Audiobooks May 2024
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smallhobbitAnd my TBL is back up to 20 titles - I'm a sucker for the sales, but I don't think there's more than a year's supply there...
My Friend Maigret by Georges Simenon read by Gareth Armstrong. This features a Scotland Yard detective who has come to study Maigret's way of working and is set mainly in a small island off the Cote D'Azure. As atmospheric as ever. I seem to be listening to a Maigret a month at the moment.
Galahad at Blandings by P G Wodehouse read by Jeremy Sinden. The usual entertaining Blandings story, with appearances by the Empress and Lord Emsworth, while Galahad Threepwood endeavours to put things right and thereby causing more confusion.
A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton read by Caroline Crampton. The history of hypochondria. Caroline Crampton runs the Shedunnit podcast and I really only bought the audiobook to support her. It's an interesting subject, okay for listening to while driving, but not one I would have listened to otherwise.
The Black Tower by P D James read by Daniel Weyman. I know there are many fans of P D James, but this was a disappointment. Far too many irrelevant descriptions and I don't find Adam Dalgleish the most interesting of characters. I half-enjoy the stories but they never leave me satisfied. However, I find Weyman's reading style pleasant listening.
The Trials of Rumpole by John Mortimer read by Bill Wallis. Having had a six-month break from Rumpole I enjoyed listening to these short stories. I'd heard a couple of them before, or at least I remembered the plots partway through, but nevertheless found them entertaining.
My Friend Maigret by Georges Simenon read by Gareth Armstrong. This features a Scotland Yard detective who has come to study Maigret's way of working and is set mainly in a small island off the Cote D'Azure. As atmospheric as ever. I seem to be listening to a Maigret a month at the moment.
Galahad at Blandings by P G Wodehouse read by Jeremy Sinden. The usual entertaining Blandings story, with appearances by the Empress and Lord Emsworth, while Galahad Threepwood endeavours to put things right and thereby causing more confusion.
A Body Made of Glass by Caroline Crampton read by Caroline Crampton. The history of hypochondria. Caroline Crampton runs the Shedunnit podcast and I really only bought the audiobook to support her. It's an interesting subject, okay for listening to while driving, but not one I would have listened to otherwise.
The Black Tower by P D James read by Daniel Weyman. I know there are many fans of P D James, but this was a disappointment. Far too many irrelevant descriptions and I don't find Adam Dalgleish the most interesting of characters. I half-enjoy the stories but they never leave me satisfied. However, I find Weyman's reading style pleasant listening.
The Trials of Rumpole by John Mortimer read by Bill Wallis. Having had a six-month break from Rumpole I enjoyed listening to these short stories. I'd heard a couple of them before, or at least I remembered the plots partway through, but nevertheless found them entertaining.
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Date: 2024-06-04 03:41 pm (UTC)And Galahad is one of my all-time favourite Wodehouse characters. One of the few cases where Wodehouse gets in some genuine sadness, when Galahad mentions the girl he loved and lost. I do love the old Pelican!
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Date: 2024-06-04 04:23 pm (UTC)Yes, I like Galahad - he may try to connive things, but he's never out to hurt anybody, even if he wouldn't mind getting one over on one of his sisters, who he considers fair game and who are well able to take care of themselves.
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