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Originally Posted by David Munch
A. A. Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh.
A short classic which most should have heard of. Liking it so far, although it is hard not to be influenced by the differences between this and Disneys take on it, which I grew up with and still adore very much. The audiobook version has a MUCH deeper voice for Poo, which took a bit of time to adjust to!
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The Disney adaptations are wonderful, but I always go back to the books. These are two of my favorite books --
Winnie the Pooh and
The House at Pooh Corner -- along with the two poetry books,
When We Were Very Young and
Now We Are Six. I love Eeyore so much in the books (and not as much in the videos.) My favorite story is the one where Pooh and Piglet build Eeyore a house, but I don't recall which book that one is in.
I didn't know they were available in audio format, but think I would have a hard time listening to them. When I was young, I had a record (an LP!
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too) with the stories where Rabbit tries to unbounce Tigger and where Tigger and Roo get stuck in a tree. I listened to that record quite a lot back then and it would be strange to listen to 100 Acre Wood stories with a different narrator.
(Sorry to ramble on; this is one of the few books that I get super excited over and I can't help myself.
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I took a break from audiobooks to catch up on the third season of Outlander (alongside a fan podcast that discusses each episode); now that I'm caught up there, I have started Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders series with
Ship of Magic. I have seen mixed reviews about it, but I am interested to see where it goes.