Portable Magic
Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.
Currently reading
Five Bloodcurdling Mysteries ★★☆☆☆
Audiobook of classic mystery/horror short stories, all written between 1840-1910, and all that implies. The advantage of the audio is that the modern reader must experience the stories as intended, but with excellent professional narrators. The disadvantage is that the modern reader can’t skim through the boring parts to get to the good stuff as you normally could when reading the text version.
Stories:
Adventure of Silver Blaze, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Bill Wallis - previously reviewed
Murders in the Rue Morgue, by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Bronson Pinchot - previously reviewed
The Secret of the Growing Gold, by Bram Stoker, read by John Lee - A violent man cannot escape his vengeful dead lover
The Honour of Isreal Gow, by G.K. Chesterton, read by Simon Vance - A nobleman vows to leave all the gold in his castle to his honorable but literal-minded servant. Mystery ensues.
The Signal Man, by Charles Dickens, read by John Lee - A wonderfully spooky ghost story