Monthly Archives: March 2009

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

March 9, 2009 – 10:34 am

 Me Talk Pretty One Day
 Author: David Sedaris
 Reader: David Sedaris
 Short Review: Sedaris’ funny, self-deprecating, heart-breaking stories about moving to France with his partner Hugh, learning French, his family, and his own flaws and experiences. The author reads his own work in his distinctive voice, never flinching as he excoriates himself either in front of a [...]

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The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

March 5, 2009 – 10:56 am

The Book of Lost Things
Author: John Connolly
Reader: Steven Crossley
Short Review: A decent book with a major flaw, read beautifully by Steven Crossley. Connolly’s book starts out as a promising depiction of the interior life of a bookish, depressed boy with apparently undiagnosed epilepsy and OCD. Unfortunately, it continues on into an all-too-familiar [...]

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

March 4, 2009 – 1:44 pm

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Author: Roald Dahl

Reader: Eric Idle

Short Review: Dahl’s award-winning children’s book read wonderfully by Eric Idle.

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Anathem by Neal Stephenson

March 3, 2009 – 5:33 pm

 Anathem
 Author: Neal Stephenson
 Reader: Oliver Wyman, Tavia Gilbert, William Dufris, Neal Stephenson
 Short Review: A pretty good but overly long book from one of my favorite authors, read less-than-ideally. This alternate future tale depicts a world where the intellectual elite are forcibly cloistered in pseudo-monastic communities around the world where they’re free to think and [...]

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Coraline by Neil Gaiman

March 2, 2009 – 1:10 am

Coraline

Author: Neil Gaiman

Reader: Neil Gaiman

Short Review: A stunning story beautifully read by the author. Coraline’s boredom leads her to a place just beyond our reality. What at first seems just odd and fun becomes creepy and worth escape, but only by delicate inches. Gaiman’s voice lulls and tantalizes. He is just so good at painting images with the combination of words and his own voice.

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