It's taken me a couple of cds to get into listening to S J Bolton's Sacrifice. But I'm hooked now and was merrily proceeding onto disk 5 (out of 12) when my cd player refused to recognise the disk. In vain, I tried it on a couple of other devices but it seems that the cd is defunct. I have the only book on cd version in Birmingham libraries and of course all the copies of the book are out on loan at the moment so it will be a few days before I can read the 30 or so pages covered on that disk.
So I'm not quite sure what to listen to next as I'll probably 'abandon' that one for a bit whilst I finish off Sacrifice. The choices are: P D James - The Private Patient (12 cds), Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker (8 cds) or I have some Doctor Who books to listen to (1-2 cds each) or the first part of The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (4 cds) which I bought a while ago but have been saving for the 'right' moment.
Decisions...
Mark Lawson would say that you should be reading the book and not listening to it. After all, it isn't like a chapter is going to go bad on you.
ReplyDeleteBut I'd probably walk into a lamp-post if I tried to read and walk!
ReplyDeleteWell, I bought a used book a few years ago and found out later that four of the pages were blank.
ReplyDeleteI would choose P.D. James next. I haven´t bought it yet, but I will when I can find a copy at a reasonable price (from someone who is willing to ship it to DK)
How frustrating! I bought one of Lisa Marklund books second hand and took it on holiday a couple of years ago (no internet access)- only to find the last section of 30 pages or so were missing. I had no idea what happened - until I got home, emailed the seller who very kindly (and quickly) sent me a replacment.
ReplyDeleteI have not read the PD James - I find she has been getting rather slow in the past few years - but very much enjoyed Bruno, against my initial expectations. Light, warm but with a serious edge to it. Engaging main character. Not a huge amount to the actual mystery, but a lovely easy read, and funny.