Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

September 29, 2014 by Christina

Martel’s novel is about the Holocaust. I state such a fact so starkly because I am still trying to wrap my head around his use of this topic. I admit, I picked this book up solely because of my deep and abiding affection for Life of Pi – both the novel and the film – and then avoided it for four years after hearing whispers of heavy criticism following its publication. I finally picked it up in part because of […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Audiobook, Fiction, Genocide, Holocaust • Tags: Mark Bramhall, Yann Martel

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

August 27, 2014 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Mark Bramhall. Penguin Audio, 2009. 17 hours, 21 minutes. Library copy. Quentin Coldwater, a senior in high school and a certified genius, is still secretly obsessed with a series of children’s fantasy novels about the adventures of five siblings in a magical land called Fillory. Quentin knows that magic and Fillory are not real – that is, until he unexpectedly finds himself admitted to a secret, exclusive college of magic in upstate New York called […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Audiobook, Fantasy, Fiction, New York, North America, United States • Tags: Lev Grossman, Mark Bramhall