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Wild Decembers by Edna O’Brien
Reader: Suzanne Bertish
Short Review: A beautiful book, poorly served by bad audio quality and frequent mispronunciations.
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The Book of Lost Things by 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 series of retellings of classic fairytales, several of which villanize women for no clear reason. I expected and hoped for more from the book itself. Thankfully, I truly enjoyed Crossley’s narration, and allowed it to carry me through a book that otherwise left me scratching my head and feeling disappointed and maligned.
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The Likeness by Tana French
The Likeness
Available from Audible.comAuthor: Tana French
Reader: Heather O’Neill
Short Review: Tana French’s strong second novel read beautifully by Heather O’Neill. In this sequel to In the Woods, we follow Cassie Maddox in…
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In the Woods by Tana French
Author: Tana French
Reader: Steven Crossley
Short Review: This Edgar Award winning novel traces a murder in Ireland, following the detectives investigating the case and flashing back to an earlier, similar unsolved case. It…
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The Young Wan by Brendan O’Carroll
The Young Wan
Author: Brendan O’Carroll
Reader: Donada PetersShort Review: A sweet, funny prequel to O’Carroll’s earlier trilogy about Agnes Brown, read with great energy, humor, and personality by the incomparable Donada Peters.
Long Review: The…
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Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
Beowulf, translated by Seamus HeaneyTranslator: Seamus Heaney
Reader: George GuidallShort 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…
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My Dream of You by Nuala O’Faolain
My Dream Of You
Author: Nuala O’Faolain
Reader: Dearbhla Molloy
Short Review: A beautiful first novel from one of Ireland’s best memoir and non-fiction writers, gorgeously read by Dublin’s excellent Dearbhla Molloy with just the right accent and… -
Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle
Author: Roddy Doyle
Reader: Ger Ryan
Short Review: A novel featuring the engaging lead character from Doyle’s The Woman Who Walked Into Doors gloriously read in the perfect Dublin accent by Ger Ryan.
Long Review:…