Books Read 2007
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yendi53. βehometh: Seppuku . Wow. The entire RIfters series is just phenomenal, but if you start with this book (which is actually the second half of the third book, and wasn't originally intended to be a standalone novel), you'll be completely lost. Since the entire series is, sadly, out of print, you should just go read the books Online. Highly recommended.
54. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, by Ruth Reichl. This book, detailing Reichl's tenure as New York Times Restaurant Critic, is a joy to read. Reichl focuses on the self-discovery she experiences as she builds disguises with which to anonymously visit restaurants and finds herself lost within the new identities she's created. It's also a fascinating look at both the restaurant and the newspaper business, neither of which comes off all that well. Throw in some of Rechl's reviews and a few recipes, and you've got a great read. Highly recommended for foodies.
55. One Pitch Away: The Players' Stories of the 1986 League Championships and World Series, by Mike Sowell. This was impressive. The 1986 postseason was the most exciting one in baseball history, and Sowell has managed to make the most uninteresting book imaginable about it. We get eighty pages of inconsistant, rambling descriptions of the three postseason series, with major moments glossed over, minor details highlighted, and no rhyme or reason to where the focus lies. Then we get interviews with a handful of players (and Donnie Moore's widow), but this includes things like twenty pages about Doug DeCinces and his real estate business, and nothing with Ron Darling, Bruce Hurst, Wally Joyner, and others who were pivitol in that postseason. We also get no follow-ups at all to the accusations of mismanagement leveled against Mauch and MacNamara, or to the repeated accusations of backstabbing against Angels GM Mike Port. Not recommended, but if you do end up with it, at least it's a quick read.
54. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, by Ruth Reichl. This book, detailing Reichl's tenure as New York Times Restaurant Critic, is a joy to read. Reichl focuses on the self-discovery she experiences as she builds disguises with which to anonymously visit restaurants and finds herself lost within the new identities she's created. It's also a fascinating look at both the restaurant and the newspaper business, neither of which comes off all that well. Throw in some of Rechl's reviews and a few recipes, and you've got a great read. Highly recommended for foodies.
55. One Pitch Away: The Players' Stories of the 1986 League Championships and World Series, by Mike Sowell. This was impressive. The 1986 postseason was the most exciting one in baseball history, and Sowell has managed to make the most uninteresting book imaginable about it. We get eighty pages of inconsistant, rambling descriptions of the three postseason series, with major moments glossed over, minor details highlighted, and no rhyme or reason to where the focus lies. Then we get interviews with a handful of players (and Donnie Moore's widow), but this includes things like twenty pages about Doug DeCinces and his real estate business, and nothing with Ron Darling, Bruce Hurst, Wally Joyner, and others who were pivitol in that postseason. We also get no follow-ups at all to the accusations of mismanagement leveled against Mauch and MacNamara, or to the repeated accusations of backstabbing against Angels GM Mike Port. Not recommended, but if you do end up with it, at least it's a quick read.
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Date: 2007-06-19 04:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-19 04:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-19 06:28 pm (UTC)There are plaenty of good books about 2004.
Want me to show you them?