A Hat Full of Sky: The Continuing Adventures of Tiffany Aching and The Wee Free Men by 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 by 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.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Reader: Ilyana Kadushin

Short Review: One 17 year old girl who always felt different (and is a klutz to the extreme) crosses paths with a family of exquisite vampires. Romance and intrigue ensues. It grew on me, but it took a while.

Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

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 […]

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams

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, […]

Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams

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 Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

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 […]

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Short Review: A great reading of one of my favorite goofy novels.

The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

Short Review: The third and final book in a wonderful trilogy, well-read by the author and a full cast.

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials, Book Two: The Subtle Knife

Author: Philip Pullman

Reader: Philip Pullman and a full cast

Short Review: Like The Golden Compass, this is a wonderful adventure told by a surprisingly-talented author-narrator and a full cast. The book is a bit less fantastic, in a sense, because some of it is set in our world, but no less enjoyable.

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials, Book I: The Golden Compass Author: Philip Pullman Reader: Philip Pullman and a full cast Short Review: A fantastic tale of adventure, rebellion, childhood, growth, and bears told by a surprisingly-talented author-narrator and a full cast. Long Review: I’m a big fan of this book and the others in the trilogy, so […]