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I loved books growing up. Actually being a published writer felt impossible, so to actually become part of that world has been very gratifying.
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Gym Candy
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2007
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Payback Time
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2010
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12 editions
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Runner
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2005
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23 editions
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Heart of a Champion
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1994
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30 editions
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Swagger
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2013
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Night Hoops
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2000
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21 editions
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High Heat
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2003
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13 editions
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Golden Arm: A Powerful YA Sports Novel About Baseball, Brotherhood, and a Pitcher's Choice Between His Dreams and His Family
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2020
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On the Devil's Court
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1991
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Gutless
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2016
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A few more minutes, and I figure I can say goodnight to my parents and my sister, take a long shower, and climb into my bed.
I won’t sleep; I’ll go over the game play-by-play like I do after every game, reliving my good plays, my bad plays, my so-so plays. The sting of losing won’t go away, but at least I’ll be alone.
As my dad turns into our driveway, the VW’s headlights light up our porch. “Our f Read more of this blog post »
I won’t sleep; I’ll go over the game play-by-play like I do after every game, reliving my good plays, my bad plays, my so-so plays. The sting of losing won’t go away, but at least I’ll be alone.
As my dad turns into our driveway, the VW’s headlights light up our porch. “Our f Read more of this blog post »
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A tip of the cap to Chris for giving 5 stars to the books he reads. Here's my take: he knows firsthand just how hard it is to write a book, and the fi
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is 21% done with How to Rule the World: Interesting facts about the nanny state that was/is Stanford. NO parties without prior approval, and approval required numerous detailed forms. Absolutely nothing spontaneous allowed. Unintended consequence: secret binge drinking and/or dangerous drinking off campus.
He now is investigating Stanford's president's research, suspecting cheating. A freshman! He's the son of Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, 
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| Definitely worth revisiting every five years or so. Wonderful poems mixed with some material that is idiosyncratic and opaque to casual reader like me. A number of phrases in common use come from Blake. Strong opinions on painters (hates Rubens) othe ...more | |
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Schlegel family (artistic, intellectual, free) in contrast with Wilcox (mercantile, smug). The first Mrs Wilcox dies and wants Margaret Schlegel to inherit Howard's End because Schlegel appreciates its beauty. Wilcox ignores the handwritten request, k ...more |
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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Solid book for the layman on TB and inequity. "The medicine is where the disease isn't; the disease is where the medicine isn't." ...more |
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“There was no anger in his voice, no disappointment even. It was as if he'd given up on me. He pulled his keys out of his pocket. "I should be going now. Merry Christmas, Nick”
― Night Hoops
― Night Hoops
“I heard Coach Downs never started freshman," he told us. "Well that's not how it is with me. I play the best players, period. If you're a junior with three letters on your jacket, and you shave twice a day, and some smooth-faced freshman whips your ass in practice, then your collecting splinters while he's playing. Understood?
Coach Carlson”
― Gym Candy
Coach Carlson”
― Gym Candy
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| Room 107, Period 3: Book Review | 26 | 43 | May 27, 2011 10:29AM | |
| Room 107, Period 3: Books I'm adding to my 'To Read' List | 24 | 28 | May 27, 2011 10:55AM | |
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| Crazy Challenge C...: 2013 Namedroppers | 328 | 219 | Jul 03, 2014 11:18AM |
“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”
― The Uncommon Reader
― The Uncommon Reader
“The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous. In”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“he turned and, leaning against the shop-front, watched Rieux approach. “Oh, Doctor, Doctor!” He could say no more. Rieux, too, couldn’t speak; he made a vague, understanding gesture. At this moment he suffered with Grand’s sorrow, and what filled his breast was the passionate indignation we feel when”
― The Plague
― The Plague
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I love your book Painting the Black that book is so good.