Jamaica Inn By: Daphne du Maurier Narrated by: Tony Britton Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 27-12-07 Language: English Publisher: Audible Studios I bought this without even reading the synopsis because it was in a sale on Audible and I had really enjoyed this author's other books Rebecca (my review) and My Cousin Rachel (review). Those could, I... Continue Reading →
My Cousin Rachel: Film Tie-In Edition By: Daphne du Maurier Narrated by: Jonathan Pryce, Roger Michell Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins Unabridged Release date: 06-03-08 Language: English Publisher: Audible Studios Since I loved Du Maurier's Rebecca (review HERE) I had to get this when it showed up on special offer from Audible. It's different from Rebecca or Jane Eyre (review HERE) because the... Continue Reading →
Rebecca By: Daphne Du Maurier Narrated by: Anna Massey Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins Unabridged Release date: 07-04-09 Language: English Publisher: Audible Studios I came to this after listening to Jane Eyre (my review HERE) and Wuthering Heights (review) and, well... Wow! This started off slowly, and the narrator, with her incredibly plummy, posh English voice was quite irritating at... Continue Reading →
Wuthering Heights By: Emily Brontë Narrated by: Janet Paulson Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins Unabridged Release date: 30-08-17 Language: English Publisher: Oregan Publishing After trying Jane Eyre (see my review HERE) and finding, much to my surprise, that I enjoyed it immensely, I thought I'd try some more books like that. I bought Villette but found it astonishingly boring and... Continue Reading →
Jane Eyre Written by: Charlotte Bronte Narrated by: Thandie Newton Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release Date:17/04/2016 Publisher: Audible Studios Well, this one is a real departure for me. I've never reviewed a book from the "gothic romance" genre before but, after Jane Eyre, well, it might be the first in a long line. I subscribe to Audible's... Continue Reading →
What Does This Button Do? Written by: Bruce Dickinson Narrated by: Bruce Dickinson Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins Unabridged Audiobook Anyone who knows me will know two of my favourite things are audiobooks and heavy metal. Especially Iron Maiden. So I was very happy to find their lead singer, Bruce Dickinson, had written an autobiography and it was... Continue Reading →
I love my Audible membership and there's nothing better than listening to a great winter's tale every December when I'm out at work around the frosty streets of Glasgow. Here's some of the ones I've listened to, and a couple my daughter enjoyed too! Hogfather: Discworld, Book 20 Written by: Terry Pratchett Narrated by: Nigel Planer Length: 9... Continue Reading →
You can now pre-order the Audible version of The Rescue And Other Tales. For some reason it doesn't show up in my browser so I can't share a link directly to it, but if you search for "the rescue and other tales" within your Audible app it will show up in there. Nick Ellsworth really... Continue Reading →
Some readers simply don't like ebooks - they can't get used to reading on an electronic device so they prefer either a real, physical paperback, or the audio version. Up until now three of my short Forest Lord stories have ONLY been available on Kindle. Not any more. The Rescue & Other Tales brings... Continue Reading →
