01-28-2015, 12:08 PM | #1111 |
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Still listening to Confessions of an Opium Eater. Never knew doing drugs could be so boring.
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01-28-2015, 02:56 PM | #1112 |
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I'm listening to Patricia MacDonald's I See You. The main characters, and a few plot elements, seem to have been inspired somewhat by Casey Anthony and her parents, though the story isn't about a child murder.
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01-29-2015, 02:03 AM | #1113 |
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After Ex Heroes I ended up grabbing Firefight by Brandon Sanderson. Despite the overlap in subject matter (superheroes, and furthermore, post-apocalyptic superheroes), they couldn't be more different. After the grimdark Watchmen-meets-Walking-Dead tone of Ex Heroes, Sanderson's goofy YA protagonist took some getting used to, but the end result was definitely superior to Steelheart. I'd rather see more epic fantasy from Sanderson, whether it's Stormlight or Mistborn, but if projects like the Reckoners help him stay energized for more srs bsns, I won't begrudge him.
ETA: Oh and hey, to stay genuinely on topic, what I'm listening to now is C.J. Cherryh's Hammerfall, which gets mixed reviews, but I'm liking it quite well so far. It feels more mythic sci-fi in the Herbert or Zelazny vein, which I can see Cherryh's audience from some more LeGuin-ish series not grokking so well, but I like it. Last edited by taosaur; 01-29-2015 at 02:08 AM. |
01-29-2015, 07:41 AM | #1114 |
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I am listening to Good Omen by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and narrated by Martin Jarvis. I read the book few years back and really liked it but the audiobook is even better, kept laughing during my entire train journey . I really wish they had written a few more books together.
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01-29-2015, 05:51 PM | #1115 | |
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This book, narrated by Zara Ramm, is the exploits of time traveling historians, based in St. Mary's College. The narration is good, not great, the story is well done (though like a lot of folks, I find the 4 year gap a bit annoying), and when all is said and done, I was _really_ glad I was on a long trip in the car, cause I was no way going to put this down! |
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01-29-2015, 09:45 PM | #1116 | |
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I read that on my Kindle and am not sure if I want to read any more in the series or not. It was surprisingly violent and contained a high body bag count. Often when I was just warming to a particular character the author would do them in. I did like the ending, though. |
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01-30-2015, 01:29 AM | #1117 |
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It is rather violent (but then, so is history!), but I found myself quite caught up by it. My tolerance for spurious or "loving" violence is fairly low, as you know, but this never (quite) tripped my triggers. Not sure why. Possibly because the main character was a woman, and she kicks a**. IAC, I'm definitely reading the second one, but only as an Audible book, since I have credits, but don't want to spend any more actual $$ this month.
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01-30-2015, 07:55 AM | #1118 | |
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I'm currently listening to The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack: Burton & Swinburne, Book 1 by Mark Hodder, narrated by Gerard Doyle, who is making a fair go of it. It is a reimagining of Sir Richard Burton's life set against a steampunk world where trains run on compressed air, and penny farthings have gyroscopes and are driven by coal-burning engines. The sudden twist that I have just encountered (presaged in the blurb, so not a spoiler, I think), and which I imagine is going to take us away from the real history is: Spoiler:
It does however stick quite closely to his real life events, at least at the moment (I'm still only a little way in) and so far is largely involved with the disagreement between Burton and Speke over the discovery of the source of the Nile (as depicted in the great movie "Mountains of the Moon"). |
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02-02-2015, 07:25 PM | #1119 |
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I've started Villette by Charlotte Bronte, read by Davina Porter. So far so good, a nice leisurely listen. I know people love Porter's reading of the Outlander books; so far I haven't been swept away to that extent.
If The Age of Innocence is picked for the bookclub, I'll regret not having started that in a timely manner, as I own the audio book and it will be hard to squeeze it in after Villette. |
02-02-2015, 09:49 PM | #1120 |
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Having finished Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey (audiobook read by Martin Geeson), I'm now reading "Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" by Mark Twain, an audio short story of roughly an hour and a half in length read by Kevin LaVergne.
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02-03-2015, 07:50 AM | #1121 | |
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Meanwhile I am listening to Moon over Soto by Ben Aaronovitch halfway through and loving it |
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02-03-2015, 01:59 PM | #1122 |
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WHEN do you-all find time to listen to books? (Break out, if this should really be a separate topic, but I really only intend a short side question.)
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02-03-2015, 02:12 PM | #1123 |
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On my daily walks.
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02-03-2015, 02:35 PM | #1124 |
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Driving, walking, swimming.
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02-03-2015, 03:10 PM | #1125 |
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Cooking, laundry, other household chores. And especially while driving.
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