Recently I received a copy of The Dance which has been on my wishlist for years, as well as a copy of The Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieand which was on my wishlist for a under a week. Thanks people! Earlier this a year a very good friend sent me “The Essential Jazz Collection” a 8 disc CD set which has been setting my decks on fire. I just bought Kenny G’s Songbird. This is my year for Jazz. Although last weekend I bought Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 in D minor, mainly to play “Ode to Joy” at very high volume!