BOOKS THREAD

Your mileage may vary, of course.

 

So far in 2009:

Baseball Between the Numbers by Baseball Prospectus
Finished off: Lardner on Baseball
Loose Balls by Terry Pluto
Days of Grace by Arthur Ashe
Only the Ball Was White by Robert Peterson
Best American Sports Writing 2008
Call The Yankees My Daddy by Cecil Harris
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls by Stewart Mandel
The 100-Yard War by Greg Emmanuel

Just Started: The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam

 

Just a note -- I'm about 100 or so pages into Teddy Kennedy's autobiography and liking it. It's not stilted at all and is offering some good glimpses into his life.

Obviously, if you despise him, you'll hate it, but it's turning out to be a good read for fans.

 

The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Bam-Life-Times-Babe/dp/0767919718/ref=pd_ys_wizard_1

Solid biography on the Babe, wanted to read more about him considering he may have been one of the most interesting athletes in American history.

 

. . . have always liked Montville, and if you have yet to read a major Ruth bio, this
is a fine choice, but . . .

 

. . . for those looking for something somewhat more esoteric by the same author, grab The Mysterious Montague . . . not for everyone, but check out a brief
outline online, and if it sounds as if it might tickle your fancy, go for it, and you won't be sorry.

 

Fun and breezy. Reads like an ethnography.

 

Just diving into Idiot America. I love it.

 

Fiasco was a great book, but I had a hard time reading because I would look at something and just get upset at the farce. I put it down two or three times, and last month I just decided I wasn't going to read another book until I finished it.

 

The chapter on Terry Schiavo will piss you off, AMac.

Big time.

 

I'm intrigued. I was giggling at Pierce's view on Albom's work -- as much as I enjoyed The Five People (sorry, SportsJournalists.com, but it's true).

 

started "the savage detectives" by roberto bolano.

i enjoyed "by night in chile," but so far this book is pretty bad. only 15 pages in and i'm debating whether tackling the last 550 pages is worth the effort.

jgmacg has said that he sees no fault with someone like bolano taking 100 pages just to get his footing. i just dont know if i have that kind of patience with this protagonist, garcia madero.