During March, I read:
Nine of the fourteen novels I had planned to plus two more Agatha Christie audiobooks.
Death on the Nile is a great story, but unfortunately some of David Suchet’s narration is a little uneven: most of his characters are great but his Colonel Race is a bit farcical.
Cat Among The Pigeons is a good story, with great narration from Hugh Fraser, but I’d forgotten that Poirot doesn’t actually turn up until nearly three-quarters of the way through! Fortunately the other characters and the plot keep it ticking over nicely.
Highlights included:
- My first ever Blog Tour stop for The Sandman by Lars Kepler.
- The non-fiction debut by Emma Rowley, Where The Missing Go.
- The creepy The Bone Keeper by Luca Veste.
- The latest page-turner from K.L. Slater, The Visitor.
- One more of my must reads of 2018, Daniel Cole’s Hangman – and it was brilliant!
- The impressive Doll Face by Dylan H. Jones.
- Hall of Mirrors, the latest Bryant & May novel by Christopher Fowler – one of the series I wanted to get back to in 2018. I’ll be posting my review on 6 April as part of the Blog Tour.
- The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson, my first by him, but not my last.
- Tell Me I’m Wrong by Adam Croft, ditto!
I also started a new series, Putting a Face to the Name and had a lot of fun discussing how I imagine the characters in some of my favourite books.
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Lots of interesting books on your list and I like your new feature Putting A Face To The Name! Happy Easter and happy reading!!
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Thanks so much, Inge! That means a lot. You too! X
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Do you think it is better to listen to some novels than read them? Just wondering as I’ve never tried listening to an audio book version of a story but see a lot of people these days doing it with particular authors or series.
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Personally, I am better at taking in information in writing than by hearing it, so I’ve been using audiobooks on my commute or when I’m cleaning etc to catch up on books I’ve read before or know the basic plot from TV adaptations to reacquaint myself with the details. So, for me, they’re perfect for catching up on the Christie classics that I’ve been working my way through but I’m not sure I’d enjoy a brand new story as much. I think I’d find it more difficult to follow somehow, and keep having to rewind it because I’ve got distracted and missed something! What I have noticed is that the narrator is VERY important. Hugh Fraser is brilliant: he can sound like anyone and really brings the characters to life. Others can be a bit distracting. 🙂
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dath on the nile is awesome!
and yay hangman! haven’t read it yet tho but i loved ragdoll a lot 😀
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Oh it’s so good!
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