Mid-September Already????
Since my last post I borrowed and was able to listen to the ends of a few audiobooks that had expired on me, but not Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, which expired again before I could finish! (Should probably just get the book out from the library and read the rest.)
Recommended on Audio — LIterary Fiction
- Normal People by Sally Rooney, narrated by Aoife McMahon (Random House Audio, 2019)
- The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, narrated by Michael Crouch (Penguin Audio, 2018)
- The Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz, narrated by Rory Kinnear (Harper Audio, 2019)
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, narrated by Kristoffer Tabori (Audio Renaissance, 2002) — A 2003 Audie Award winner despite a scathing review of the audiobook narration from Audio File
Recent Audio Listens
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer, narrated by Roger Allam (Macmillan Audio, 2011) — First in the Clifton Chronicles
Thumbs Up: For Penny VIncenzi readers and family saga and Forsyte Saga mini-series fans
Read in Print
For Book Club
I finally read Educated by Tara Westhover! Underwhelming to me after all the hype, but I was in a minority of one in my book club.
From the Nightstand
The WIdower’s Notebook: A Memoir by Jonathan Santlofer deserves its own review. But in case I don’t ever get to that, this one is for readers who liked Joan Didion’s A Year of Magical Thinking. An artist and a writer, Jonathan Santlofer wrote this book about the period of his life following the sudden death of his wife, Joy, after a routine outpatient procedure.
Currently on the Nightstand
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (#IMWAYR) is hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, are, and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever-growing TBR pile! This meme started with J Kaye’s Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at Book Date.