What shall I spend my audible credits on?

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SnuggleBuggleBoo · 02/06/2023 10:18

I'm off on holiday today - 3 hour drive. I need some entertainment! What do you recommend?

I hate anything too scary or upsetting - I prefer overall upbeat and light-hearted but enough depth of plot to be interesting
I'm not massively into love and sex. I don't mind it being a part of things but not the whole plot - Sophie Kinsella gets the balance right I think!
I love animals but absolutely none in books are allowed to die!
I work with children and find them entertaining
I like modern history. The Edwardian era especially, and 1940s Britain

I've recently enjoyed a book where the main character was an actor, all about auditions and filming etc. And another book I liked was about someone hiking trails and camping wild in America - again outside my realm of experiences so quite gripping. Maybe there are other books along these lines I should check out?

Anyway, please fire some suggestions at me!

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CantBeArsedOrAsked · 04/06/2023 08:02

RenoDakota · 03/06/2023 23:51

I see this was yesterday but for future reference you could try these:
A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson. Any of his books, in fact.
The Shardlake series of books by C J Sansom.
I am currently listening to Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Very long but utterly gripping. Brilliantly read by Dan Stevens. And really atmospheric to listen to - better, to me, than reading the actual book.

So glad you posted this, reminded me it's time for a re-listen of Wolf Hall and the two sequels. That's the next month or so sorted!
I'd forgotten they were in my audible library. Agree that Dan Stevens is an amazing narrator.

BerfyTigot · 22/06/2023 16:30

@SnuggleBuggleBoo If you're interested in WW2, I recommend The Kew Gardens Girls. Quite light and enjoyable.

Cinders15 · 22/06/2023 20:18

I'm listening to Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz - much better than the TV series, and just downloaded the part two!
And under the piano by Hugh Bonneville - saw him and Julian Fellowes at Bridport literary festival last November - really good

MIBnightmare · 22/06/2023 22:50

Anything David Sedaris!! So funny and poignant.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 22/06/2023 22:51

The Sandman

Twillow · 22/06/2023 22:57

CantBeArsedOrAsked · 03/06/2023 10:51

The Signature of All Things read by Juliet Stevenson

I like to get my money's worth so try to chose audible books that are over 20 hrs. So I got it mostly because it was long.
Am 5 hours in and it's unexpectedly amazing! Juliet Stevenson is a perfect narrator.

A fellow chooser by length here! May I commend to you, in this vein, Brandon Sanderson - for example, the Stormlight Archive saga of which the first book, Way of Kings, is 45 h 29m! The Mistborn Saga is equally good.

mauveiscurious · 23/06/2023 07:50

Pilgrim bbc series on the dark folk law of the British isles

getafringenotbotox · 23/06/2023 10:03

mysonsmother82 · 02/06/2023 10:21

I'm currently reading Again Rachel by Marian Keyes. It's a follow on from Rachel's holiday that must be attest 10 years old but is brilliant and very funny in places.

I have that in paperback for holiday in three weeks I really looking forward to starting it on the plane

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