Friday, August 31, 2007
MY FRENCH WHORE by Gene Wilder, read by Scott Brick
Here's a fine pairing--multi-talented actor, writer, and director Gene Wilder and narrator Scott Brick--in Wilder's debut novel set in 1918 Germany. An American impersonating a German spy gets tangled in his double life. Brick builds the dramatic intensity to an inevitable heartbreaking conclusion.
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
VANISHING POINT by Carol Smith, read by Judith Boyd
The expert narration of Judith Boyd perfectly captures this fascinating saga of five women and one amazing serial womanizer. The story moves between Antwerp, Rio, Paris, Bath, and Venice with Boyd never missing a beat.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
NIXON AND MAO: The Week That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan, read by Barbara Caruso
This book uses President Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972 as the jumping-off point for an examination of Chinese and American history. Barbara Caruso skillfully uses tone, phrasing, and cadence, giving life to what could be dry passages and carrying the listener through them.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
FINN by Jon Clinch, read by Ed Sala
You might call FINN a prequel to Mark Twain’s classic. In an entertaining and beautifully crafted novel, we imagine what might have happened to Huck’s father before and after Huck escapes his clutches. The audio is a treasure trove of opportunity for the right reader, and Ed Sala is just that.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
THE BLADE ITSELF by Marcus Sakey, read by Grover Gardner
Danny Carter is an ex-con whose world turns upside down when an old friend convinces him to get involved in a kidnapping. Well-drawn characters are enhanced by Grover Gardner’s excellent performance. His emotional rendering augments the relentless tension in the story.
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Friday, August 24, 2007
QUEEN KAT, CARMEL AND ST. JUDE GET A LIFE by Maureen McCarthy, read by Kate Hood
Three young Australian women from the same small town end up housemates when they head off to university. Each tells a portion of this coming-of-age story that is thought-provoking, funny, and full of passion. Kate Hood is an engaged narrator whose fondness for each character shines through.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
THE MACHIAVELLI COVENANT by Allan Folsom, read by Jeremy Davidson
A cabal of the powerful, known as The Covenant, is set on world domination, and the three people standing in their way find themselves on the run. Jeremy Davidson reads this freight train of suspenseful drama with word-perfect panache.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
THE NAVIGATOR by Eoin McNamee, read by Kirby Heyborne
Kirby Heyborne’s fine performance draws the listener into this time-travel tale. Owen, an unassuming hero, is thrust into a world of suspended time. Heyborne’s tone and pacing make a complex plot understandable.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
EXILE by Richard North Patterson, read by Dennis Boutsikaris
Patterson presents a complex plot involving Palestine and Israel and the human rights issues that surround them. Boutsikaris delivers a seamless narrative, engaging listeners at every turn. His narration and Patterson's words challenge listeners to confront this centuries-old Middle East tragedy.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
SONGMASTER by Orson Scott Card, read by Stefan Rudnicki
Fans of Card's fantasy will like this 1978 novel. A talented young singer must complete his training to become the emperor’s own songbird. Rudnicki narrates this novel with the power that the prose demands and sings lines with an understated grace.
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Friday, August 17, 2007
THE BEASTS OF CLAWSTONE CASTLE by Eva Ibbotson, read by Jenny Sterlin
In this quirky, funny, and often touching tale, two children visit their eccentric relatives at Clawstone Castle, where tours support “the beasts,” Clawstone’s unique white cattle. Sterlin delights listeners with some memorable voices.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
INÉS OF MY SOUL by Isabel Allende, read by Blair Brown
Allende crafts a historical saga of Inés Suarez, reflecting on her incredible journey from Spain to the founding of Santiago in the 1540s. Brown’s impeccable performance brings the eloquent prose to life and brings the listener into the heart of the story.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
JUST LISTEN by Sarah Dessen, read by Jennifer Ikeda
Many aspects of Annabel's life are falling apart--family, relationships, high-school friends, but then she meets Owen, who values honesty above all else and teaches her to find her voice. It is the voice of narrator Jennifer Ikeda that haunts listeners. Just listen to this remarkable production.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
BIG IRON by Jake Lancer, read by George Guidall
George Guidall flawlessly delivers accurate and consistent characterizations of lawmen and outlaws in Lancer's post-Civil War drama, part of the Golden Spike Trilogy. Like a quick-change artist, Guidall switches from one voice to another and gives us an outstanding performance.
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Monday, August 13, 2007
SOMETHING BIG HAS BEEN HERE by Jack Prelutsky read by the author
Listeners of this audiobook may need to seek protection from fearsome tigers, consider a new pet—perhaps a porcupine or a giraffe—and peruse the remarkable menu at the school cafeteria. The recitation of Jack Prelutsky, the nations’ first Children’s Poet Laureate, is crisp and paced for appreciation. Whether humorous or more serious, his sentiment for the characters of his poems is heartfelt.
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Friday, August 10, 2007
THE PAINTED VEIL by W. Somerset Maugham, read by Kate Reading
Kitty Fane is a shallow, self-centered woman whose marriage in 1920s Hong Kong is a sham. When her lover refuses to marry her, she sullenly agrees to travel to China with her husband during a cholera epidemic. Kate Reading gives a phenomenal portrayal of Kitty, progressively evolving her weaknesses into real character strengths by way of hardship, loss, and regret.
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
LONG TIME LEAVING: Dispatches from Up South by Roy Blount, Jr., read by the author
Georgia-born and -raised humorist Roy Blount, Jr.’s delicious descriptions of Southern cooking would make anyone’s mouth water. But he doesn’t stop there. Don’t try to drink anything (you’ll spit or choke) while Blount talks about everything from boiled peanuts to fancy dinner parties to summer vacations and more
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
THE TORTILLA CURTAIN by T.C. Boyle, read by the author
As immigration complexities surge in California, one broad-minded Los Angeles couple finds their liberal opinions shaken as a series of fateful events propels them ever closer to a desperate Mexican couple living off the land, fighting for survival. T.C. Boyle’s intimate connection to this story provides the precise character interpretation necessary for a high-energy and entertaining performance.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
INSPIRED BY . . . THE BIBLE EXPERIENCE: The New Testament read by Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, et al.
This 2007 Audiobook of the Year is a full show of music, sound effects, and a dazzling array of celebrity voices. The cast of more than 80 African-American actors delivers a rich, diverse rendering of the contemporary Today’s New International Version (TNIV) translation in gospel-meeting style.
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Monday, August 06, 2007
SELECTED SHORTS: FOOD FICTIONS and TRAVEL TALES by Various Authors, read by Various Readers
Well-known actors read short stories in front of appreciative audiences at New York’s Symphony Space in the long-running public radio series “Selected Shorts.” Joanne Woodward, John Lithgow, Christina Pickles, and others read works by Chekhov, T.C. Boyle, Nadine Gordimer, and other authors, serious and comic.
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Friday, August 03, 2007
BECAUSE SHE CAN by Bridie Clark, read by Mary Birdsong
Mary Birdsong is the perfect narrator for this comic romp around the New York publishing scene. When boss-from-hell Vivian Grant begins to have speech patterns reminiscent of Claire Truman’s future mother-in-law, listeners are all but doubled over with laughter. Musical interludes add their own comic twist.
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Thursday, August 02, 2007
YELLOW STAR by Jennifer Roy, read by Christina Moore
This powerful work relates the story of Syvia Perlmutter, one of only 12 Jewish children to survive the Lodz ghetto in Poland during WWII. The author, Syvia’s niece, wrote the story in a poetic first-person narrative that begins in the late thirties and concludes when the ghetto is liberated. Christina Moore’s performance captures the terror, bewilderment, and deprivation experienced by Syvia and thousands of others.
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
MAN IN THE MIDDLE by Brian Haig, read by L.J. Ganser
Writer Brian Haig and narrator L.J. Ganser are a tough act to follow. This delightfully funny thriller is comedic and insightful. His character, Sean Drummond, is an Army spook and lawyer on loan to the CIA. Haig’s hero is the king of one-liners, and Ganser milks every line.
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