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…