Bill's 2018 Musical Advent Calendar
Day 21 - Katy B - Turn the Music Louder
I love this girl. The first time Jo and I heard her wonderful voice was when she performed Crying for No Reason. In the video she wore a simple red sweater.. She is forever known to us as 'Red Sweater'. She's got this fantastic voice, can belt out a song. My choice is a toe tapper, great driving song, which she performs with KDA and Tinie Tempah.. Also a fantastic video, very simple but it does grab you..
I finished another book this morning and I've started one more. We'll see if I get to try one more after that.
Just Finished
1. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.
"As I told my wife this morning.... stupid book! But what I really meant was what a wonderful, happy / sad, heart warming book Anne of Green Gables by Canadian author, L.M. Montgomery is. My wife and I have been enjoying the reprisal of the original TV series; Anne with an 'E'. Last Christmas I discovered almost the whole book series, 6 of the 9 books and bought them for my wife. To end 2018 Anne of Green Gables was one of the books I chose to finish the year.
Anne of Green Gables tells the story of young orphan, Anne Shirley, who is brought to Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, to live with and help work on the farm of the Cuthberts, brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla. Unfortunately for Anne, the Cuthberts had asked for a boy. While Matthew is entranced with Anne's spirit and imagination, Marilla isn't. She wants to send Anne back. She finds Anne, talkative, distracting and somewhat irritating. But at the same time, she finds her refreshing and she bends to Matthew's will and lets Anne stay.
What follows are a series of vignettes that describe Anne's life with the Cuthberts and her developing friendships, with her bosom friend Diana Berry and others, as well as her enmity towards Gilbert Blythe, who makes the mistake of teasing Anne about her red (carrots) hair. There are tragedies, upsets, wonderful stories, joy and sadness. It's a wonderfully, rich, lovely book. Anne is such an imaginative, delightful character. She wins the love of Matthew and Marilla. The book reminds me of so many other 'coming of age' stories, Who Has Seen the Wind, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, etc. It made me smile, cry and just warmed my heart.
Of course, now I'll have to try the other books.. Darn!! Stupid book!! (5 stars)"
Currently Reading
1. Stephen Morris / Pilotage by Nevil Shute.
"These two related novellas, Stephen Morris and Pilotage, were Nevil Shute’s first works of fiction and drew on his own youthful experiences. Both concern young men obsessed with the early world of aviation. Stephen Morris has just called off his engagement to the girl he loves because he is a penniless graduate with no prospects—but for his dream of building airplanes. Pilotage continues the story, focusing on Stephen's ambitious navigator Peter Dennison, as he tests a daring idea for a new cross-Atlantic airmail service."
There you go, folks. Have a great weekend!
Day 21 - Katy B - Turn the Music Louder
I love this girl. The first time Jo and I heard her wonderful voice was when she performed Crying for No Reason. In the video she wore a simple red sweater.. She is forever known to us as 'Red Sweater'. She's got this fantastic voice, can belt out a song. My choice is a toe tapper, great driving song, which she performs with KDA and Tinie Tempah.. Also a fantastic video, very simple but it does grab you..
I finished another book this morning and I've started one more. We'll see if I get to try one more after that.
Just Finished
"As I told my wife this morning.... stupid book! But what I really meant was what a wonderful, happy / sad, heart warming book Anne of Green Gables by Canadian author, L.M. Montgomery is. My wife and I have been enjoying the reprisal of the original TV series; Anne with an 'E'. Last Christmas I discovered almost the whole book series, 6 of the 9 books and bought them for my wife. To end 2018 Anne of Green Gables was one of the books I chose to finish the year.
Anne of Green Gables tells the story of young orphan, Anne Shirley, who is brought to Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, to live with and help work on the farm of the Cuthberts, brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla. Unfortunately for Anne, the Cuthberts had asked for a boy. While Matthew is entranced with Anne's spirit and imagination, Marilla isn't. She wants to send Anne back. She finds Anne, talkative, distracting and somewhat irritating. But at the same time, she finds her refreshing and she bends to Matthew's will and lets Anne stay.
What follows are a series of vignettes that describe Anne's life with the Cuthberts and her developing friendships, with her bosom friend Diana Berry and others, as well as her enmity towards Gilbert Blythe, who makes the mistake of teasing Anne about her red (carrots) hair. There are tragedies, upsets, wonderful stories, joy and sadness. It's a wonderfully, rich, lovely book. Anne is such an imaginative, delightful character. She wins the love of Matthew and Marilla. The book reminds me of so many other 'coming of age' stories, Who Has Seen the Wind, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, etc. It made me smile, cry and just warmed my heart.
Of course, now I'll have to try the other books.. Darn!! Stupid book!! (5 stars)"
Currently Reading
"These two related novellas, Stephen Morris and Pilotage, were Nevil Shute’s first works of fiction and drew on his own youthful experiences. Both concern young men obsessed with the early world of aviation. Stephen Morris has just called off his engagement to the girl he loves because he is a penniless graduate with no prospects—but for his dream of building airplanes. Pilotage continues the story, focusing on Stephen's ambitious navigator Peter Dennison, as he tests a daring idea for a new cross-Atlantic airmail service."
There you go, folks. Have a great weekend!
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