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Wednesday October 31, 2012
Books in October
- The God of the Hive by Laurie R King [read by Jenny Sterlin]
So... part two of the narrative.
I have not been on the edge of my seat waiting to read the rest of the
story, (or I would have devoured it sooner), as there was some kind
of hiatus at the end of the last book, and I was happy to maintain the
anticipation of this one.
Further, I quite approve of the author splitting the tale in this way.
It would have been too much for one book, and there is sufficient interest
in exploring the plot and characters not to push it all into a shorter
volume.
The all-action plot continues back to London and it's exciting conclusion.
I do like the way this author has the characters think through their
reasoning and conclusions - particularly important in a Holmes story.
It emphasises the implied high intelligence of the characters as well
as placing all their actions as a result of deductions rather than,
say, Poirot's rabbits out of a hat, (which I also enjoy but in a different
way!).
- The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett [read by Nigel Planar]
Somehow I missed out on Pratchett's early books, and due to the availability
(or lack of) in our lending library's eBook scheme, I am beginning with
the second in the sequence. It is lots of fun - of course - and one
day I will get round to the Colour of Magic.
My pleasure was enhanced by my "new" (reallocated) company
car which allows the attachment of external mp3 players to the stero
system - or even more simply: a memory stick with a playlist. I did
struggle for a while until I discovered the playlist thing; played it
all perfectly but in random order - not good for a talking book.....
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Posted by Christina at 11:08 PM. Category: Books of the Month