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Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller
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. -
The Marriage Plot: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides
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 by Roald Dahl
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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Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
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 to Beowulf as an audiobook. There are those of us who perk right up at the thought of listening to […]
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The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
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.
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The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Read by: Robertson DeanShort Review: A beautifully-read version of a book I don’t actually like very much.
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Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
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.
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Read by: Jeremy IronsShort Review: Nabokov’s beautifully-written, disturbing story of a pedophile’s love for a young girl, read by the inimitable Jeremy Irons.
