. *sighs* But well, as someone already pointed out to me bts – if the German premiere means that the film is shown dubbed in German, then I am not that keen on seeing it anyway. That would be only half the package, and I’d rather wait for the international release to see this film.
Lastly
A new Jackman & Evans audio book is coming tomorrow. I usually do not look forward to Halloween, but this year I’ll make an exception.
Only one thing on the wish list: Dear Audible – since you made a whole photo shoot with those gorgeous images by Dan Kennedy, why not adapt your covers accordingly? Seriously, I think they certainly won’t hinder the sales…
Guylty Pleasure 
Thanks once again for the link love! :*
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Thank you for finding! 😘
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IMG yes please with the covers. Use that gorgeous picture, Audible!!
I’m totally having linch with him rn.
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Wow, awful spelling.
*OMG & *lunch
I give up.
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The context was clear, though, my dear 😊
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Thank god for context clues, right?
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Very much so.
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I just don’t get it. I mean, Audible did that big shoot with RA on the beach and even used it as a video ad. Joy Ellis has said that RA is her perfect Jackman. Why can’t they scrap the old covers and use the material they have from the Kennedy shoot instead???
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It seems very strange. They already paid the money. Okay, maybe not for those rights specifically, but the photos exist. It’s there on a silver platter. I don’t get it.
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Silver platter is right. But then again, if I am not mistaken, RA hasn’t been the only narrator who has performed the Jackman and Evans books. Maybe that’s why…
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Oh? I know she has another series (or several?) read by others, but I thought he was the only one for J&E. Then again I’m not an audio expert. I just like listening to him.
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Oops, I think you could be right. The other books are all set in the Fens as well but are not necessarily featuring Jackman.
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Yes, Flat Richie has arrived at my messy home, Guy is grumpy about being cooped up in a dark box and he’s hot. Well a) we still have warm weather here in the South and b) if he’s that uncomfortable, he can take off some clothes. I told him so and I got stared at. And then he mumbled *mancandy*
Yup.
I might let him deal with the Trick or Treaters tomorrow night.
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So glad to hear that the fella’s have arrived safely. Don’t leave them in bed, they will jump lumps into it something fierce!
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Well right now Guy is on my dresser, where he will soon be joined by my RAPS – give him some company! (I’ll take a group shot!) And Flat Richie is recuperating from yesterday’s fun! It’s Halloween week and my kids are Doin’ the Igor!
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Oh, Guy knows you quite well… But he definitely should take his clothes off.
I’d say he’ll really love trick and treating. He’d be good at threatening the unsuspecting hosts into handing over the candy to him.
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Actually, he’ll be on the other side of the bucket, handing it out. It might not last long, I don’t see him giving anyone, anything… unless they’re dressed as Marian.
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Guy handing out sweets???? I can’t see him handing anything over voluntarily…
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Like I said, I don’t see that going on for long….. at all….
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If My Zoe comes out on a blu-ray in both English and German perhaps they aren’t trying for an international distribution.
It will be interesting to see if RA goes to the premiere.
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I think I read somewhere that it is only Julie Delpy and Daniel Brühl.
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I’ve just looked on Amazon DR and it says it is now currently unavailable. Grrrr
Getting horrible flashbacks to Urban.
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I haven’t seen either film on sale (pre-order) yet… I guess we have to be patient…
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Thanks for the heads up on The Stolen. Just downloaded it.
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It’s really bizarre – I had pre-ordered the audio book and got a notification when it was released earlier today. But I can’t seem to add it to my Audible app… I can only access it on my computer. Very annoying!
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That’s strange. Mine works fine on my app. Perfect timing, too, as I just finished Meditations.
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I just checked again – now the audio book is on the homescreen of my app and displays the download sign – but tapping it has no effect. Maybe by tomorrow I can access it…
I‘m afraid I am stuck with the Meditations. Still 3 hours to go – but not really particularly keen on listening.
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Mine is working… I’m on Audible UK. Yeah, I much prefer fiction in general. The Meditations seem to have consistent themes throughout. Twice now I’ve listened to something that was relevant to what I was doing at that moment. But stories hold my attention more for sure.
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I’ll have to give the meditations another try…
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I am still struggling with Heads You Win , and have given up completely with The Other Queen dull, dull,dull
I read somewhere the speeches were read without emotion and I think the meditations might be unsuitable for the gym (most of my listening time is at the gym lol)
Never expected to say I was looking forward to another Joy Ellis lol
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I hear you on ‘Heads You Win’ – it rankled with me all through the book, I was annoyed with the stereotyping, and yeah, I’m generally not happy about supporting a convicted lier like Archer. But well, Richard was reading, and that is a pleasure. – I actually quite enjoyed The Other Queen, though.
The Voices of History OTOH I really loved. I didn’t find them unemotional at all – they were read as speeches, though, and were therefore not “performed” as such. There were a few speeches there that really touched me, for instance Nelson Mandela. I actually cried.
Joy Ellis – would benefit from Audible/KDP investing in a professional editor, I think, but with four books under our belt, I now feel quite familiar with Jackman (and Evans), and I look forward to meeting the duo again. (Strangely, the audio book *still* hasn’t downloaded onto my Audible app. I have it on my computer, and it appears on my app’s home screen, but it won’t download. I may have to reinstall the app…)
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I used to have so much hassle downloading onto my laptop that I eventually gave up ( I think Audible hated windows 10 ) that I now put all the books onto my iPhone
Does anyone know has to lock the phone once it is playing because I have had some weird listening with the iPhone in my pocket at the gym! when it jumps chapters lol
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