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James Best
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I think THE BREAKS OF THE GAME is probably the best basketball book that's been written, but a lot of that is because I'm an NBA fan from the 70's. (I have also written a few pro basketball history books and love researching basketball prior to the popularity boom in the 80's)
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It has been a very long time (almost thirty years) since I read David Halberstam's THE BREAKS OF THE GAME, but I do remember enjoying it quite a lot. I should probably take the time to re-read it one of these days.
Despite the quality of that particular book, I think that the late Mr. Halberstam was probably more comfortable writing about baseball, as a couple of his books on the sport (OCTOBER 1964 and SUMMER OF '49) are some of my favorites.
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James Best
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Now starting:
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Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle
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Starting " Uncommon Type - Some Stories " by Tom Hanks
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Wallace Sellars
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UNDEATH & TAXES
Edited by Wallace Sellars on 06 January 2018 at 10:40pm
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Bill Collins
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Greg Lake-Lucky Man,an autobiography,very
interesting,Lake comes across as a talented and nice
guy,the last chapter where he reveals he has fought
terminal pancreatic cancer for the previous two years is
heartbreaking,the book was released posthumously.
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Joe Murray
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Just started:
The Complete Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination By Howard Chaykin & Byron Preiss
Up next is in the mail:
The Children of Húrin By J.R.R. Tolkien
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James Best
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Now starting this one, thanks to Robert's recommendation:
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Robert Cosgrove
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When Conclave by Robert Harris came out earlier this year it brought my attention to Harris by virtual of a highly favorable review in the Wall Street Journal. At the time, I wasn't in the mood to read a fictional account of the election of a fictional pope, but I decided to try something else by Harris and settled on his Cicero trilogy, which I very much enjoyed. A week or two ago I was looking in my local library for new books on CD to listen to during my morning commute, and there was Conclave, so I picked it up.
The book is well-written, no surprise, and held my interest. By the time I was much of the way through, it was obvious to me that Harris and I (a non-catholic) have very different ideas of an appropriate pope for the time, my preference being for a Benedict type, his for a Francis type, if I could oversimplify. But I don't need someone to share my political/religious perspective to enjoy his writing. I do have to say that the surprise (though foreshadowed) ending of the book was just preposterous, and as I result I can't recommend the book. Not quite "Good News from the Vatican," but close, and Silverberg, at least, was explicitly working in the science fiction genre. What's Harris's excuse?
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Robbie Parry
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I thought this would be interesting to share:
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James Best
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Giving an older novel (1974) a try, based on a list provided by a fellow JBFer:
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Robert Cosgrove
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I hope you enjoy it, James. Let us know.
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Robbie Parry
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About to get stuck into this:
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