Audiobooks July and August 2024
Aug. 9th, 2024 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitThere are now 23 books on my TBL list as the latest Audible sale featured a few I was already interested in.
Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities by Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli read by Dilshad Kuruna. Harini Nagendra is a professor of Ecology at Azim Prenji University and also a favourite mystery author of mine, which is why I chose this book. It's really interesting, covering many of the different trees found in India, together with the folklore and uses of the trees as well as the vital importance trees have in cities. Recommended for anyone with a slight interest in trees or India.
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón read by Dan Stevens. The second in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, long but fascinating. I shall listen to the others at some point, but not for a while.
Murder in an English Village by Jessica Ellicott read by Barbara Rosenblat. A few months ago I filled in a form for the Vancouver Library to get some personalised reading recommendations. This was one of them so I downloaded the free audiobook. The first in a series of cosy crime novels, but I won't be continuing with the series. For me the setting - English village post WWI is unconvincing.
Maigret's Holiday by Georges Simenon read by Gareth Armstrong. No audiobook report is complete without a Maigret. Mme Maigret is taken ill at the start of their holiday in Les Sable d'Olonne and in hospital but Maigret soon gets involved in a suspicious death. More happy listening.
The Dubliners by James Joyce read by Chris O'Dowd. I started an online course on James Joyce, but gave it up. Nevertheless I did listen to this collection of Joyce's short stories. Andrew Scott also reads a version, but the O'Dowd one was free! I am not a fan of Joyce.
Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities by Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli read by Dilshad Kuruna. Harini Nagendra is a professor of Ecology at Azim Prenji University and also a favourite mystery author of mine, which is why I chose this book. It's really interesting, covering many of the different trees found in India, together with the folklore and uses of the trees as well as the vital importance trees have in cities. Recommended for anyone with a slight interest in trees or India.
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón read by Dan Stevens. The second in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, long but fascinating. I shall listen to the others at some point, but not for a while.
Murder in an English Village by Jessica Ellicott read by Barbara Rosenblat. A few months ago I filled in a form for the Vancouver Library to get some personalised reading recommendations. This was one of them so I downloaded the free audiobook. The first in a series of cosy crime novels, but I won't be continuing with the series. For me the setting - English village post WWI is unconvincing.
Maigret's Holiday by Georges Simenon read by Gareth Armstrong. No audiobook report is complete without a Maigret. Mme Maigret is taken ill at the start of their holiday in Les Sable d'Olonne and in hospital but Maigret soon gets involved in a suspicious death. More happy listening.
The Dubliners by James Joyce read by Chris O'Dowd. I started an online course on James Joyce, but gave it up. Nevertheless I did listen to this collection of Joyce's short stories. Andrew Scott also reads a version, but the O'Dowd one was free! I am not a fan of Joyce.
