… thanks to my mom, who gave me a bookstore gift card, my best friend, who raided my Amazon wish list (isn’t it nice to know your loved ones know just what you’ll be happiest about?) and a few odd things to which I treated myself:
- Die Briefe der Manns (The Mann Family Correspondence) — newly released
- Anna Funder: All That I Am
- Ilija Trojanow (or Iliya Troyanov, as he’s spelled in English): Der Weltensammler (The Collector of Worlds)
- George Simenon: Maigret & Co. (collection of audio dramatizations of Simenon’s mysteries)
- Edwidge Danticat: Claire of the Sea Light
- Jim Butcher: The Aeronaut’s Windlass
- J.R.R. Tokien: The Lord of the Rings — the legendary BBC audio dramatization starring Ian Holm as Frodo, Michael Hordern as Gandalf, and Robert Stephens as Aragorn
- T.H. White: The Once and Future King (audio version read by Neville Jason)
- Christopher Paolini: Eragon (audio version read by Kerry Shale)
- Patrick O’Brian: Aubrey / Maturin — audio versions of the first six novels, read by Robert Hardy
- Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen — audio adaptations of 12 stories, starring John Gielgud (Holmes), Ian Richardson (Watson), and Orson Welles (Moriarty)
- Val McDermid: Splinter the Silence
- Michael Connelly: The Crossing
- Ian Rankin: Even Dogs in the Wild
… and, also courtesy of my friend, Eric Clapton: I Still Do — and a kitty coloring book!
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The Once and Future King is one of my all time favourites! I liked the way that it becomes darker and more complex as the characters (well, almost all of them) grow older.
I’m listening to it on the way to and from work at the moment — I agree, it’s a very charming and clever narrative. I’m brushing up on Arthurian lore because I’ll be participating in a group read of Mary Stewart’s Merlin trilogy come Nov. 1.
Yes, I saw about the trilogy. I’d have been tempted to participate, but I’ll be travelling in November, and opportunities for reading will be limited.
Pity! (Though I envy you for the travels. 🙂 )