Posts Tagged ‘audiobook’
My advice: Listen to The Diary of Anne Frank on a 1995 Sony Walkman
The first time I read The Diary of Anne Frank, I listened to the audiobook on a Sony Walkman. It was 1995, and the recording was on cassette tape. This was by far the best way to read Anne Frank’s diary for the first time. I was raking leaves on my front lawn. It was…
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Matthew Brown reads Matthew Green
The fact that I published MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND in the UK under the pseudonym Matthew Green and the narrator of the audio version of the book is Matthew Brown is odd. Or perhaps fitting. Either way, I am happy to see Matthew Brown getting his due in the recent review of his performance…
Read MoreI hate the Red Sox, but I love these guys
I’m listening to the book Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stephen King and Stuart O’Nan. It’s essentially a double-entry journal that chronicles the Red Sox for one season. It’s full of traditional journal entries, email exchanges, summaries of phone calls between the two men, and recollections of…
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