Monthly Archives: December 2008

Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney

December 10, 2008 – 7:00 pm

 Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
 Translator: Seamus Heaney
 Reader: George Guidall
 Short Review: Heaney’s excellent translation read well, though not perfectly, by Guidall.
 Long Review: You know already whether or not you want to listed to Beowulf as an audiobook. There are those of us who perk right up at the thought of listening to epic poetry read [...]

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Four Souls by Louise Erdrich

December 9, 2008 – 5:46 am

 Four Souls
 Author: Louise Erdrich
 Reader: Anna Fields
 Short Review: Four Souls is a belated sequel to Tracks, and thus the continuation of the story of Fleur Pillager—one of the recurrent characters in Erdrich’s series of novels that follow an Ojibwe tribe. Read starkly and beautifully by Anna Fields, the plot is intricate and engrossing, the characters [...]

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Fragile Things: Stories Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman

December 6, 2008 – 10:24 am

 Fragile Things: Stories
 Author: Neil Gaiman
 Read by: Neil Gaiman
 Short Review: A solid book of short stories read beautifully by the author.
 Long Review: I am a fan of Gaiman’s, so I was bound to pick this up eventually. Jeanne’s glowing review spurred me to pick it up at the library, and I was not disappointed in [...]

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