Audiobooks: May 2023
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smallhobbitMy TBL pile now stands at 20, so progress is being made! For the moment :)
Guard Her With Your Life by Joy Ellis, read by Tom Bateman. An audible original. Ellis writes the Jackman & Evans series which I very much enjoy, and as this was in the Plus catalogue, and therefore free to members, I thought I'd try it. It's a thriller and definitely of the 'what will happen next' variety. I enjoyed it as an accompaniment to driving/chores.
Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie read by Juliet Stevenson. Definitely enjoyable short stories, most of which I hadn't heard before. Ideal for cross stitching.
Call for the Dead by John Le Carré read by Michael Jayston. The first book to feature George Smiley. Definitely appealed and I have some more Smiley novels lined up. I have a feeling I enjoy these more in audio than I would in physical copy.
The Poems of T. S. Eliot read by Jeremy Irons and Dame Eileen Atkins. I can't say I'm a great fan of Eliot but it was interesting listening to the poems, and again I think I gain more from listening than I would be reading a copy.
Rumpole's Return by John Mortimer read by Robert Hardy. I prefer Rumpole short stories, whereas this is one complete story. It takes a long time to get into, although by the end it's quite exciting. I think Rumpole's total ignorance of how others view him is meant to be humorous, but Hardy fails to show it.
Guard Her With Your Life by Joy Ellis, read by Tom Bateman. An audible original. Ellis writes the Jackman & Evans series which I very much enjoy, and as this was in the Plus catalogue, and therefore free to members, I thought I'd try it. It's a thriller and definitely of the 'what will happen next' variety. I enjoyed it as an accompaniment to driving/chores.
Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie read by Juliet Stevenson. Definitely enjoyable short stories, most of which I hadn't heard before. Ideal for cross stitching.
Call for the Dead by John Le Carré read by Michael Jayston. The first book to feature George Smiley. Definitely appealed and I have some more Smiley novels lined up. I have a feeling I enjoy these more in audio than I would in physical copy.
The Poems of T. S. Eliot read by Jeremy Irons and Dame Eileen Atkins. I can't say I'm a great fan of Eliot but it was interesting listening to the poems, and again I think I gain more from listening than I would be reading a copy.
Rumpole's Return by John Mortimer read by Robert Hardy. I prefer Rumpole short stories, whereas this is one complete story. It takes a long time to get into, although by the end it's quite exciting. I think Rumpole's total ignorance of how others view him is meant to be humorous, but Hardy fails to show it.
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Date: 2023-06-01 03:34 pm (UTC)Yay for Aunt Jane!
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Date: 2023-06-01 03:36 pm (UTC)There's nothing like a story from Aunt Jane :)