Wölflinge in german. It was rather fun.
A couple of weeks ago I have seen the first part of "The Hobbit" in Cinema in a rather brutal version. And now I am listening the audiobook from the BBC. It is quite an old version, but I like it so far.
Fortunately I have a couple of days of, so I can listen to the story in peace.
I have just finished an audiobook of quite a different story, by quite a different author: Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy. About 10 Years ago or longer I used to love her books, but somehow I'd gone off her. But I got the book of a colleague, called Scarlett Feather. I remember, that I liked it.
I had decided though, a little while after, that I would not read the one taking place in Greece. Now, the book I just finished hearing included a lot of characters from other books I had read and from this greek book.
I liked that. I liked the idea of following a story, that had ended in another book. It is very nice. Do you know this feeling, that you finished a book and wondered how the story might have progressed, if the book had gone on?
I have that quite frequently. And this book is one, where several stories go on. It is lovely. If only it was for the fact that you meet people again, you became to like.
Before that, I heard another Francis Durbridge story: "Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery". Now I was very arrogant about Paul Temple and Francis Durbridge and thought them to be below myself. And I did not see the latter to be the inventor of the former. I just didn't know.
Then about 5 years ago, I heard a case in installments on BBC Radio 7 as was then (now it is BBC Radio 4 extra). And I fell a victim to it and became a fan. They are perhaps similar, but Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury made them comfortable to listen to. So I followed any, that came on. And then I borrowed one from the library. Lovely.
Another story I heard on BBC were the Lord Peter stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. There are several and I have them on CD. A colleague of mine has the newes Lord Peter story on CD and is listening to it. Now, since Ms. Sayers has been dead quite some years, how can that be? Well, P.D. James finished it and in rather a good way: "The Attenbury Emeralds". We had read the book (I bought it in London two years ago) and she bought the CD. Great Fun. Exciting. Somehow sad. But very good writing and the style is like D. L. Sayers style.
Now what I am waiting for, is an audio-version of the Watsons, begun by Jane Austen, before her death and finished by "Another Lady". Very well done too. If anyone knows how to get that on CD: just write a comment.
Other than that I hope you all have a happy easter or passover or what your religious-traditional festivities you might have around this year.
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