32wonderY
What with eye surgeries last year, and being on the road so much as usual, most of my reading has been audiobooks. But I forgot about this group!
So far this month, I’ve listened to three very good books.
Project Hail Mary - exciting science fiction
Nature’s Best Hope - important ecological thoughts
A Spindle Splintered - fantasy with great break the mold females
So far this month, I’ve listened to three very good books.
Project Hail Mary - exciting science fiction
Nature’s Best Hope - important ecological thoughts
A Spindle Splintered - fantasy with great break the mold females
5Molly3028
I am in a Gilded Age mood right now. I am enjoying the new HBO series, and I am listening to novels which feature the Gilded Age.
audiobook via hoopla ~
Deception by Gaslight: A Gilded Gotham Mystery
by Kate Belli
audiobook via hoopla ~
Deception by Gaslight: A Gilded Gotham Mystery
by Kate Belli
6gypsysmom
I am currently listening to Ready Player One which is narrated by Wil Wheaton. I ignored this book for quite a while because I really am not into computer gaming but I have to say that I have been really grabbed by it.
7Molly3028
Started this OverDrive audiobook novel today ~
The Last Chance Library
by Freya Sampson
(tale which takes place in present-day England)
The Last Chance Library
by Freya Sampson
(tale which takes place in present-day England)
8Molly3028
Revisiting the O'Malley clan via a hoopla audiobook ~
Negotiator
by Dee Henderson
(book #1/Christian suspense romance)
Negotiator
by Dee Henderson
(book #1/Christian suspense romance)
9Molly3028
Revisiting the O'Brien clan via a hoopla audiobook ~
The Inn at Eagle Point (A Chesapeake Shores Novel, book #1)
by Sherryl Woods
The Inn at Eagle Point (A Chesapeake Shores Novel, book #1)
by Sherryl Woods
10Tanya-dogearedcopy
I'm late to the party! So far in 2022:
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1; by Robert Galbraith; narrated by Robert Glenister) - Cormoran Strike, ex military police has set up shop in the London, England area as a private detective. Robin, a young temp, is thrilled to be assigned a secretarial position despite the rundown conditions and low pay. When John Bristow, an upper class attorney approaches Strike in regard to a suspicious suicide, Comoran & Robin work out their professional relationship as they resolve whether or not the suicide was actually murdered or not; and if murdered, by whom. The narrative arc, scenes and, characters are all solid; but as a mystery that fully or actively engages the reader, it falls a little short in the last 10% of the novel. Cormoran Strike knows what has happened before the reader does, extrapolating from evidence that is not shared with the reader. It feels like a bit of a cheat to bring the reader along for the ride, but then deny the epiphany. The audiobook narrator, Robert Glenister does well with character delineation even if I don't personally agree with the choices made for various characters (e.g. a character described as "Byronic" in the text was rendered with a rather nasal, grating voice). The audio itself seems to run a bit fast-- so much so that I slowed it done a touch. Overall, I was pleasantry surprised with this mystery, being richer in atmosphere and character than I was expecting from the author of the Harry Potter series; but I am not hooked enough to proactively seek out other titles in this (Cormoran Strike) series. 3.0 stars
Kim (by Rudyard Kipling; narrated by Indian-born British narrator, Sam Dastor) Despite a false start and a certain ambivalence about the beginning chapters (eponymous character as a rather glib and sly street urchin), I ended up marveling at how it all the worked out. The aforementioned street urchin becomes attached to a Buddhist Lama on the streets of Calcutta and so begins the spiritual journey of the Lama to find a river and, the bildungsroman of a(n) Eurasian child into a spy taking part in "The Great Game". Some of the voice characterizations that Dastor renders seem a little over the top and it's easy to miss the humor in a couple of situations, but the same character delineations are strong and he keeps the pace steady throughout to the end. Still, I think that if I were to re-read or recommend, the print version might be the way to go if only to see some of the Hindi & Afghan words and/or make some passages a bit clearer. There's a Norton Critical Edition that I've got my eye on... 4.0 stars
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (by Peter Hopkirk; narrated by Alex Wyndham). This is non-fiction, but reads like an adventure tale with massacres that made me weep (Kyber Pass 1842) and, amazing feats of strategy, leadership &, courage; but more importantly, an overview of the geopolitics then that still have ramifications today. The narrator, a British reader who has become one of my favorites, related tales with his signature touch of controlled exuberance that engages without sensationalism. The only reason I'm not giving this a full five stars is because I still have to go buy the book for the maps! (I did a quick internet search for various places, but still...) 4.5 stars
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (by William Dalrymple; narrated by Sid Sagar) - This is a narrative, eye-opening NF account written and delivered in an engaging way: It starts with the EIC's formation in 1599 as a trading company and pretty much ends with the last official EIC military engagement in 1803. It provides a lot of background and context for world events and modern events. I see some criticism that the Indian-born British actor & narrator mispronounces words, but I think these digs are coming from people not used to British pronunciations. My review is understated... but #AllThe Stars
The Infidel Stain (Blake & Avery #2; by M.J. Carter; narrated by Alex Wyndham) - Avery & Blake "inquire" after the death of two printers in 1841. The Chartist Movement, classicism and poverty are the backdrop against which the gruesome, ritualistic murders take place and which the two former soldiers in the East India Trading Company race against false accusations and red herrings. M.J. Carter has indulged in her love of research and brings into focus the rich/poor divide, industrialization and urbanization that lead to it and, the efforts of many to eradicate it. Though I'm disappointed that the author didn't set this in Afghanistan, there was a summary account of Avery's three-year stint there. I had only one quibble with the audiobook narrator's performance in that his Irish character didn't sound so much Irish as a much as something just terribly strained; but character distinctions were never lost (and there were many!) 4.0 stars
The Devil's Feast (Blake & Avery #3; by M.J. Carter; narrated by Alex Wyndham) this morning. This final installment in the series has Blake & Avery in a Victorian Era club kitchen investigating the death of a member. Poisoning is suspected, but accidental or murder? Carter takes a look at the kitchen and life of the first celebrity chef, Alexis Soyer and the reader/listener has a fully realized depiction of his flamboyancy and the workings of his trade. The author's research is heavier here than in The Infidel Stain, and the actual mystery suffered a little more. There are a lot of characters and red herrings to keep track of and; the ending didn't land as solid as I would have liked. But I still regret that Carter did not continue this series. 4.0 stars
Currently listening to: In The Anarchy, William Dalrymple mentions the Koh-i-Noor-- an enormous diamond that carries a curse with it-- and that would become the basis for Wilkie Collins' novel, The Moonstone (set in 1848-1850; text published in 1868). I couldn't resist: I bought a 30-cent ebook version on AMZN and then bought the Naxos multi-voice recording (narrated by Ronald Pickup and others) for half-price on Audible. I'm not sure what I thought this was, but it's a mystery centered around the disappearance of the diamond from an English country estate. Told in epistolary fashion, the opening letter shows how the diamond left India... Anyway, I'm absolutely loving this!
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1; by Robert Galbraith; narrated by Robert Glenister) - Cormoran Strike, ex military police has set up shop in the London, England area as a private detective. Robin, a young temp, is thrilled to be assigned a secretarial position despite the rundown conditions and low pay. When John Bristow, an upper class attorney approaches Strike in regard to a suspicious suicide, Comoran & Robin work out their professional relationship as they resolve whether or not the suicide was actually murdered or not; and if murdered, by whom. The narrative arc, scenes and, characters are all solid; but as a mystery that fully or actively engages the reader, it falls a little short in the last 10% of the novel. Cormoran Strike knows what has happened before the reader does, extrapolating from evidence that is not shared with the reader. It feels like a bit of a cheat to bring the reader along for the ride, but then deny the epiphany. The audiobook narrator, Robert Glenister does well with character delineation even if I don't personally agree with the choices made for various characters (e.g. a character described as "Byronic" in the text was rendered with a rather nasal, grating voice). The audio itself seems to run a bit fast-- so much so that I slowed it done a touch. Overall, I was pleasantry surprised with this mystery, being richer in atmosphere and character than I was expecting from the author of the Harry Potter series; but I am not hooked enough to proactively seek out other titles in this (Cormoran Strike) series. 3.0 stars
Kim (by Rudyard Kipling; narrated by Indian-born British narrator, Sam Dastor) Despite a false start and a certain ambivalence about the beginning chapters (eponymous character as a rather glib and sly street urchin), I ended up marveling at how it all the worked out. The aforementioned street urchin becomes attached to a Buddhist Lama on the streets of Calcutta and so begins the spiritual journey of the Lama to find a river and, the bildungsroman of a(n) Eurasian child into a spy taking part in "The Great Game". Some of the voice characterizations that Dastor renders seem a little over the top and it's easy to miss the humor in a couple of situations, but the same character delineations are strong and he keeps the pace steady throughout to the end. Still, I think that if I were to re-read or recommend, the print version might be the way to go if only to see some of the Hindi & Afghan words and/or make some passages a bit clearer. There's a Norton Critical Edition that I've got my eye on... 4.0 stars
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (by Peter Hopkirk; narrated by Alex Wyndham). This is non-fiction, but reads like an adventure tale with massacres that made me weep (Kyber Pass 1842) and, amazing feats of strategy, leadership &, courage; but more importantly, an overview of the geopolitics then that still have ramifications today. The narrator, a British reader who has become one of my favorites, related tales with his signature touch of controlled exuberance that engages without sensationalism. The only reason I'm not giving this a full five stars is because I still have to go buy the book for the maps! (I did a quick internet search for various places, but still...) 4.5 stars
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire (by William Dalrymple; narrated by Sid Sagar) - This is a narrative, eye-opening NF account written and delivered in an engaging way: It starts with the EIC's formation in 1599 as a trading company and pretty much ends with the last official EIC military engagement in 1803. It provides a lot of background and context for world events and modern events. I see some criticism that the Indian-born British actor & narrator mispronounces words, but I think these digs are coming from people not used to British pronunciations. My review is understated... but #AllThe Stars
The Infidel Stain (Blake & Avery #2; by M.J. Carter; narrated by Alex Wyndham) - Avery & Blake "inquire" after the death of two printers in 1841. The Chartist Movement, classicism and poverty are the backdrop against which the gruesome, ritualistic murders take place and which the two former soldiers in the East India Trading Company race against false accusations and red herrings. M.J. Carter has indulged in her love of research and brings into focus the rich/poor divide, industrialization and urbanization that lead to it and, the efforts of many to eradicate it. Though I'm disappointed that the author didn't set this in Afghanistan, there was a summary account of Avery's three-year stint there. I had only one quibble with the audiobook narrator's performance in that his Irish character didn't sound so much Irish as a much as something just terribly strained; but character distinctions were never lost (and there were many!) 4.0 stars
The Devil's Feast (Blake & Avery #3; by M.J. Carter; narrated by Alex Wyndham) this morning. This final installment in the series has Blake & Avery in a Victorian Era club kitchen investigating the death of a member. Poisoning is suspected, but accidental or murder? Carter takes a look at the kitchen and life of the first celebrity chef, Alexis Soyer and the reader/listener has a fully realized depiction of his flamboyancy and the workings of his trade. The author's research is heavier here than in The Infidel Stain, and the actual mystery suffered a little more. There are a lot of characters and red herrings to keep track of and; the ending didn't land as solid as I would have liked. But I still regret that Carter did not continue this series. 4.0 stars
Currently listening to: In The Anarchy, William Dalrymple mentions the Koh-i-Noor-- an enormous diamond that carries a curse with it-- and that would become the basis for Wilkie Collins' novel, The Moonstone (set in 1848-1850; text published in 1868). I couldn't resist: I bought a 30-cent ebook version on AMZN and then bought the Naxos multi-voice recording (narrated by Ronald Pickup and others) for half-price on Audible. I'm not sure what I thought this was, but it's a mystery centered around the disappearance of the diamond from an English country estate. Told in epistolary fashion, the opening letter shows how the diamond left India... Anyway, I'm absolutely loving this!
11Molly3028
Enjoying Pride and Prejudice via an AudioFile/Audiobook Break podcast. Two segments are added each week. I have enjoyed listening to Chapters 1-2-3 and 4-5 so far.
14Molly3028
Enjoying this hoot of an audio via hoopla ~
Granny's Got a Gun (Secret Agent Granny Book 1)
by Harper Lin
Granny's Got a Gun (Secret Agent Granny Book 1)
by Harper Lin
15Tanya-dogearedcopy
I need to do a better job of updating more regularly!
The Moonstone (by Wilkie Collins; narrated by Ronald Pickup, Sean Barrett, David Timson, Jamie Parker, Jonathan Oliver, Fenella Woolgar and, Joe Marsh). Published in 1868, this mystery is set in the country house belonging to the Verinders. A rare and large diamond has passed into the hands of a young woman and, before the night is out, the gem is missing! Told in epistolary form from eight (?) POVs, this leaves you guessing up until the very end as to who, how and why. Though there is one "loose-ish" end (How is it that Dr. Candy recovers? ), I found it entertaining and am looking forward to picking up The Woman in White in the future. My only quibble with the audio (which had so many amazing narrators) is that there didn't seem to be any overall directorial guidance-- so sometimes the steward's daughter is Irish and sometimes not!
Koh-i-Noor (by Anita Anand & William Dalrymple; narrated by Leighton Pugh). This is a narrative NF title about the famed diamond that is the basis for The Moonstone and which currently sits in the British Royal Crown. The first part is written by Dalrymple and delves into the history of the gemstone. A lot of this material is replicated in The Anarchy-- so, a little disappointing because "been there, done that!” Anand's section delves into the jewel’s history with Queen Victoria and the Maharaja of Lahore who was forced to surrender it as a a 10-year old boy. Nothing wrong with the narrator (British) or the text per se— but there’s a great Smithsonian article out there that covers the same material more concisely (and with illustrations).
Hard Times (by Charles Dickens; narrated by Anton Lesser) - A satirical anti-industrialism work and the shortest Dickens novel in his oeuvre. One of the first characters we meet is Josiah Bounderby, a man who boasts of his origins in poverty. At this point, all I could think of was the absurdist sketch, "The Four Yorkshiremen" from "At Last the 1948 Show"; and from there, imagining all the characters in the novel as Monty Python comics. Anyway, from the ridiculous Mr. Bounderby to the Queen of Passive Aggressiveness, Mrs. Sparsit, they were all vividly and evocatively drawn. Anton Lesser is a master audiobook narrator-- the kind where you can't quite believe the book is being read by just one person! But he doesn't call attention to himself. You just sort of slip into Dickens' world with Lesser as your discreet audio guide.
https://youtu.be/DT1mGoLDRbc
Death in Delft (Master Mercurius #1 by Graham Brack; narrated by Alex Wyndham). This is a historical fiction mystery set in the Netherlands in 1670. Three girls have disappeared and the Protestant Minister/Roman Catholic priest (This duality is explained in the novel) is called in to help with the inquiry. Johannes Vermeer (Master Painter) and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Father of Microbiology) appear as a sort of police sketch artist and forensic lab technician respectively. During Audible's site-wide sale last week, I purchased this one and listened to it quickly with the idea that if I liked it, I would go ahead and get the other two titles in the series. Unfortunately, it's pretty clear up front what has happened; the personal theology professed by Mercurious is slippery at best; the research was laid in a bit artlessly and; even one of my favorite narrators managed to disappoint in being overly actorly and sounding a bit too much like Simon Vance at times (Nothing wrong with Simon Vance! But if I wanted to hear SV, I would pick up an audiobook narrated by him!) Anyway, needless to say, I did not pick up the other two titles in the series.
In The Devil's Feast (by M.J. Carter; narrated by Alex Wyndham), the story lifts a bit from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. (The "lift" is part of the story and fully acknowledged so it's not plagiarism). Not having read The Pickwick Papers before, I decided to get the audio (narrated by David Timson). The conceit is that a few well-meaning but naive gentlemen form an amateur social science club. They go around England collecting & recording stories. This is longer that I had anticipated at 31+ hours so I expect this will carry over into April.
The Moonstone (by Wilkie Collins; narrated by Ronald Pickup, Sean Barrett, David Timson, Jamie Parker, Jonathan Oliver, Fenella Woolgar and, Joe Marsh). Published in 1868, this mystery is set in the country house belonging to the Verinders. A rare and large diamond has passed into the hands of a young woman and, before the night is out, the gem is missing! Told in epistolary form from eight (?) POVs, this leaves you guessing up until the very end as to who, how and why. Though there is one "loose-ish" end (
Koh-i-Noor (by Anita Anand & William Dalrymple; narrated by Leighton Pugh). This is a narrative NF title about the famed diamond that is the basis for The Moonstone and which currently sits in the British Royal Crown. The first part is written by Dalrymple and delves into the history of the gemstone. A lot of this material is replicated in The Anarchy-- so, a little disappointing because "been there, done that!” Anand's section delves into the jewel’s history with Queen Victoria and the Maharaja of Lahore who was forced to surrender it as a a 10-year old boy. Nothing wrong with the narrator (British) or the text per se— but there’s a great Smithsonian article out there that covers the same material more concisely (and with illustrations).
Hard Times (by Charles Dickens; narrated by Anton Lesser) - A satirical anti-industrialism work and the shortest Dickens novel in his oeuvre. One of the first characters we meet is Josiah Bounderby, a man who boasts of his origins in poverty. At this point, all I could think of was the absurdist sketch, "The Four Yorkshiremen" from "At Last the 1948 Show"; and from there, imagining all the characters in the novel as Monty Python comics. Anyway, from the ridiculous Mr. Bounderby to the Queen of Passive Aggressiveness, Mrs. Sparsit, they were all vividly and evocatively drawn. Anton Lesser is a master audiobook narrator-- the kind where you can't quite believe the book is being read by just one person! But he doesn't call attention to himself. You just sort of slip into Dickens' world with Lesser as your discreet audio guide.
https://youtu.be/DT1mGoLDRbc
Death in Delft (Master Mercurius #1 by Graham Brack; narrated by Alex Wyndham). This is a historical fiction mystery set in the Netherlands in 1670. Three girls have disappeared and the Protestant Minister/Roman Catholic priest (This duality is explained in the novel) is called in to help with the inquiry. Johannes Vermeer (Master Painter) and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Father of Microbiology) appear as a sort of police sketch artist and forensic lab technician respectively. During Audible's site-wide sale last week, I purchased this one and listened to it quickly with the idea that if I liked it, I would go ahead and get the other two titles in the series. Unfortunately, it's pretty clear up front what has happened; the personal theology professed by Mercurious is slippery at best; the research was laid in a bit artlessly and; even one of my favorite narrators managed to disappoint in being overly actorly and sounding a bit too much like Simon Vance at times (Nothing wrong with Simon Vance! But if I wanted to hear SV, I would pick up an audiobook narrated by him!) Anyway, needless to say, I did not pick up the other two titles in the series.
In The Devil's Feast (by M.J. Carter; narrated by Alex Wyndham), the story lifts a bit from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. (The "lift" is part of the story and fully acknowledged so it's not plagiarism). Not having read The Pickwick Papers before, I decided to get the audio (narrated by David Timson). The conceit is that a few well-meaning but naive gentlemen form an amateur social science club. They go around England collecting & recording stories. This is longer that I had anticipated at 31+ hours so I expect this will carry over into April.
16Molly3028
Enjoying this OverDrive audio novel very much ~
Run, Rose, Run: A Novel
by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
(ensemble narration which includes Dolly)
Run, Rose, Run: A Novel
by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
(ensemble narration which includes Dolly)
17Tanya-dogearedcopy
I finished The Pickwick Papers (by Charles Dickens; narrated by David Timson last night! I listened to a little bit every day, and looked forward to "Wellerisms"-- the analogous quips Sam Weller comes up with (e.g., "Vich I call addin' insult to injury, as the parrot said ven they not only took him from his native land, but made him talk the English langwidge afterwards.") Some scenes/characters are absolutely charming, hilarious and/or tense, e.g. the the Christmas Party/skating sections and the aforementioned Sam Weller respectively and; everything is detailed to the extent that a very clear picture is painted in the listener's mind. That said, I also found a web-site that carries the original illustrations which is "icing on the cake!" (https://www.charlesdickenspage.com/illustrations-pickwick.html). The British audiobook narrator, did a yeoman's job on this one: delineating dozens of characters with pitch and accent. Many of the secondary characters sounded very much like the vegan contestant on the last British Bakeoff- which made me think Timson had a Yorkshire background-- but it turns out he's from Leicester. Granted less than a hundred miles away, but I just don't know enough about the regional variations to know if I'm listening to a Leicester accent or an affected Yorkshire one. Either way, the performance was engaging and entertaining; but those who find non-RP English a challenge may have trouble with this audio as well.
From 19th century England to America, I'm now listening to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (by Seth Grahame-Smith; narrated by Scott Holst). I ripped this from CDs all those years ago when these mashups were the rage; but am only getting around to it now! It's more horror than silliness than I expected and I find the audiobook narrator a bit too Midwestern-bland for my taste; but I'll roll on with this one and expect to have done with it by this time next week :-)
From 19th century England to America, I'm now listening to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (by Seth Grahame-Smith; narrated by Scott Holst). I ripped this from CDs all those years ago when these mashups were the rage; but am only getting around to it now! It's more horror than silliness than I expected and I find the audiobook narrator a bit too Midwestern-bland for my taste; but I'll roll on with this one and expect to have done with it by this time next week :-)
18Molly3028
Starting this audiobook via hoopla ~
The Letter from Briarton Park (The Houses of Yorkshire, #1)
by Sarah E. Ladd
(Regency England romance/Austen-Brontë type tales)
The Letter from Briarton Park (The Houses of Yorkshire, #1)
by Sarah E. Ladd
(Regency England romance/Austen-Brontë type tales)
19jburlinson
>17 Tanya-dogearedcopy: Glad you enjoyed Pickwick. One thing about David Timson that I believe to be absolutely unique is his recording introductions to most, if not all, of Dickens' novels and making them available free on Audible. No other narrator has ever done that, to my knowledge. The Novels of Charles Dickens: An Introduction by David Timson to The Pickwick Papers
20Tanya-dogearedcopy
>19 jburlinson: Thank you for that! I listened to the 28-minute program this morning.I feel like the title and description are a little misleading though. I was expecting David Timson to be sharing some insights or anecdotes about The Pickwick Papers. Instead, it was Neville Jason reading some general information about Charles Dickens and the publication of The Pickwick Papers, and then three long excerpts from the audiobook that Mr. Timson narrated. But now that I know what to expect, I will certainly take a listen before my next Dickens audiobook!
Stephen Fry did something similar for the Sherlock Holmes collection (Audible); but his Introductions were about his personal connections to the works and tied in well with the podcast series he did, "Secrets of the Victorian Age" and "Secrets of the Edwardian Age" (also Audible exclusives). But his intros were not separated out into their own offerings, instead included as tracks preceding each relevant work.
Stephen Fry did something similar for the Sherlock Holmes collection (Audible); but his Introductions were about his personal connections to the works and tied in well with the podcast series he did, "Secrets of the Victorian Age" and "Secrets of the Edwardian Age" (also Audible exclusives). But his intros were not separated out into their own offerings, instead included as tracks preceding each relevant work.
21Tanya-dogearedcopy
I finished listening to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (by Seth Grahame-Smith; narrated by Scott Holst) this morning. This is a Historical Fiction + Fantasy Horror mashup which fills in the gaps of Lincoln's life with tall tales of vampire slaying. The core history is actually solid and the scenes of predation, whether from the vampires' or the hunters' parts, pretty gruesome; but the whole lacked cleverness or humor which would have made this alternative narrative really sparkle. As is, it's a bit heavy feeling. The audiobook narrator is from the Midwest and delivers a very sincere, if directionless, reading.
Next: Robinson Crusoe (by Daniel Defoe; narrated by Andrew Cullum)
Next: Robinson Crusoe (by Daniel Defoe; narrated by Andrew Cullum)
22jburlinson
>20 Tanya-dogearedcopy: You're right about there being a little confusion concerning some of Timson's introductions to Dickens. Timson actually did write the introductions, but Neville Jason was the narrator for his text, while Timson extracted from his own recordings of the novels. I'm not sure why Timson didn't read his own commentary, but of course Jason does a bang up job. For other books, Timson does read his introductory commentary and another reader reads the excerpts; e.g. Tale of Two Cities with the Dickens passages read by Anton Lesser. I guess Timson wanted a little variety in these pieces, or maybe Naxos wanted it that way.
23Molly3028
Starting April with this audio via hoopla ~
The Last Grand Duchess: A Novel of Olga Romanov, Imperial Russia, and Revolution
by Bryn Turnbull
The Last Grand Duchess: A Novel of Olga Romanov, Imperial Russia, and Revolution
by Bryn Turnbull
24Molly3028
Half-finished with this enjoyable hoopla audio ~
Front Page Murder (A Homefront News Mystery, #1) by Joyce St. Anthony
(WWII era/Irene is the wartime editor of her hometown newspaper/
a Nancy-Drew type character/includes interesting war news flashes)
Front Page Murder (A Homefront News Mystery, #1) by Joyce St. Anthony
(WWII era/Irene is the wartime editor of her hometown newspaper/
a Nancy-Drew type character/includes interesting war news flashes)
26Crypto-Willobie
My last several audios:
The Mirror and the Light current
Piranesi
The Worm Ouroboros
Crock of Gold
The Cream of the Jest
The Mirror and the Light current
Piranesi
The Worm Ouroboros
Crock of Gold
The Cream of the Jest
27Molly3028
Enjoying this hoopla audio ~
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II
by Madeline Martin
and
this OverDrive Kindle cozy Alexa is narrating for me ~
Her Royal Spyness (A Royal Spyness Mystery, #1)
by Rhys Bowen
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II
by Madeline Martin
and
this OverDrive Kindle cozy Alexa is narrating for me ~
Her Royal Spyness (A Royal Spyness Mystery, #1)
by Rhys Bowen
28jburlinson
>26 Crypto-Willobie: What did you think of Cream of the Jest?
29Crypto-Willobie
>28 jburlinson:
Oh, I'd read it 3 or 4 times before listening to it. It's a great book. I can't recall the reader's voice for better or worse, soI guess it was at least ok.
Oh, I'd read it 3 or 4 times before listening to it. It's a great book. I can't recall the reader's voice for better or worse, soI guess it was at least ok.
32Molly3028
Agatha Raisin: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection
books by M. C. Beaton (full cast narration of 10 tales)
books by M. C. Beaton (full cast narration of 10 tales)
34Molly3028
Starting this OverDrive audio selection ~
A Sunlit Weapon: A Novel (Maisie Dobbs series, Book 17)
by Jacqueline Winspear
(Eleanor Roosevelt is included in this historical fiction installment)
A Sunlit Weapon: A Novel (Maisie Dobbs series, Book 17)
by Jacqueline Winspear
(Eleanor Roosevelt is included in this historical fiction installment)
35Molly3028
Starting this historical fiction OverDrive audio ~
The Tobacco Wives: A Novel
by Adele Myers
(NC in the 1940s)
The Tobacco Wives: A Novel
by Adele Myers
(NC in the 1940s)
