I've liked other audiobooks from Simon Winchester: A Crack in the Edge of the World (San Francisco Earthquake of 1906) and Krakatoa. Other nonfiction: The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan and David McCullough's John Adams. For SF/fantasy, I loved Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys (performed by Lenny Henry) and Gaiman's own narration of Neverwhere.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
bennett - Jul 17, 2010 11:30:42 am PDT #11751 of 28736
"The Senate today have voted to make me a god in Palmyra. They'll put a little statue to me in the temple, and people will bring offerings to me, asking me to bring rain or cure their father's gout. Tell me, Livia: if I'm a god, even in Palmyra, how do I cure gout?!" Augustus, "I Claudius"
Kat - Jul 17, 2010 1:19:51 pm PDT #11752 of 28736
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
David McCullough's John Adams
I really liked this! Made me love John Adams.
javachik - Jul 17, 2010 1:42:52 pm PDT #11753 of 28736
Our wings are not tired.
You mean you didn't already love him from 1776???!
Amy - Jul 17, 2010 2:02:57 pm PDT #11754 of 28736
Because books.
I've wanted to read The Worst Hard Time for a while -- I saw a documentary that featured him and the book on either PBS or the History Channel, and it was fascinating.
bennett - Jul 17, 2010 2:19:37 pm PDT #11755 of 28736
"The Senate today have voted to make me a god in Palmyra. They'll put a little statue to me in the temple, and people will bring offerings to me, asking me to bring rain or cure their father's gout. Tell me, Livia: if I'm a god, even in Palmyra, how do I cure gout?!" Augustus, "I Claudius"
Amy, I think I've seen the documentary you mean and the book is even better - it does an excellent job of combining overall historical trends/themes with survivors' stories. Really excellent.
Amy - Jul 17, 2010 2:39:06 pm PDT #11756 of 28736
Because books.
I also came in halfway through, if I remember correctly, and programs like that always make me want a book so I can really dig into the whole story. It was fascinating to see some of the survivors' interviews, though.
Kathy A - Jul 17, 2010 4:56:45 pm PDT #11757 of 28736
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
You mean you didn't already love him from 1776???!
Between 1776 and the PBS broadcast of The Adams Chronicles in the '70s, I loved both John and Abigail. I've got a signed copy of the McCullogh bio and a collection of their letters called My Dearest Friend.
Amy - Jul 19, 2010 12:27:56 pm PDT #11758 of 28736
Because books.
I took Sara to the library and found Wolf Hall right there on the new release shelf! Score.
megan walker - Jul 19, 2010 12:47:16 pm PDT #11759 of 28736
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yes, I was able to renew it (which allowed me to go ahead and read Hornet's Nest first). I can't believe it wasn't on hold.
Amy - Jul 19, 2010 12:51:27 pm PDT #11760 of 28736
Because books.
I am sadly unsurprised it was available at our library.
It is huge, though. I feel like I should have started reading a week ago.