A Hat Full of Sky: The Continuing Adventures of Tiffany Aching and The Wee Free Men
Author: Terry Pratchett
Reader: Stephen Briggs
Short Review: If you loved Wee Free Men, you will love Hat Full of Sky. Same great reader - same fun mix of humor, youth, adventure and self-discovery. Tiffany Aching is now 11 and training with a mountain witch. She finds herself faced with a new opponent called a Hiver. It takes all her strength of will (plus the help of the Nac Mac Feegle and a number of other witches) to make it to the end of this entertaining story.
The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld
Author: Terry Pratchett
Reader: Stephen Briggs
Short Review: Fabulous and laugh-out-loud funny. Tiffany Aching, 9 year old witch-in-training, takes us on a wild ride to fairyland to rescue her baby brother and save the world from the evil queen. She has the help of the Nac Mac Feegle who happen to be 6 inch tall, fearless, phenomenally strong, kilt-wearing, blue-skinned, red-haired little men who speak with a strong Scottish brogue and are prone to thieving, drinking and fighting. Stephen Briggs reads this brilliantly. It is Terry Pratchett and Discworld at their best.
Mostly Harmless
Author: Douglas Adams
Reader: Martin Freeman
Short Review: A good reading of my least favorite book in the series.
Long Review: The disappearance of Fenchurch, the appearance of Random, the multiple Trillians–it’s all too much, and too dark to fit well into the series. Adams himself was open about his disappointment in the tone […]
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Author: Douglas Adams
Reader: Martin Freeman
Short Review: Another decent reading of a book I love, which suffers by comparison to the Stephen Frye reading of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Long Review: Er, fourth verse, same as the second? Thankfully, no.
I love this series, as I […]
Life, the Universe and Everything
Author: Douglas Adams
Reader: Martin Freeman
Short Review: Another decent reading of a book I love, which suffers by comparison to the Stephen Frye reading of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Long Review: My opinions on this audiobook are, sensibly, quite similar to my opinions on The Restaurant at the End of […]
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Author: Douglas Adams
Reader: Martin Freeman
Short Review: A decent reading of a book I love, which suffers by comparison to the Stephen Frye reading of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Long Review: I love this series, as I mentioned in my review of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to […]
Short Review: A great reading of one of my favorite goofy novels.
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Read by: Tim Curry
Audio Book Extras: Interview of Lemony Snicket by Leonard C. Marcus
Short Review: Tim Curry! Lemony Snicket! Creepy and dark, yet strangely endearing. And you get to hear an interview with the ever elusive Mr. Snicket.
You Suck: A Love Story
Author: Christopher Moore
Read By: Susan Bennett
Audio Bonuses: Interview with Christopher Moore
Short Review: Super fun and irreverent vampire romp through San Francisco, stellar reader to whom I could listen all day long.
