Emily Cat 176

A new book is being released on September 8th.  It is book number 63 in this series. I've never known of any other author write that many books in the same series. Of course, who am l talking about? J.D. Robb Who is, of course, Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb. I think she started writing these books in 1995 and she's still writing them. Do you like J.D. Robb books, have you read them all? Let's start a conversation.

I've been listening to John Coltrane this week.   The saxophone is not my favourite instrument to listen to but Coltrane made it sing. I especially like the work he did with Miles Davis's Kind of Blue. He was gone by the age of 40 but, thankfully he made many recordings that we can still listen to today. 

This ballet was for my sisters birthday  It was her choice. We couldn't fault the dancing. There was not one missed step. The costuming was good too. The only thing neither of us liked was the story itself. We both agreed that having seen it once we won't see it again. Have any of you seen this ballet? Did you like it? The Victorian Ballet stage high quality shows. We saw this one at The Drum in Dandenong. If you get a chance to see this company dance it is well worth it.

This is considered a classic.  Many critics feel that this book is the beginning of crime fiction. Apparently some of the writing techniques in this book are still used today.  Like Charles Dickens Collins work was first serialised in a magazine and l don't find it easy to read either author. But l will finish The Woman in White and if you're interested in reading it audible have it as a free download. Let me know if you have read this book.

Specifically the album Hounds of Love.  It came out in 1985, and l can hear synthesises and a drum machine, and is considered one of her best albums. It also is interesting because the 2 two sides are different. The 1st side is called Hounds of Love and is about relationships, the miscommunication between people and also about female passion. My favourite song on that side is The Big Sky. The 2nd side is called The Ninth Wave and all the songs are about a woman on a boat at sea. My favourite song from that side is And dream of sheep. I like Kate Bush's music and she is a good musician. This was her 5th studio album. Let me know if you like her music and what is your favourite Kate Bush song?

This is the 2nd good film l've seen this month. It was only a few weeks ago that l made a video almost mourning the lack of interesting films this year. Well, in the space of a few weeks l have seen not 1 but 2 good films. The first one was The Odyssey. What a great film that was. Christopher Nolan is a great film maker. The 2nd film l saw was The Wizard of the Kremlin. It was good.  Set at the end of the Soviet Union and the rise of Putin this film follows the wizard who is like a right hand man to Putin. It involves Russian politics. I don't know if this person actually existed, but, it makes for a good story and we have all been told about what happens to people in Russia. Quite often it involves a window! Paul Dano is the wizard and Jude Law (who l didn't recognise at first) played Putin. I liked this film and recommend you see it. 4.5 out of 5.