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Saturday January 31, 2009
Books in January
Just one solitary book for this month. I have a pile of books to read but have been so caught up in my work and other hobbies that I have not read many real books. I actually had to make a trip to the library to renew my books this month, as I had had them loan for so long.
This was my bedtime talking book all this month, along with a couple of the BBC radio plays.
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The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle [read by Derek Jacobi]
An old favourite (for me) and an interesting choice of reader. He does well enough in his narration as Watson but is occasionally stretched when giving voice to the ne'er-do-well "Jonathan Small". This story almost follows the Doyle formula for the Holmes novels, being a book within a book, and consequently, Small has a large part of the narrative while telling his life's tale of adventures abroad. -
The Sittaford Mystery BBC Radio Play
The play stars Stephen Tompkinson, and also John Moffatt - though not in his usual role as Hercule Poirot, who does not appear in this novel. The detective is, instead, an "Inspector Narracott", (who was used again by AC in a 1954 radio play). It was interesting to compare this radio play to the altered version of the novel used in the recent TV adaptation "Marple" - where Miss Marple was simply added into the cast of characters - perfectly suitably I thought...
Posted by Christina at 10:41 AM. Category: Books of the Month
Comments
You're not alone. I used to read a lot, all the time, but since the knitting started up again, it seems to take forever to get through a book!
Posted by: Cathy in Va. on February 13, 2009 2:36 AM
