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Audiobooks: September 2022
Sep. 27th, 2022 07:34 pmFive audiobooks listened to in five weeks. This is partly the result of a coach journey all the way to Scotland and back giving plenty of time for listening.
A Rising Man by Amir Mukherjee. Read by Simon Bubb. This is the first of the Sam Wyndham books and set in 1920 in Calcutta, where Wyndham is a newly arrived officer in the Indian police. I suspect this might be better read than listened to, although there was nothing wrong with the narrator. I found some of Wyndham's thoughts a bit laboured, but I intend to at least read the next in the series - it's a fascinating period.
The Year at Thrush Green by Miss Read. Read by Sian Phillips. This is one of the later Thrush Green books, and I feel that it's becoming repetitive, and also that things are now working out a little too perfectly. One of the joys of the earlier Thrush Green books, and the Fairacre series, is the imperfections of life, which rather seems to be lost.
Black Plumes by Margery Allingham. Read by Francis Matthews. This is an interesting crime novel (one that doesn't feature Albert Campion), although I had guessed the murderer before the end. It was quite entertaining, and I listened to a fair amount of the coach which certainly helped the journey along.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming. Read by David Tennant. I'd never read a James Bond novel, so thought I'd try one since Tennant was the narrator. I enjoyed his narration and the way he would speed up as the action (in the way of a Bond story) got faster. I didn't remember the story, but then realised this was the George Lazenby film and I think I've only seen it once, many years ago. I wouldn't bother with another Bond story, but it was interesting to listen to one.
Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer. Read by Robert Hardy. I have complained about Hardy's narration in the past, but he was perfect for Horace Rumpole as he related a variety of stories of his life at the bar.
A Rising Man by Amir Mukherjee. Read by Simon Bubb. This is the first of the Sam Wyndham books and set in 1920 in Calcutta, where Wyndham is a newly arrived officer in the Indian police. I suspect this might be better read than listened to, although there was nothing wrong with the narrator. I found some of Wyndham's thoughts a bit laboured, but I intend to at least read the next in the series - it's a fascinating period.
The Year at Thrush Green by Miss Read. Read by Sian Phillips. This is one of the later Thrush Green books, and I feel that it's becoming repetitive, and also that things are now working out a little too perfectly. One of the joys of the earlier Thrush Green books, and the Fairacre series, is the imperfections of life, which rather seems to be lost.
Black Plumes by Margery Allingham. Read by Francis Matthews. This is an interesting crime novel (one that doesn't feature Albert Campion), although I had guessed the murderer before the end. It was quite entertaining, and I listened to a fair amount of the coach which certainly helped the journey along.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming. Read by David Tennant. I'd never read a James Bond novel, so thought I'd try one since Tennant was the narrator. I enjoyed his narration and the way he would speed up as the action (in the way of a Bond story) got faster. I didn't remember the story, but then realised this was the George Lazenby film and I think I've only seen it once, many years ago. I wouldn't bother with another Bond story, but it was interesting to listen to one.
Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer. Read by Robert Hardy. I have complained about Hardy's narration in the past, but he was perfect for Horace Rumpole as he related a variety of stories of his life at the bar.
