top ten tuesday
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Top Ten Audiobook Readers
Do you listen to audiobooks? Audiobooks aren’t my go-to, but I’ll listen to them every so often. Here’s a few readers I’ve enjoyed: #1 David Barnes (LibriVox volunteer) – My favorite audiobook reader, who covered The Metamorphosis, Jekyll and Hyde, and The Club of Queer Trades (Chesterton’s parody of Sherlock Holmes). Mr Barnes has a Continue reading
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Top Five Books for Lent
Following Stephen’s suit… here’s some books I’d like to read for the 40 days of Lent, which (as an Anglican Christian) I’m trying to get better at observing. I only managed to come up with five, but I’ll be lucky if I can read all of these anyways… Humility: The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness by Gavin Continue reading
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Three Books I Read on Vacation
My memory is really failing me for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday. I always bring a few books on vacation, but it’s been a while since I’ve gone on an overnight vacation, and life before the pandemic seems rather vague. Here’s some books I definitely remember reading, though: It’s a pity I can’t remember more. Continue reading
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Classics with a Unit of Time in the Title – Top Ten Tuesday
It’s been a minute since I did a TTT (no pun intended), and this prompt looked fun. Here goes! The Remains of the Day – Ishiguro The Present Age – Kierkegaard Around the World in Eighty Days – Verne Two Year’s Holiday – Verne Five Weeks in a Balloon – Verne (he’s saving the day Continue reading
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