Happy Thursday, friends!
As we have been making our way through our Year of Agatha project, we have enjoyed experiencing Agatha Christie’s works in various formats. We primarily read hard copy versions of her books, but have dabbled in Kindle and audiobooks as well - we particularly enjoy listening to narration by Hugh Fraser (you might know him as tv’s Hastings alongside David Suchet’s Poirot in the television adaptations of many of Agatha Christie’s works!). Speaking of film, we are also huge fans of many of the Poirot and Marple movies - while obviously not the same as reading her books, many of them are very spot on in their interpretation of the story and are a great way to feel immersed in the Queen of Crime’s world - this project was partly inspired by our love for them!
Thanks to the Year of Agatha, we have come across another way to feel immersed in Agatha Christie. Booktrack is a new, multi-sensory way to experience reading. Guys, it’s straight-up fascinating! Customized sound effects and music are included with eBook versions of books to provide a soundtrack to what you’re reading - and it’s specific down to each page of the story! The good people at Booktrack reached out to us to check out their Agatha Christie Booktracks - The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Secret Adversary. We are both people who like to multi-task while we read and you can usually find us with some sort of music going on in the background, but Booktrack takes this to a new level by pairing the perfect tunes and sounds with just the right moment while we read so we feel like we are smack in the middle the story! We are particularly partial to Tommy & Tuppence’s adventures in The Secret Adversary and loved hearing ominous tones while we followed the Beresfords efforts in trying their hands at spy work. Poirot and Hastings’s country-house party turned #MURDER investigation in The Mysterious Affair at Styles was also so fun to experience with birds chirping as the pair travel around the village in search of clues. Booktrack provides a fascinating way to immerse yourself in some of your favorite books!
The good folks at Booktrack want YOU to enjoy sampling their first two Christie books for free! Here's how:
1) Go to booktrack.com and click "Sign up" to start your account
2) Return to this post and click here to let us know your email address so that we can tell them to drop these two Christie titles in your account for free!
Give these a try and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments section!
Want to learn more about Booktrack in general? Their website and blog have a lot of great information, and be sure to check them out on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook!
Want to learn more about Booktrack in general? Their website and blog have a lot of great information, and be sure to check them out on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook!
Many thanks to Booktrack for the collaboration and the opportunity to have a new Agatha Christie experience!
Audrey & Emily
*A version of this blog post originally appeared on booktrackbeat.com - read the original post HERE!
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