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James Best Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 13 March 2019 at 11:06am | IP Logged | 1
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Speaking just for myself, I include a picture of the book's cover so that any members of the JBF who go looking for it will have a visual prompt to help them find it, either in a new/used bookstore or at their local library.
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James Best Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 13 March 2019 at 11:07am | IP Logged | 2
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Now starting...
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Robert Bradley Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 20 September 2006 Location: United States Posts: 4887
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Posted: 13 March 2019 at 11:41am | IP Logged | 3
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I love sports history, professional basketball in particular. And the more obscure the better.
And it doesn't come much more obscure than this -
Waterloo did indeed have an NBA team in 1949-50 (as did Anderson, IN; Sheboygan, WI and Denver). This is the story of theat season and how the small Midwestern teams were eventually muscled out by the larger cities.
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Tim O Neill Byrne Robotics Security
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 10942
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Posted: 13 March 2019 at 9:44pm | IP Logged | 4
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James B: "Speaking just for myself, I include a picture of the book's cover so that any members of the JBF who go looking for it will have a visual prompt to help them find it, either in a new/used bookstore or at their local library."
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You can do what you like, but I don't think it makes much sense. Anyone can find a book by title/author. Often we just get a picture when you start a book. I'm much more interested in what you think of a book after you;re done, especially if you recommend it.
I'm probably just jealous that you are so much better read than I am, James! I'm a slow reader and don't do the volume that you do!
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Brian Floyd Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 07 July 2006 Location: United States Posts: 8657
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Posted: 14 March 2019 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | 5
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Dark Hollow, by Brian Keene.
First book I've ever read by him, and it is.....interesting.
And I don't post covers simply because I'm too busy/lazy to go hunt them down and upload them.
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James Best Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 02 March 2014 Location: United States Posts: 896
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Posted: 17 March 2019 at 9:33pm | IP Logged | 6
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Now moving on to read the third book by of the new mystery authors I discovered last year...
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James Best Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 March 2019 at 8:20pm | IP Logged | 7
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Diving into some baseball stuff, since the start of the new season is just around the corner. Buzz Bissinger is best known for his book on Texas high school football (Friday Night Lights) which was the basis for both the movie and television series of the same name. This book, co-written with St. Louis Cardinal manager Tony La Russa, was nominated for the Casey Award as the best non-fiction baseball book of 2005. We will see how it stacks up.
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Brian Floyd Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 March 2019 at 4:36pm | IP Logged | 8
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Not sure what I'll be reading next, but....
I gave Dark Hollow by Brian Keene 4 stars on Goodreads. Just finished its sequel, Ghost Walk, 2 stars (since Goodreads doesn't allow half stars, or it would be 2 and a half). The ending felt rushed, the new hero character isn't all that interesting, and I didn't like the way the hero from Dark Hollow was treated (by the new hero as well as the author). Ghost Walk's lead hero is the star or two or three subsequent books, and I won't be reading those any time soon.
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William Costello Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 30 August 2012 Location: United States Posts: 755
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Posted: 23 March 2019 at 6:37pm | IP Logged | 9
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The Bird King - G. Willow Wilson
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Wallace Sellars Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 01 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 17701
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Posted: 24 March 2019 at 10:01am | IP Logged | 10
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James Best Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 27 March 2019 at 7:56am | IP Logged | 11
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Now starting the 12th novel in Mr. Lansdale's ongoing series featuring the unlikely duo of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine...
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Robert Kowalewski II Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4075
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Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom, next in line is Doctor Who: Scratchman by Tom Baker...
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