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Originally Posted by issybird
I've just finished Summer Lightning, one of Wodehouse's Blandings novels, read by John Wells. Not one of the better Wodehouse novels as nothing much happened; I also wasn't crazy about Wells. I ended up listening to him at 1.25X speed, which did wonders for the dialogue.
I've started Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, his travel book about seeing America with his poodle. It's read by Gary Sinise and so far it's delightful. ,
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I really enjoyed
Travels with Charley. I've learned that it's somewhat fictionalized so if that would be a dealbreaker it would be a no-go, but I thought it a wonderful snapshot of what we were like in 1960 and remarkably prescient. Gary Sinise was terrific.
I'm listening to yet another Wodehouse,
Big Money, read by Jonathan Cecil. I'm going to the Wodehouse well way too often, but when I'm looking for something light for listening to in bed, it's just so darned easy. However, in my chronological Wodehouse quest it seems as if I'll have to read the next few, so that will force me to get outside this habit.