Readers: Janis Ian and Jean Smart
Short Review: Touching lesbian love story, set in early 1800s and read beautifully. The two readers each read the portion of the story told from a single point of view. It really works.
Reader: David Pittu
Extras: An interview with the author is included at the end of the reading.
Short Review: An dark overly dramatic story, mediocre reader and no one to root for.
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.
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 …
Short Review: Margaret Atwood's retelling of a portion of The Odyssey in Penelope's voice, her contribution to the Canongate Myth Series, read by Laurel Merlington.
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Read by: Robertson Dean
Short Review: A beautifully-read version of a book I don't actually like very much.
Housekeeping: A Novel
Author: Marilynne Robinson
Read by: Becket Royce
Short Review: Robinson's prize-winning, gorgeous, intricate novel about women and the fragility of family, and of sanity, and the need to create and maintain a sense of home, no matter what happens. It is read well, if not perfectly, by Beckett Royce.
Lolita
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Read by: Jeremy Irons
Short Review: Nabokov's beautifully-written, disturbing story of a pedophile's love for a young girl, read by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.