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smallhobbitI do enjoy listening to audiobooks, and regularly have two or three on the go at once. They're ideal for when I do long coach journeys (I can't read in cars/coaches), but also when I'm driving generally, doing chores and also crafting. I use Audible, (I know it's owned by Amazon) and quite often take advantage of their two for one offers, or £1.99 or £2.99 sales.
My latest listens:
Far Eastern Tales by W Somerset Maugham. Read by Robert Powell. I suppose I like the short stories better than the longer ones, but Maugham definitely isn't one of my preferred authors. I skipped a couple of tales which I'd recently heard dramatised on BBC Sounds.
The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie. Read by Joan Hickson. These are the short stories which first introduced Miss Marple, so being read by Joan Hickson, my favourite Marple, was the perfect listen.
Farewell to Fairacre by Miss Read. Read by Sian Phillips. I'm coming to the end of the Fairacre series, but continuing to enjoy the tales. Sian Phillips does make a convincing Miss Read.
The Drift by C J Tudor. Read by Richard Armitage, Nathalie Buscombe and Rachel Handshaw. The draw was, of course, Armitage. I do also enjoy Tudor's horror genre, and liked the story although it gets quite near real life events of the past couple of years with its theme of a fatal virus. I liked the way the different strands were drawn together and the way she signposts what's going on to carry the reader along.
At the beginning of May 2022 I had 18 audiobooks on my TBL, and I've read 17 of them (the last being the final Fairacre book) plus 13 others (of which 6 were Armitage narrated) to give me a total of 30 audiobooks in 10 months. I currently have 24 on my TBL, so theoretically I could have listened to them all by this time next year. But of course, there will be other shiny titles in the meantime...
My latest listens:
Far Eastern Tales by W Somerset Maugham. Read by Robert Powell. I suppose I like the short stories better than the longer ones, but Maugham definitely isn't one of my preferred authors. I skipped a couple of tales which I'd recently heard dramatised on BBC Sounds.
The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie. Read by Joan Hickson. These are the short stories which first introduced Miss Marple, so being read by Joan Hickson, my favourite Marple, was the perfect listen.
Farewell to Fairacre by Miss Read. Read by Sian Phillips. I'm coming to the end of the Fairacre series, but continuing to enjoy the tales. Sian Phillips does make a convincing Miss Read.
The Drift by C J Tudor. Read by Richard Armitage, Nathalie Buscombe and Rachel Handshaw. The draw was, of course, Armitage. I do also enjoy Tudor's horror genre, and liked the story although it gets quite near real life events of the past couple of years with its theme of a fatal virus. I liked the way the different strands were drawn together and the way she signposts what's going on to carry the reader along.
At the beginning of May 2022 I had 18 audiobooks on my TBL, and I've read 17 of them (the last being the final Fairacre book) plus 13 others (of which 6 were Armitage narrated) to give me a total of 30 audiobooks in 10 months. I currently have 24 on my TBL, so theoretically I could have listened to them all by this time next year. But of course, there will be other shiny titles in the meantime...
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Date: 2023-03-01 05:58 pm (UTC)I use Audiable as well, and always look through the books on sale. At the moment I am listening to Lady Chatterley's Lover. I tend to only listen to one book, but read at least two.
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