Robert Sheard | Friday Reads | May 15, 2020 @Robert.Sheard | Uploaded May 2020 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
How’s your #BookTubePrizeChallenge going? I’ve read 72 of the 96 overall, and 45 of 48 Quarterfinalists.
The BookTube Prize has cut the field in half for the Quarterfinals. See the results from the Octafinals, and the pairings for the Quarterfinals here:
youtube.com/watch?v=U7ePE3wp2kM
Books I Finished:
Trick Mirror – Jia Tolentino
A Woman Is No Man – Etaf Rum
Guest House for Young Widows – Azadeh Moaveni
Books I’m Reading:
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee – David Treuer
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong
The Ice at the End of the World – Jon Gertner
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MY THREE PROJECTS
MOVIES – AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)
Watched Recently: Network (1976) 16/100
Next Up: Sophie’s Choice (1982)
BACKLIST FICTION
Recently Read: Carlos Fuentes – The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962)
Next Up: Kaye Gibbons – A Cure for Dreams (1991)
THE CLASSICAL MUSIC LOVER’S COMPANION TO ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Pieces Heard This Week:
Edward Elgar – Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
Emmanuel Chabrier – España: Rapsodie pour Orchestre
Max Bruch – Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major
Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Flat Major, Op. 10
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 102 in B Flat Major
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425, "Linz"
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, No. 5 in B Flat Major
Franz Joseph Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, HOB. VIIE:1
Igor Stravinsky – L’Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10, Op. 93
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 120
Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20
Camille Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
George Frideric Handel – Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, No. 4 in A minor
Alban Berg – Violin Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 3 in E Flat Major, K. 447
George Frideric Handel – Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, No. 3 in E minor
Hector Berlioz – Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (H.79)
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella (Suite)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major, "Romantic"
Apple Music Playlist: music.apple.com/us/playlist/classical-music-lovers-companion-to-orchestral-music/pl.u-pJqLIor5XP
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My Social Media:
Goodreads – goodreads.com/author/show/108115.Robert_Sheard
Website – robertsheard.com
Instagram – instagram.com/barterhordes
Email – robertsheard@mac.com
#FridayReads #BookTubePrizeChallenge #BookTubePrize
How’s your #BookTubePrizeChallenge going? I’ve read 72 of the 96 overall, and 45 of 48 Quarterfinalists.
The BookTube Prize has cut the field in half for the Quarterfinals. See the results from the Octafinals, and the pairings for the Quarterfinals here:
youtube.com/watch?v=U7ePE3wp2kM
Books I Finished:
Trick Mirror – Jia Tolentino
A Woman Is No Man – Etaf Rum
Guest House for Young Widows – Azadeh Moaveni
Books I’m Reading:
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee – David Treuer
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong
The Ice at the End of the World – Jon Gertner
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MY THREE PROJECTS
MOVIES – AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)
Watched Recently: Network (1976) 16/100
Next Up: Sophie’s Choice (1982)
BACKLIST FICTION
Recently Read: Carlos Fuentes – The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962)
Next Up: Kaye Gibbons – A Cure for Dreams (1991)
THE CLASSICAL MUSIC LOVER’S COMPANION TO ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Pieces Heard This Week:
Edward Elgar – Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
Emmanuel Chabrier – España: Rapsodie pour Orchestre
Max Bruch – Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major
Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Flat Major, Op. 10
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 102 in B Flat Major
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425, "Linz"
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, No. 5 in B Flat Major
Franz Joseph Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, HOB. VIIE:1
Igor Stravinsky – L’Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10, Op. 93
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 120
Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20
Camille Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
George Frideric Handel – Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, No. 4 in A minor
Alban Berg – Violin Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 3 in E Flat Major, K. 447
George Frideric Handel – Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, No. 3 in E minor
Hector Berlioz – Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (H.79)
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella (Suite)
Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major, "Romantic"
Apple Music Playlist: music.apple.com/us/playlist/classical-music-lovers-companion-to-orchestral-music/pl.u-pJqLIor5XP
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My Social Media:
Goodreads – goodreads.com/author/show/108115.Robert_Sheard
Website – robertsheard.com
Instagram – instagram.com/barterhordes
Email – robertsheard@mac.com
#FridayReads #BookTubePrizeChallenge #BookTubePrize
