{"id":331,"date":"2009-01-13T23:51:42","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T03:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/13\/review-of-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-audiobook-by-j-k-rowling\/"},"modified":"2009-01-20T23:32:23","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T03:32:23","slug":"review-of-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-audiobook-by-j-k-rowling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Audiobook, by J. K. Rowling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image363\" height=\"240\" alt=\"hp_deathly_hallows_audio.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/hp_deathly_hallows_audio.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by J. K. Rowling<br \/>\nPerformed by Jim Dale<\/p>\n<p>Listening Library, 2007.\u00a0 21 hours, 40 minutes.\u00a0 12 cassettes.<\/p>\n<p>Review written\u00a0February 22, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Starred Review.<\/p>\n<p>Sonderbooks Stand-out 2009:\u00a0 #3, Audiobooks<\/p>\n<p>I read <em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/em> last summer, and finally got to the top of the request list to listen to the cassettes.\u00a0 After finishing the book a second time, I\u2019m again hit by sadness that the story is over, that there isn\u2019t any more.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m reviewing the audiobook separately because I simply have to gush about Jim Dale.\u00a0 He is incredible!\u00a0 His vocal range is amazing.\u00a0 He uses different voices for the enormous cast of characters and makes the books come alive.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve read all seven books aloud as a family, but I still get something new out of hearing Jim Dale read them.\u00a0 Of course, his British accent adds to the enjoyment!\u00a0 But more than that, his amazing expressiveness adds a whole new dimension to the books.\u00a0 If you love Harry Potter, here\u2019s a way to enjoy the series afresh.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t read the books and have been meaning to, treat yourself to listening to them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0739360388\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on the main site at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/hp_deathly_hallows.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Teens\/hp_deathly_hallows.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling Performed by Jim Dale Listening Library, 2007.\u00a0 21 hours, 40 minutes.\u00a0 12 cassettes. Review written\u00a0February 22, 2008. Starred Review. Sonderbooks Stand-out 2009:\u00a0 #3, Audiobooks I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last summer, and finally got to the top of the request list to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,9,31,42,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audiobooks","category-fantasy","category-stand-outs","category-starred-review","category-teen-fiction-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}