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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 »
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2008 financial crisis along with newspaper crisis (Internet destroys ad content) are backdrop for this well-written black comedy of sorts. Matthew has lost his job, is in danger of losing his home, on the way to losing his wife. Mortgage is underwate ...more
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Opening section is terrific. Great, vivid scenes. Creepy in a legitimate way.

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“Games are lost and won in your mind as much as they are on the field.”
Carl Deuker, Gym Candy

“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”
Carl Deuker, 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”
Carl Deuker, Gym Candy

“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.”
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“The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous. In”
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“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”
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