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Mid-May 2017 Reading Challenges Update

Mid-May Reading Challenge Update… Ok so I really must apologize for not posting here for a fairly long time. But just because I haven’t posted doesn’t mean that I haven’t been reading or listening. So in the next few posts I will try to catch up and then maybe get back on a more regular schedule for posting. My April – May Reads in my last post about reading I presented the four books that I planned to read in the remaining days of April and on into May. The four books were: Exit West by Moshin Hamid, The Lives…

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A Nuevo Flamenco Guitarist Running Playlist

A Running Playlist Containing Some of My Favorite Nuevo Flamenco Guitarists   Last week I decided to create a playlist for one of my runs using music from four of my favorite acoustic guitarists. Two are solo Nuevo Flamenco guitarists and two are duos. The  solo artists are Jesse Cook and Ottmar Liebert and the duos are Rodrigo y Gabriela and Terra Guitarra. [URIS id=39365] The albums that I used for the playlist are two favorite albums Gravity from Jesse Cook which is one of my favorite acoustic guitar albums of  all time and from Rodrigo y Gabriella I chose their…

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Four Reading Challenge Reads for the Rest of April

  Four Reads for the Remainder of April……   In my post for The Blood Strand, I indicated that I have currently read 18 books on a goal of 60 books. So to stay on pace I only need to read two more books before the end of the month. That should be doable! Here are four books that I am currently reading or plan to read over the next few weeks     Exit West – Mohsin Hamid One of my individual Reading Challenges is to read the Literature Reading Challenge. This challenge is to move me a little out…

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Beautiful New Age Music along Nancy Shoop-Wu’s Rainbow Road

Rainbow Road – Nancy Shoop – Wu    Rainbow Road the second release from violinist Nancy Shoop-Wu has been one of the various albums that I have used as the soundtrack for my morning workouts and meditations over the last few months. And it has been one of my favorites! About Nancy Shoop-Wu   Nancy Shoop-Wu’s music is a wonderful blend of New Age , Hawaiian and classical music. Shoop-Wu started her musical journey at the age of nine in her home state of Connecticut. She came from a musical family. Her father played the trumpet and her mother the piano….

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The Blood Strand – A Great Mystery set on the Faroes Islands

The Blood Stand (Faroes #1) -Chris Ould   Almost a year ago I wrote a post about five new mysteries that caught my eye on a visit to Barnes & Noble. Here are the books that were included in that post : Out of the Blues – Trudy Nan Boyle Close Your Eyes – Michael Robotham Summit Lake -Charlie Donlea The Blood Strand – Chris Ould Savage Season – Joe R Lansdale After finishing The Blood Strand on Thursday, I have read three out of five of the above books. They have all been great! I read both Summit Lake…

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Four Great 2017 March Reads

Three Mysteries and a Historical Fiction Highlight My March Reads     In March, I mainly focused on exercise. I worked hard to increase the intensities of my workouts. In addition to adding more movement to my morning exercise routine, I added anywhere from five to fifteen minutes of dance to the beginning of the routine. I also continued to run. However, because of the weather and some other commitments, I ran less days in March than I did in February. The good news is that I lost five pounds!   The bad news is that I didn’t read as…

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A Night of Native American Flute Music

From Six of My Favorite Native American Flute Players  [espro-slider id=39390] R Carlos Nakai – Canyon Trilogy, Emergence, Feather, Stone and Light R. Carlos Nakai‘s music leads off and ends this playlist. He is my favorite Native American flute player. The three albums that I have taken tracks from are among my favorites. They have all been soundtracks for yoga exercising and also helped to keep me sane during stressful times at work. What I really like about Nakai’s music is that he is alwaus changing things up. Some albums are solo, some are with Will Clipman and William Eaton….

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The Last Days of Night – Graham Moore

The Last Days of Night – Graham Moore   The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore is in the words of Gillian Flynn…. “Mesmerizing, clever, and absolutely crackling, The Last Days of Night is a triumph of imagination.  Graham Moore has chosen the Gilded Age of New York as his playground, with outstanding characters – Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse – as hi players. The result is a beautifully researched , endlessly entertaining novel that will leave you buzzing.” I confess that I have never read much about Thomas Edison. That’s probably not a good thing for a fellow New Jerseyian…

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Five Books for the End of February…..

  And the Beginning of March..…. Since there are only six days left in February, I will probably not finish any more books. That means I will end the month having read five books.And I will have read thirteen books in 2017. But maybe just maybe one I will be able to finish one of the following five books. Even if I don’t finish any of the books I will a good start on March;s reads! [powr-image-slider id=bf1215e0_1487817599] Five Proposed Reads for the End of February and March Books I am Currently Reading…. I have already started two of the…

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Assassin’s Game by Ward Larsen is a Home Run!

Assassin’s Game – Ward Larsen (David Slaton #2)   I went to the library a couple of times last week to pick up books that I had on hold. I of course had to look at the new books, while I was there. One of the new books, Assassin’s Silence by Ward Larsen caught my eye. I had never seen the book before and was unfamiliar with the author. Anyway I picked it up and read the rave reviews on the back and decided that it was my type of book!. I discovered, when I got home, that it was only book…

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