Of course I am already familiar with this book, and I was feeling festive, so I don't to it again. This is a great recording of a great book! Happy Christmas tell-all!

Ahh, yes; my annual foray into the classics of Charles Dickens and a Christmas Carol. Although I know that it being the middle of Hanukkah and my being a good Jewish girl, I should eschew classical Christmas stories like A Christmas Carol, but it's both a good story and presents a truly useful and meaningful lesson regardless of religion or holiday. I still love the book, and Tim Curry as narrator does a more than respectable job!

Yes, it was time again for my annual read of a Christmas Carol :). Of course, by “read” I meant listen, because I can't see to read anymore, although I do still actually occasionally despite the fact that it's very difficult for me. I usually listen at one and a half to two times normal speed, but I decided to slow it down this time and actually listen at speed. I don't know whether this is the reason that I noticed a lot of things that I had forgotten since my last listen. I had heard that Charles Dickens was paid by the word, and consequently he was unnecessarily wordy in his prose. I was able to recognize this time that his wordiness actually contributes to the story. He actually contributes to the characters and scenery beautifully in such a way that it kind of fills things out. I am constantly reminded why Charles Dickens is consider a writer of classics. I realize that I am not the first to discover this- his books are, after all, classics - but it's nice to remind myself occasionally.