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I really liked audio versions of all the Riordan's books. In the Kane Chronicles, using different readers for the alternating points of view, worked out quite well, IMPO.
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Right now, I'm listening to A morbid Taste for Bones, the first of the Brother Cadfael Chronicles. Very amusing so far. I've been listening to Gate of Ivrel off and on and am roughly half way through. I do like it, but it doesn't lend itself to listening casually, so I have moved it to next on my car listening list.
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Now, Murder and Mendelssohn, #20 in the Phryne Fisher series. Written by Kerry Greenwood, and read excellently by Stephanie Daniel. I'm looking forward to this with very mixed feelings. I've been hording these Phryne Fisher books because they are such a delight, but this is the last one so far and one has no surety of when there may be a new one. |
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It was $17 at audible, so that's a good buy. Hopefully the series will show up as ebooks in the near future, but in the mean time, I plan to buy more of them. It makes a good change of pace from my normal listening selection.
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I started listening to "The Great Escape" the classic book that the movie was based on. So far, it's been great. The reader has just the right level of whimsy in his voice.
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I just listened to the big short by Michael Lewis. It was fascinating to listen about subprime mortgages bonds, how few people identified the oncoming crisis and were able to make huge money. It explores how the subprime bonds were created, what role the rating companies played in it. I really enjoyed this book considering my non-finance background.
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I finished The Goldfinch fairly quickly for me by syncing between the Audible and Kindle versions. I thought the narration was excellent and I loved the story. Yes, even the ending.
I tried to listen to an audio of Frog Music I got from the library but I couldn't stand the narrators voice, so I'm re-listening to A Brief History of Nearly Everything which is, of course, excellent. Last edited by covingtoncat73; 05-07-2014 at 09:09 AM. |
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I finished up The Magic of Recluce (excellent!) and started into the second book, The Towers of Sunset, but it wasn't really grabbing me. I ended up switching to Rally Cry, the first Lost Regiment book by William R. Forstchen, which was a lot of fun. The historical details and attention paid to establishing Civil War era infrastructure from scratch added another dimension to what was in most respects a pulp adventure story (but quite enjoyable on that level, too).
I've returned to the second Recluce book and gotten a little more drawn in, though so far it seems less interesting than the first. The first book is a worthwhile standalone read even if you don't want to sign on for the series. |
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Recently finished Rough Country by John Sandford enjoyed it and moved straight into the next in the series Bad Blood. I really enjoy the Vigil Flowers character despite Sandford constantly putting in the same passages(band t-shirts, having a think about religion before bed, romantic interest and 'that beeping flowers') but I think the predictability of the character is what I like and the mystery/action scenes are very well written.
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05-17-2014, 07:59 AM | #824 |
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I've been listening to Rhys Bowen's Royal Spyness series, and enjoying them immensely. This is a cozy mystery series set in the early 1930s; the heroine is an impoverished royal, 34th in line for the British throne. Katherine Kellgren's narration is wonderful.
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05-17-2014, 09:19 AM | #825 |
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I just finished listening to John Locke's Letters on Toleration. I'm using Librivox to get through a lot of old classics.
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