An Audio Update
May. 9th, 2020 11:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitWhen I'm stuck for a subject to blog about I either go for a meme (I keep a note of any which interest me) or I look back at posts from the same time the previous year. This time, when I looked back, I found I'd been writing about audiobooks, so I've decided to update what I've been listening to.
First up I spent most of the year working my way through the abridged Albert Campion stories by Margery Allingham. They're all read by Philip Franks, and I've enjoyed listening to them. The final story is still in my car, two of the three CDs still to be listened to, but I haven't driven anywhere for the last eight weeks.
Audible-wise I've listened to the next three Jackman & Evans books: The Fourth Friend, The Stolen Boys and The Patient Man, all of which I've thoroughly enjoyed. Read by Richard Armitage, and I have no problem imagining him as DI Jackman.
Other RA audiobooks I've listened to were A Nearly Normal Family by M T Edvarsson (co-read with Emily Watson and Georgia Maguire) which initially I wasn't convinced by, but drew me in. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (co-read with Emilia Fox). A retelling of fairy tales (perhaps better folk tales) which I didn't expect to like, but enjoyed. Romeo & Juliet: A Novel by David Hewson - good for a Juliet who isn't going to be pushed around by the world. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel by A J Hartley and David Hewson - interesting insights, but rather too long, I felt.
I also listened to RA reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Which was about as interesting as you might expect, but did sterling duty when stuck in traffic queues due to roadworks last November. And Voices of History: Speeches that Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore (various readers). Too often the introduction, by a female voice I found wearing after a while, was longer than the actual speech. Also, the speeches chosen reflected overmuch the bias of Montefiore.
I do have a few non-RA audiobooks, and I'm enjoying Benedict Cumberbatch as Horace Rumpole (John Mortimer) in some of the short stories. However, with one credit per month, I generally chose to use it for RA!
I'm currently listening to The Other People by C J Tudor. It's an interesting concept, and I'm waiting to see how all the strands are brought together. I'm making a point of listening every day now - I normally listen while travelling - either driving or by train/coach - but this isn't happening at the moment, and I hadn't realised how much I missed just listening to a story until I saw I'd heard nothing in April and decided to do something about it.
I currently have a number of pre-orders - all RA, why do you ask? - including a Poirot which should be released in October. There are two, I'm just waiting for my next credit before pre-ordering the second. So my listening for the next few months is assured!
First up I spent most of the year working my way through the abridged Albert Campion stories by Margery Allingham. They're all read by Philip Franks, and I've enjoyed listening to them. The final story is still in my car, two of the three CDs still to be listened to, but I haven't driven anywhere for the last eight weeks.
Audible-wise I've listened to the next three Jackman & Evans books: The Fourth Friend, The Stolen Boys and The Patient Man, all of which I've thoroughly enjoyed. Read by Richard Armitage, and I have no problem imagining him as DI Jackman.
Other RA audiobooks I've listened to were A Nearly Normal Family by M T Edvarsson (co-read with Emily Watson and Georgia Maguire) which initially I wasn't convinced by, but drew me in. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (co-read with Emilia Fox). A retelling of fairy tales (perhaps better folk tales) which I didn't expect to like, but enjoyed. Romeo & Juliet: A Novel by David Hewson - good for a Juliet who isn't going to be pushed around by the world. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel by A J Hartley and David Hewson - interesting insights, but rather too long, I felt.
I also listened to RA reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Which was about as interesting as you might expect, but did sterling duty when stuck in traffic queues due to roadworks last November. And Voices of History: Speeches that Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore (various readers). Too often the introduction, by a female voice I found wearing after a while, was longer than the actual speech. Also, the speeches chosen reflected overmuch the bias of Montefiore.
I do have a few non-RA audiobooks, and I'm enjoying Benedict Cumberbatch as Horace Rumpole (John Mortimer) in some of the short stories. However, with one credit per month, I generally chose to use it for RA!
I'm currently listening to The Other People by C J Tudor. It's an interesting concept, and I'm waiting to see how all the strands are brought together. I'm making a point of listening every day now - I normally listen while travelling - either driving or by train/coach - but this isn't happening at the moment, and I hadn't realised how much I missed just listening to a story until I saw I'd heard nothing in April and decided to do something about it.
I currently have a number of pre-orders - all RA, why do you ask? - including a Poirot which should be released in October. There are two, I'm just waiting for my next credit before pre-ordering the second. So my listening for the next few months is assured!
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Date: 2020-05-10 05:18 pm (UTC)I suspect my listening to audiobooks equates to other peoples podcast listening - it's roughly the same idea.
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