KYSS FM » reading http://kyssfm.com Tue, 21 May 2013 08:07:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Al's Book Blog http://kyssfm.com/als-book-blog/ http://kyssfm.com/als-book-blog/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 13:25:23 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=152064 Hang on tight, Coonts pulls the whole plot together fast and with a lot of twists and turns in the conclusion of The Red Horseman. Jake Grafton is back in the cockpit and has the critical mission of destroying nuclear weapons that have fallen into some dangerous hands

]]> http://kyssfm.com/als-book-blog/feed/ 0 Tomcat on patrol (Photo courtesy MATEUS_27,24 & 25/Flickr) Nuclear Catastrophe-Al's Book Blog http://kyssfm.com/nuclear-catastrophe-als-book-blog/ http://kyssfm.com/nuclear-catastrophe-als-book-blog/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:59:28 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=149752 Grafton and Tarkington have uncovered a real rats nest involving two factions in Russian government;

]]> http://kyssfm.com/nuclear-catastrophe-als-book-blog/feed/ 0 Nuclear missile silo (Photo courtesy Gord McKenna/Flickr) Al's Book Blog — What Have You Been Reading Recently? Are You Enjoying "The Red Horesman?" [SURVEY] http://kyssfm.com/als-book-blog-what-have-you-been-reading-recently-are-you-enjoying-the-red-horesman-survey/ http://kyssfm.com/als-book-blog-what-have-you-been-reading-recently-are-you-enjoying-the-red-horesman-survey/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:29:14 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=148966 I started a new feature this week here on the 94.9 KYSS FM website I'm calling Al's Book Blog. It's just me suggesting books, and commenting along as I read them, in the hopes that you'll join me and share your feedback too. (Read more about how Al's Book Blog got started.)

We are about five days into the book, and I want to know what you think so far. Don't worry if you haven't started yet, I want to hear from you too. I'm curious what you've read lately. Tell me your last three titles.

]]> http://kyssfm.com/als-book-blog-what-have-you-been-reading-recently-are-you-enjoying-the-red-horesman-survey/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Stephen Rees/Flickr Al's Book Blog — We're a Few Days Into "The Red Horseman" http://kyssfm.com/als-book-blog-the-red-horseman/ http://kyssfm.com/als-book-blog-the-red-horseman/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:58:10 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=148565 True to form it doesn’t take the author long to get the intrigue going with a member of the Mosad passing a message to Grafton that she must meet with him. The first of several people have died under suspicious circumstances

]]> http://kyssfm.com/als-book-blog-the-red-horseman/feed/ 0 Red Square (Photo courtesy francescocetraro/Flickr) Al's Book Blog – Our First Book Will Be "The Red Horseman" http://kyssfm.com/crack-a-book-with-al-2/ http://kyssfm.com/crack-a-book-with-al-2/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:28:55 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=147445 I have agreed to share with you guys some of the books I read in this series I'm calling "Al's Boook Blog." This is no book club; I just found myself talking with people about books and found us sharing titles. I’ll be blogging about what I’m reading and invite your feedback.  Our first book is "The Red Horseman"

 

If you read "Flight of The Intruder," you’re familiar with the name Jake Grafton. If you’re not, that’s OK. Now you’ve got two books to read.

]]> http://kyssfm.com/crack-a-book-with-al-2/feed/ 0 What goes on behind the Kremlin walls (Photo courtesy Flickr) Al's Book Blog http://kyssfm.com/crack-a-book-with-al/ http://kyssfm.com/crack-a-book-with-al/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:35:50 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=146551 I like to read….I’ve been this way since I was a kid. Our family read a lot, my mom especially. She introduced me to our small town library, about the size of a closet. I had an English teacher, Sister Roswitha, in high school who introduced me to the standards; Poe, Twain, Hemingway, and Steinbeck, along with some others; Leon Uris and Ayn Rand

]]> http://kyssfm.com/crack-a-book-with-al/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy m kasahara/Flickr Sendak's Wild Things Sendoff http://kyssfm.com/sendaks-wild-things-sendoff/ http://kyssfm.com/sendaks-wild-things-sendoff/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:05:57 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=57998 There was a wild rumpus in heaven. Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ passed away. He was 83.

]]> http://kyssfm.com/sendaks-wild-things-sendoff/feed/ 0 Craig & Al Thank You Poem http://kyssfm.com/craig-al-thank-you-poem/ http://kyssfm.com/craig-al-thank-you-poem/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:12:02 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=44236 Last Friday Craig & I were at Kid Central to read to some pre-schoolers. We enjoyed it very much. We got a very nice thank you note from Danielle Lewis from Kids Central .

]]> http://kyssfm.com/craig-al-thank-you-poem/feed/ 0 The Hats Are Hand Made http://kyssfm.com/the-hats-are-hand-made/ http://kyssfm.com/the-hats-are-hand-made/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:25:30 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=43841 Craig and Al are big fans of reading to kids.

]]> http://kyssfm.com/the-hats-are-hand-made/feed/ 0 Reading Is Fun With Craig & Al http://kyssfm.com/reading-is-fun-with-craig-al/ http://kyssfm.com/reading-is-fun-with-craig-al/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:08:07 +0000 Alan K http://kyssfm.com/?p=39610 February is Reading Is Fun month. Craig and I had the pleasure of being invited to be guest readers this year at two different schools.

]]> http://kyssfm.com/reading-is-fun-with-craig-al/feed/ 0 The Craig & Al Roadshow Heads for Lone Rock http://kyssfm.com/the-craig-al-roadshow-heads-for-lone-rock/ http://kyssfm.com/the-craig-al-roadshow-heads-for-lone-rock/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:41:19 +0000 CraigJohnson http://kyssfm.com/?p=1752 When some morning shows talk about taking it on the road they head for Vegas, or Disneyland, or...or at least downtown.  Not us.

]]> http://kyssfm.com/the-craig-al-roadshow-heads-for-lone-rock/feed/ 0 When an unmovable force meets, um, an unmovable force. Al in front of one of the oldest schools in Monatana.