Yikes, has it really been a month since my last reading roundup? My apologies for the delay – life got in the way as it often does. As I’m back on nightshifts again (cue: sob, wailing, gnashing of teeth) I have been listening to a lot of audiobooks. My favourites, and a highlight of my reading/listening month, were the NPR radio adaptations of George Lucas’ Star Wars. I picked the first one up, Star Wars, some time ago when it was one of Audible’s Daily Deals but had not got around to listening to it. I rectified that mistake last weekend and loved it. This adaptation has been licensed from George Lucas, so they were able to incorporate John Williams’ iconic music and the sound effects from the movies (blasters! lightsabers! R2D2!). It boasts an excellent cast including Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels from the movies. At first it did take me a short while to adapt to the different voices for Leia, Han and Darth Vader, but the production quality and the excellence of the cast soon made me forget about that. As I’ve said before on this blog, the original Star Wars movies have such strong themes and…
Good evening dear readers! I’m sorry I’ve not blogged for some while. I’ve been busy adjusting to my new graveyard schedule, and that’s going to go on for some while, so I may not be blogging regularly for some while. On the plus side, I did get through a few audiobooks – I will be publishing a reading roundup at some point soon in which I will discuss some of them. In any case, here are my most anticipated upcoming releases. Texts from Mittens: A Cat Who Has an Unlimited Data Plan written by Mitten with help from Angie Bailey. Strictly speaking, this isn’t an April release as it’s released on March 31 – deal with it. For those of you who haven’t met Mittens, he’s a tuxedo cat who maintains close communication with his caregiver via text. I follow Mittens on Facebook and he’s hilarious. He’s publishing a book of his collected texts and it promises to be a fun read. I preordered it on Kindle. William Shakespeare’s The Phantom of Menace. One of my top reads of 2014 was Ian Doescher’s adaptation of George Lucas’ Star Wars into Shakespearean language. Now it’s time for the prequels, the first of…