Category Archives: Audiobook
Mediocre Witches
Yesterday I finished The Widows of Eastwick. My final impressions are similar to those from earlier, when I previous commented on the novel. I like it better than The Witchesof Eastwick, in that John Updike is more successful in capturing the age-related tone … Continue reading
The Sound of Witches
Last month I listened to John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick on audiobook, and it was an okay experience. I feel mixed about the book. Part of the reason might be because of the film version, which I was unlucky … Continue reading
Can You Hear Me Now?
It’s been quite a while since I last posted on this reading blog. That’s primarily because I’ve been out of town most of the past couple of months. And although I could have maintained my blog while away, my busy … Continue reading
Various and Sundry
I’ve started several narratives over the past couple of days. One of them is Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, which I began listening to in audio form. It’s been awhile since I’ve picked up a McCarthy novel–the last was Suttree, … Continue reading
Don’t Mind the Maggots
I guess it’s appropriate that I use an image in this posting–drawn by Lucia Mooney-Martin–of Perkus Tooth dancing with the three-armed dog, Ava. My experience with Jonathan Lethem’s Chronic City is very much canine in nature, since I listened to the … Continue reading
High Times
I’ve recently started two books, one a biography and the other an audiobook. Having been impressed with Clinton Heylin’s Behind the Shades Revisited, I thought I’d compare it to Howard Sounes’s Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan. I’m already … Continue reading
Memories of the Reagan Years
I just finished Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho on audiobook. As I’ve been posting here for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been quite a resisting reader when it comes to this novel. Throughout my experiences with this book, I’ve … Continue reading
Status Shmatus
Listening this morning to more of Ellis’s American Psycho…and the name brands just keep coming. To say that Ellis resists subtlety in making his point is an understatement. In this novel it appears that he never ignores an opportunity to … Continue reading
Not Psyched
Having recently finished listening to Bret Easton Ellis’s Less Than Zero and not being too impressed, I thought I’d give him another audio try with a novel for which he’s gained more critical acclaim, and critical infamy, American Psycho. I … Continue reading
Zeroing in on Ellis
I just finished listening to Bret Easton Ellis’s Less Than Zero in audio form, and my take on the novel is a little more positive than it was last week when I first mentioned it. The book still leaves me discomforted, and … Continue reading