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Audio books
Apr. 13th, 2016 05:45 pmIt occurred to me it might be quite interesting to share the audio books I've been listening to on my journeys to and from work. I don't listen all the time, if the traffic is flowing I tend to sing along with Classic FM, but in the more tedious hauls (generally on wet term days) I am very grateful for something to occupy my brain. As ever, I shall be interested in hearing others thoughts and recommendations. I know some of my flist aren't great audio book fans, so feel free to skip this post.
In approximate listening order:
Georgette Heyer's Venetia, Sylvester and The Convenient Marriage. I enjoyed these - the plot never went quite as I expected, which was good. Of course, the fact the narrator was Richard Armitage and I spent a significant amount of time imagining him as the brooding male hero has nothing at all to do with it.
Robin Hood (BBC), audio versions of the first four episodes of series one. Basically rubbish. But read by Guy of Gisborne. No further comment needed.
Cabin Pressure - the first three series. I listened to a few episodes each week, interspersing them with other books. As entertaining as ever.
The Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark. A sequel to John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids. Narrated by Bill Mason's (the narrator of The Day) son David, played by Sam Troughton. I'm not a great sci-fi fan, but I was taken with this - and especially driving home on a dark December evening seemed very appropriate.
Doctor Who: Dead Air read by David Tennant, and Ghosts of India read by David Troughton. I enjoyed the latter more. Both featured the Tenth Doctor, but the second also had Donna being awesome.
The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde, read by Rupert Graves. One of those stories which I vaguely knew, but had never read. This was an abridged version. I enjoyed listening to it, but am glad it wasn't the full length book.
Hamlet - a BBC Radio 4 production. With Jamie Parker as Hamlet, Tom Mison as Laertes and Carl Prekopp as Guildenstern. It was interesting to listen to the play, rather than watch it. I found I was considering rather more why the characters were acting as they did.
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy. Unabridged version read by Jamie Parker. JP's characters were great, the story far too long and wordy. And bizarrely the breaks between CDs weren't structured, so the CD would end mid-scene and then, because that's what my car CD player does, go straight back to the beginning of the CD, leading to some very strange conversations.
In approximate listening order:
Georgette Heyer's Venetia, Sylvester and The Convenient Marriage. I enjoyed these - the plot never went quite as I expected, which was good. Of course, the fact the narrator was Richard Armitage and I spent a significant amount of time imagining him as the brooding male hero has nothing at all to do with it.
Robin Hood (BBC), audio versions of the first four episodes of series one. Basically rubbish. But read by Guy of Gisborne. No further comment needed.
Cabin Pressure - the first three series. I listened to a few episodes each week, interspersing them with other books. As entertaining as ever.
The Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark. A sequel to John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids. Narrated by Bill Mason's (the narrator of The Day) son David, played by Sam Troughton. I'm not a great sci-fi fan, but I was taken with this - and especially driving home on a dark December evening seemed very appropriate.
Doctor Who: Dead Air read by David Tennant, and Ghosts of India read by David Troughton. I enjoyed the latter more. Both featured the Tenth Doctor, but the second also had Donna being awesome.
The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde, read by Rupert Graves. One of those stories which I vaguely knew, but had never read. This was an abridged version. I enjoyed listening to it, but am glad it wasn't the full length book.
Hamlet - a BBC Radio 4 production. With Jamie Parker as Hamlet, Tom Mison as Laertes and Carl Prekopp as Guildenstern. It was interesting to listen to the play, rather than watch it. I found I was considering rather more why the characters were acting as they did.
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy. Unabridged version read by Jamie Parker. JP's characters were great, the story far too long and wordy. And bizarrely the breaks between CDs weren't structured, so the CD would end mid-scene and then, because that's what my car CD player does, go straight back to the beginning of the CD, leading to some very strange conversations.
