Music, Books, Miles, and Looks of October

Whoa.  I am recapping October.  What?  I know I saw that time flies by every month, but it just seems to keep going faster instead of slowing down...  I really wish that would change!  Remember when you were a child and Christmas seemed to take forever to get here?  Now I feel like I will blink and it will be Christmas Eve.  I must be getting old....

Music:

Gravel Lines by Amy Seeley - I love Amy Seeley.  She is a really unknown artist, but I love her voice.  All of her music is wonderful, so if you like the sound of this, check her out.  As a piano-lover, I love how most of her music features her and the piano. 

Books:

Betweeen spending a lot of time on airplanes and being laid up sick at the end of the month, I got a lot of reading done this month!

The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard  - I would highly recommend this book.  It grabbed me from the get go and I had a hard time putting it down!  I love books like that.  I suppose you could say it is a bit of a mystery, but it doesn't read like your typical mystery.  Check it out.

Two Kisses for Maddy:  A Memoir of Loss and Love by Matt Logelin:  Lauren lent this to me on our marathon/half-marathon trip.  I have read Matt's blog since the early days after he lost his wife (27 hours after his daughter was born).  I knew his heart-breaking story, and I thought I could hold it together while reading this.  So not the case.  I cried a lot.  On an airplane.  Which was mortifying, but oh well.  It is what it is.  So check this one out, too, but don't read it in public...

Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos:  I loved de los Santos first two books, Love Walked In and Belong To Me, so I was thrilled to find she had released a 3rd book.  Unfortunately this one did not live up my expectations.  It was good, but not great... 

Every Last One by Anna Quindlen:  This was another amazing book that I had the hardest time putting down.  I have read other books by Quindlen and I just love her writing style.  This book deals with a pretty devastating topic, but it was so well done in my opinion. 

Husband and Wife by Leah Stewart:  After reading "The Myth of You and Me", which I reviewed over 3 years ago here, I was excited to read this book as her last book was so beautifully written.  This book was beautifully written as well, but I did not care for it as much, mostly because I vehemently disagreed with the decisions the main character made when she faced infidelity in her marriage.  And that sort of ruined the book for me.

Miles:

Aside from my huge half-marathon PR, which I am still very proud of, this was not a great running month for me.  I once again got hit by a really nasty sinus infection that laid me up for the last part of the month, and settled into my chest, making running out of the question. 

Next month will be a better month. 

Looks:

Excuse the lack of a hair style in this photo - it was taken at the end of a long day at work.  The weather turned colder for a week in October, which meant I could pull out a warmer coat.  This is the coat I purchased when the Ambers were visiting in August.  I absolutely love it.  I also love the outfit I am wearing under it, which is a plaid dress with black tights.  I actually like these cooler temps because I like wearing tights and coats and such.  I just don't want to deal with snow anytime soon!