This was my book group read for May and like the last book group read (The Colony, by Audrey Magee) it was set in Ireland (one of the ladies said, ‘not being funny, but can the next book we read please not be Irish! ‘ – I know what she means, even thought we areContinue reading “The Boy from the Sea – Garrett Carr – (Audiobook) BOOKGROUP – 22.04.25”
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Murder at Gulls Nest: Nora Breen Investigates, Book 1 (AUDIOBOOK)- Jess Kidd (Author) Siobhán McSweeney (narrator) – 18.03.25
I loved listening to this novel! Siobhán McSweeney’s narrations is as fabulous as you would expect from such a comic genius actor, and the plot was pure nostalgic cosy mystery a la Agatha Christie without the outdated attitudes. I’m a big fan of Jess Kidd and her previous books have been more magical realism (oneContinue reading “Murder at Gulls Nest: Nora Breen Investigates, Book 1 (AUDIOBOOK)- Jess Kidd (Author) Siobhán McSweeney (narrator) – 18.03.25”
Northern Lights: His Dark Materials Trilogy, Book 1 – Philip Pullman (Audiobook). Narrated by: Philip Pullman, full cast – 13.08.24
The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials Trilogy, Book 2 – Philip Pullman (Audiobook). Narrated by: Philip Pullman, cast – 15.08.24 The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials Trilogy, Book 3 – Philip Pullman (Audiobook). Narrated by: Philip Pullman, cast – 18.08.24 I have read/watched/listened to Philip Pullman’s magnificent trilogy several times and it never ceases toContinue reading “Northern Lights: His Dark Materials Trilogy, Book 1 – Philip Pullman (Audiobook). Narrated by: Philip Pullman, full cast – 13.08.24”
Prophet Song – (Audiobook) – Paul Lynch – 26.02.24
Wow! I listened to Prophet Song over two days and was completely gripped and now I am reeling with the impact of the story. The book is set in Ireland in an alternate present where some kind of secret police are set up to work against trade unionists fighting for workers rights. We are toldContinue reading “Prophet Song – (Audiobook) – Paul Lynch – 26.02.24”
The Outsider (Audiobook) – Stephen King (Author), Will Patton (Narrator) – 15.10.23
I’m really enjoying reading/listening to the Stephen King Holly Gibney books. This one starts with a small town police officer investigating a horrible child murder where the DNA of a local well loved baseball little league coach is all over the crime scene, but he also has a rock solid alibi for the time ofContinue reading “The Outsider (Audiobook) – Stephen King (Author), Will Patton (Narrator) – 15.10.23”
Old God’s Time – Sebastian Barry, (Audiobook) – Stephen Hogan (Narrator) – 09.08.23
This was a very beautiful and very sad novel. The narration by Stephen Hogan was amazing – such a lovely Irish accent, and the pathos and feeling that he put into what he was reading – it felt like listening to a great actor soliloquizing on stage (or indeed to a broken man bearing hisContinue reading “Old God’s Time – Sebastian Barry, (Audiobook) – Stephen Hogan (Narrator) – 09.08.23”
Birnam Wood (Audiobook) – Eleanor Catton (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator) – 07.08.23
Perhaps this audiobook suffered in my estimation by me listening to it immediately after Abraham Verghese’s sublimely fabulous ‘The Covenant of Water’ but I’m afraid I found it, for the most part completely uninteresting. In fact vapid and tedious. The narrator was great – I loved her Kiwi accent, and I felt she put asContinue reading “Birnam Wood (Audiobook) – Eleanor Catton (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator) – 07.08.23”
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley (AUDIOBOOK) – Sean Lusk (Author), Clare Corbett (Narrator), Bert Seymour (Narrator) – 08.07.23
Early on in this book I was struck (and a bit irritated) by how the plot seemed to borrow so much from two fabulous books that I have recently read: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, by Natasha Pulley and The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner. Like The Watchmaker of Filigree street, the protagonist was aContinue reading “The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley (AUDIOBOOK) – Sean Lusk (Author), Clare Corbett (Narrator), Bert Seymour (Narrator) – 08.07.23”
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath – Book 2 of 2: Left-Handed Booksellers of London (AUDIOBOOK) – Garth Nix, Marisa Calin (narrator) – 18.06.23
It’s hard for me to do this book justice with a review, because of a fault that I have which is that I don’t like narrators with very post English accents. I’ve looked up the narrator of this series: Marisa Calin and she was born in America, and yet she talks like a member ofContinue reading “The Sinister Booksellers of Bath – Book 2 of 2: Left-Handed Booksellers of London (AUDIOBOOK) – Garth Nix, Marisa Calin (narrator) – 18.06.23”
11.22.63 – Stephen King (AUDIOBOOK) – 08.06.23
I very much enjoyed listening to this audiobook! Loved the story, loved the narrator, I even loved the bit at the end where the author talks about writing the book! I’m back from my recent trip to Japan and one of the things I brought back was a kit to make a miniature old fashionedContinue reading “11.22.63 – Stephen King (AUDIOBOOK) – 08.06.23”
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