01-04-2017, 12:35 PM | #1861 |
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I finished Vanity Fair, which was delightful. I thought the narrator, John Castle, was excellent; he's of the style that tells the story rather than enacts it. Unfortunately Audible had only one other book read by him And it didn't interest me.
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01-05-2017, 01:31 PM | #1862 |
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I finished the last of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books last month (or, what I believe are currently the last of them. I think there are a couple of new novellas, but I'm waiting for the next "big" book to be released before I read any more side stories.)
Concurrently, I have been listening to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and am presently in the middle of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I didn't think about claiming them as books I've read, since I started them as a way to help my daughter get into reading the series, but it occurs to me that I have listened to them all, so technically, I *have* been reading them. (It worked as she is now in book 7 on her own, but initially she had a hard time getting through the first chapter of the first book.) On my own, I'm getting ready to start Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. I've heard good things about it, but it will be different for me since it has been several years since I listened to an audiobook that I had not previously read as a "regular" book. I'm taking a break from audiobooks at the moment, catching up on a few podcasts that have been piling up, but next week I will return to listening to books on my drive home from work. |
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01-05-2017, 11:20 PM | #1863 |
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I'm currently reading Assassin's Apprentice as well, Katie, but mostly reading in in eBook format. I wasn't thrilled with the narrator, he just seemed to dark and somber for the book, so switched to the eBook. I'm enjoying that.
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01-06-2017, 12:41 AM | #1864 |
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I'm also reading about assassination: three books about Abraham Lincoln's murder.
First was Hanging Mary, by Susan Higginbotham, a fictional account of Mary Surratt's role in John Wilkes Booth's plot. I followed that up with Kate Clifford Larson's nonfiction book Assassin's Accomplice, which also focused on Mary Surratt. And now I've just finished Manhunt, by James L. Swanson, about the hunt for Booth. This was an interesting trio of books, and I'm glad I read the novel first, as it gave me a better sense of who the people were. It was the most sympathetic to Mary, but tracked fairly well with the facts in Larson's book. Manhunt was odd--it had too many maudlin passages and sometimes overmuch gruesome detail, and at times it seemed jarringly sympathetic to Booth--but fascinating. |
01-06-2017, 01:34 PM | #1865 |
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Oh yes, terrific book! (ebook; don't know about the audio) It caused me to go out and purchase books 2 and 3 immediately. And, years later, to discover another sub-series with the same lead character, so I purchased those too!
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01-07-2017, 08:35 AM | #1866 |
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Just finished Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller, an audiobook narrated by Janis Ian and Jean Smart. This same-sex historical romance wasn't bad, but it was no standout in my opinion. The drama was too brief, and the interplay between the two characters often made me wonder what they saw in each other. They seemed to spend an awful lot of time on different pages. But it was pleasant enough, so I gave it three stars.
Next up is The Hunt for Vulcan by Thomas Levenson, a science history audiobook narrated by Kevin Pariseau. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 01-07-2017 at 09:08 PM. |
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01-19-2017, 06:59 PM | #1868 |
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I'm listening to The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins. I decided against the version narrated by Ian Holm, which I believe was a SYNC offering, in favor of a version with multiple narrators: Roger Rees, Rosalyn Landor, John Lee, and Judy Geeson. I figured if I'm going to spend 25 hours listening, it's better to have some variety!
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I'm listening to Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan, with 3 narrators, Laura Aikman, John Sackville and Helen Baxendale.
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01-20-2017, 09:07 AM | #1870 |
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I just finished Their Mutual Child (US, 1919)/The Coming of Bill (UK, 1920), which according to Goodreads "is the nearest Wodehouse ever came to a serious novel." Thank goodness he never got nearer! It wasn't terrible; this is Wodehouse, after all, and sometimes the funny came through in spite of himself. But even Frederick Davidson, my favorite Wodehouse narrator, couldn't save it.
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01-25-2017, 11:37 AM | #1874 |
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currently listening to the wise mans fear
--loving all the suggestions in here though! they are good. Last edited by rawling; 02-20-2017 at 08:22 AM. |
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Currently listening to Blood and Circuses, by Kerry Greenwood and read by Stephanie Daniel. This is #6 in the wonderful Phryne Fisher series. Highly recommended. |
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