Exercising the Mind and the Body

I have never thought I'd like an audio book. I've listened to different audio Bible's from time to time and while I've liked doing that, I find myself letting my mind wander. Since it had been a while since I had tried listening to a book, I thought I'd give it another chance. I checked out an audio book from our library, downloaded it to my mp3 player and have been listening while working out.

I usually read a book while at the gym, but logistically that is not always easy to do. The book has to fit in the rack just right, I have to turn pages, I can't read when I jog, etc. So far the audio book has been a perfect fit. Plus I refuse to listen to it at home, so that gives me a little incentive to go work out. I think maybe I'm on to something.

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October Books Read 2021

I read 6 books in the month of October. That's how my reading goes - in ebbs and flows. Part of it is life happens. It was a busy month as we were able to take a long weekend for a runaway to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. That was followed by my hosting Book Club, our granddaughter (and her mom and dad) from California here and a trip to Oxford, Mississippi to spend some time with a good friend and go see LSU on the football field. All fun things and I was still able to work some good books in. I didn't plan it this way, but for the spooky month of October, all of my books were what I would call some form of mystery. I would not say any of them were scary, but they all had some form of murder and good and bad guys and it was up to the reader to try to determine which was which. Something else that was different this month, 2 of the books I read were from the library. I grew up going to the library. It was a wonderful place that I spent a lot of time. For a fe

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