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Audiobook Challenge Mid-Year Check-In

Time for the mid-year Audiobook Challenge Check-In!

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent, by Judi Dench

This book grew out of interviews that actor and director Brendan O’Hea held with esteemed Shakespearean actress Dame Judi Dench. In it, the pair discuss a number of Shakespeare’s plays, particularly in terms of the great female roles Ms. Dench has played in her time… The whole book is a masterclass in how to read, understand, and play Shakespeare, and more generally, how to act.

Ivory Vikings, by Nancy Marie Brown (audiobook review)

I love history, especially British and European history, but the Vikings and their era have never been one of my main areas of interest. I knew comparatively little of the history of Viking Norway, Denmark, Greenland, and (most importantly for this book) Iceland. But Nancy Marie Brown’s Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them held my interest from start to finish.

Bookshops & Bonedust, by Travis Baldree (audiobook review)

A worthy prequel to Legends & Lattes! I absolutely loved getting to know young Viv and hearing about the early experiences that helped form the person she becomes in L&L.

News & Notes – 2/03/2024

This week’s links include: Babel and the Hugo Awards controversy; book banning news; an author’s creepy TikTok request; ABA closing headquarters; Gen Z rediscovers public libraries; grappling with Robert Burns’s legacy; rise of romantasy; plus a wonderful free short story and several book lists

News & Notes – 3/25/2023

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From the Vault: Hounded, by Kevin Hearne

Hounded by Kevin Hearne Narrator: Luke Daniels Series: Iron Druid Chronicles #1 Published by Brilliance Audio on April 19, 2011 Genres: Urban Fantasy Format: Audiobook Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Two Tales… March 3, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews, From the Vault 9 ★★★★½

News & Notes – 2/18/2023

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News & Notes – 1/21/2023

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The Dark Is Rising (BBC radio drama adaptation)

When I heard that the BBC had produced a dramatic radio adaption of The Dark Is Rising, Susan Cooper’s best-known and perhaps best-loved children’s novel, I was over the moon. I have loved The Dark is Rising and its eponymous series since I first read the books in my late… January 18, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4