I’m currently ploughing my way through Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain on my kindle (81% through – woo!) and although I’m enjoying it, it’s pretty heavy going so I wanted something light for my audiobook listening. I had previously listened to, and enjoyed Agent to the Stars, by John Scalzi, so I though this bookContinue reading “The Kaiju Preservation Society – John Scalzi (AUDIOBOOK) (Narrator – Wil Wheaton) – 29.11.23”
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The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate (AUDIOBOOK) – Adam Roberts (Author) George Weightman (Narrator) – 23.11.23
I have read and enjoyed several Adam Roberts books (Bete is one of my all time favourites) and I didn’t realise that he is a Professor of 19th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, London University and a leading authority on the works of Charles Dickens. Most of his novels are kind of dystopian sci-fi orContinue reading “The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate (AUDIOBOOK) – Adam Roberts (Author) George Weightman (Narrator) – 23.11.23”
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Audiobook) – Gabrielle Zevin (Author), Scott Brick (Narrator) – 20.11.23
I read this book because I really enjoyed Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by the same author. There is a lot to like about the book. Set in a bookshop and centred around people who love to read, it is definitely going to resonate with bibliophiles, and the characters’ journeys certainly tugged at my heartstrings,Continue reading “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Audiobook) – Gabrielle Zevin (Author), Scott Brick (Narrator) – 20.11.23”
Starling House – Alix E. Harrow (AUDIOBOOK) (Narrator – Natalie Naudus) – 16.11.23
I absolutely loved Alix E. Harrow’s first novel – The Ten Thousand Doors of January, so I was excited to read this as the hype around it promised a return to form. I did enjoy it, very much in fact, but… I guess I just wasn’t completely blown away like I hoped I would be.Continue reading “Starling House – Alix E. Harrow (AUDIOBOOK) (Narrator – Natalie Naudus) – 16.11.23”
The Island of Missing Trees – Elif Shafak (AUDIOBOOK) – 14.11.23
This book is told from two points of view in alternating chapters – Ada, a teenage girl who is mortified when she has a loud breakdown/outburst at school on the first anniversary of her mother’s death (at first I thought, oh no, another annoying young adult protagonist, but I got past that when I gotContinue reading “The Island of Missing Trees – Elif Shafak (AUDIOBOOK) – 14.11.23”
Everything I Never Told You – Celeste Ng (AUDIOBOOK) – 06.11.23
Wow! I love Celeste Ng’s writing – so beautiful. While this book is very much written from the perspective of experiencing bigotry as a Chinese American and/or a mixed race couple (ethnic Chinese and white American) in the 1970s there is so much about the family dynamics in the book which would resonate, I thinkContinue reading “Everything I Never Told You – Celeste Ng (AUDIOBOOK) – 06.11.23”
Salem’s Lot – Stephen King (AUDIOBOOK) – 02.11.23
I have read/listened to a lot of Stephen King books recently, and I’ve very much enjoyed the experience. Mostly I’ve listened to his more recent works, and many reviewers claim the older stuff is better, so I checked out Salem’s Lot, written, I think in 1970. Stephen King himself gave an introduction to the audiobook,Continue reading “Salem’s Lot – Stephen King (AUDIOBOOK) – 02.11.23”
The Girl Who Broke the Sea – A. Connors – 31.10.23
Near the beginning of this book I was starting to regret reading yet another YA book about a fraught teenage girl acting out, but… very quickly I became gripped by the story and actually by the end of the book I loved it. Lily is a teenage girl who comes with her mother to aContinue reading “The Girl Who Broke the Sea – A. Connors – 31.10.23”
Red Dwarf: Better Than Life (Audiobook) – Grant Naylor (Author), Chris Barrie (Narrator) – 26.10.23
I had really enjoyed listening to the first Red Dwarf audiobook, so when this one also came up as the audible daily deal I bought it. It was fine, quite fun to listen to, but not as good, in my opinion, as the first one. Chris Barrie’s narration was once again excellent though.
A Song of Comfortable Chairs (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Book 23) – Alexander McCall Smith – 27.10.23
There was a time when I was excited by a new No 1 Ladies Detective agency book, but I think I’m just getting a little tired of the same old same old nature of these stories. In this novel very little happened and it felt like a rehashing of the old sentiments of the seriesContinue reading “A Song of Comfortable Chairs (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Book 23) – Alexander McCall Smith – 27.10.23”
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