Books Read
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Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys (audio) by Neil Gaiman Published: 2006 Narration: Lenny Henry This was the first audio book I tried to get through, probably a year ago now, and I just couldn’t do it. I listened to the first two chapters over and over, each time I went for a jog, because I couldn’t focus on the story and would lose track of where I was. I thought it was Lenny Henry, who I’ve never even really found funny as a comedian, but now that I’ve developed a basic attention span, I can see he does a fantastic job on this narration. Quite often during this, I’d listen to him deliver…
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (audio) by J.K. Rowling Published: 2003 Narration: Stephen Fry **This will contain some spoilers, but I figure everyone who’s at all interested in Harry Potter has read the books or seen the movies by now. I’m fairly new to audio books, so I’ve only recently discovered that I quite enjoy being read to like a child. Who better for that than Mr. Stephen Fry? I read the first three of these and lost interest, but that interest was renewed when I found that Fry narrated the UK versions. He’s likely in my top five list of best people ever, so I decided…
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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Published: 1953 I’d previously read, and thoroughly enjoyed, Bradbury’s Zen and the Art of Writing. I always felt a bit ashamed of myself for never having read any of his fiction, so I decided to start with his best-known novel. The story follows Guy Montag, a fireman in a dystopian future, one that seems eerily possible in many ways. In this future, fireman have nothing to do with putting out fires. Homes have been made fireproof, so there is no need for that. His job is to light fires, specifically to track down illegal books and set them alight. He very much enjoys his work…