About this Blog:
I'm definitely indecisive about whether to (1) keep this blog alive, (2) let it die or (3) move my self-indulgent opinions offline and let it become just an egocentric journal of books I've read.
Anyway, I have gotten a bunch of emails with book recommendations or suggestions or opinions on books I've posted. It would be great if one of the two of you out there following the blog on the newfangled world wide interweb would post more comments or would present/rate a book--you can use any scoring/rating system you like.
Books on Baseball:
First, I expect that there's no one out there who would be vaguely interested in the rest of this post. If you are reading this, I urge you to stop now. The discussion below will bore you and may make your eyes gloss over altogether.
It used to be my annual ritual. From March 1 through about Memorial Day every year I'd devour 4-6 books on baseball. These usually consisted of a couple of new books (as March-June is the time each year when new baseball books come out) and old classics. I'm not talking about books on statistics. I'm talking about books on historical baseball figures and events that capture the particular time period. There are two great books on Jackie Robinson, for example. The first is "Jackie Robinson: A Biography" by Arnold Rampersad. Rampersad was hand-picked by Jackie Robinson's widow to write his biography. The other is called "Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season" by Jonathan Eig. Eig also authored an excellent biography of Lou Gehrig entitled, "Luckiest Man." All three of these books not only capture the subject players but also the times. But I digress.
For some reason, I abandoned my annual ritual this year. Not sure why. I did read "The Rocket that Fell to Earth" about Roger Clemens (D, by the way). I'm currently reading the new Thurman Munson biography which I tell you mainly to explain why there will likely be a longer than normal lag between posts. The Munson biography is very ok thus far. I'm a sucker for any book on the Yankees or the Brooklyn/LA Dodgers because of the histories of the franchises. Also a sucker for books on the Reds, of course. And there are two books on the 70s Reds coming out in the next couple of weeks (violating the March/April/May general rule of baseball book release).
I've got plenty of baseball book recommendations if one of you two want them.
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What do you think about the new Dan Silva book? Also, the new Doctorow book seems quite good, but I'll have to finish it to decide. I love your blog.
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I have read a couple of books by Silva and enjoyed them, but I have kind of overdosed on the formulaic spy novels when I used to read a lot of Ludlom. I like Silva; he is just not a must read for me.
ReplyDeleteLet me know what you think of the Doctorow novel--then maybe you can post a guest review.
Now that football season is in full swing, I recommend The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis. Rob and I both read it recently and loved it. I mean, if it gets this girl passionate about watching football of any kind, you know it's good!
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