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Originally Posted by issybird
I finally finished The Great Hunger, which was as grim as expected but worthwhile. I also listened to The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, read by Campbell Scott, whom I really like. However, he couldn't save The Reader, which was the worst book I've read this year. I don't understand the plaudits as I think a book which exploits the Holocaust by dressing it in a bunch of clichés is despicable.
I'm in the middle of another Wodehouse, but I think I'm going to this well a little too frequently. I'm also listening to The Illustrious Dead by Stephan Talty, read by Stephen Hoye. It's an account of how typhus affected Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, but it's lacking rigor and is mostly just a potted history. Not recommended.
I need to break out of my rut, obviously. Once I clear the decks, I hope I come up with something more absorbing.
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I tend to arrange my audiobooks to make sure they are fairly varied and that I don't get the same sort of book too often in a row. That keeps me from getting burned out. This and automatically going to the next book while driving are a big reason that I'm so adamant about using playlist. The vast majority of audiobooks that I listen to are books that I've already read in ebook/dead tree, so I rarely end up with a bad book. There have been a few that I didn't read before listening. The Martian was one (good movie, even better book). The Star Wars book was another. (I suspect this will be a better movie than book. The movie is suppose to come out on Friday).