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Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me by Phillip Hoose

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CollectionsYour library (2,953), Currently reading (2), To read (100), All collections (3,055)

Reviews13 reviews

Tagsmystery (1,663), baseball (230), 999 challenge (131), read in 2007 (112), read in 2006 (111), read in 2008 (102), read in 2004 (102), read in 2005 (100), read in 2000 (97), read in 2002 (95) — see all tags

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Groups1010 Category Challenge, 75 Books Challenge for 2009, 999 Challenge, Baseball, Books on Books, British & Irish Crime Fiction, Canadian Fiction/Non-Fiction Reading Challenge, Chicagoans, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Dewey Decimal Challenge — show all groups

Favorite authorsLaura Childs, Mary Daheim, Aaron Elkins, Monica Ferris, Joanne Fluke, Hazel Holt, Victoria Houston (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAlibi Books, Inc., Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Lincolnshire, Borders - Gurnee

Favorite librariesLake Villa District Library, Warren-Newport Public Library

About meThe books shown in my LT library are books I've read, not books I own or books I want to read. To read are books I want to read, regardless of whether I own them.

I rate books as follows:

5 stars=great, one of the best of the year for me
4 stars=very good
3 stars=good
2 stars=ok, not bad
1 star =not very good
0 stars=why did I bother?

When I rate/review a book, I also figure my expectations about that book into equation and also think about other books I've read by that author or about that subject.

About my libraryI read all sorts of books but my favorites are mysteries of all kinds, especially those featuring amateur sleuths. I also love reading books about baseball, in particular about my beloved Chicago Cubs.

For 2009, I've chosen the following 9 categories for my first 999 challenge, which I finished on August 1, 2009:

1. Cozy Mysteries
2. Professional Sleuth Mysteries
3. Vintage Mysteries
4. Baseball Books
5. Books About Chicago
6. American Presidents
7. Books About Books/Libraries
8. Books About Disasters
9. General Nonfiction (that doesn't fit into categories 4 through 8, above)

Since 999 challenge 1 is progressing so nicely, I am doing a second 999 challenge, too. The categories for 999 challenge 2 include:

1. More Cozy Mysteries
2. More Baseball Books
3. More General Nonfiction
4. Books from the Rue Morgue Press
5. Authors/Series New to Me
6. Next in the Series
7. Sports, But Not Baseball
8. Biographies/Autobiographies
9. Art and Architecture

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Member sinceJan 13, 2009

Currently readingTrue Compass: A Memoir by Edward M. Kennedy
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution by Richard Beeman

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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt

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The Ice Bowl: The Cold Truth About Football's Most Unforgettable Game by Ed Gruver

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Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives by Tanya Biank

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Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson by William Langewiesche

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Give a Little: How Your Small Donations Can Transform Our World by Wendy Smith

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Cool of the Evening: The 1965 Minnesota Twins by Jim Thielman

Hi, Linda, my writing has gotten bogged down this past week. My husband is in trial in a nearby town (45 miles away), and it seems like every time I turn around, there's another problem here to be taken care of. Not that they take all that much time, but it breaks my concentration, and even worse, annoys me so that I don't feel in the mood to write. Excuses, excuses.... I think, though, the most important thing I'm finding out is that I DO want to write this book, which I wasn't sure of when I started. I also think the idea of getting it on "paper" is good for me, rather than trying to perfect it as I write. So I intend to keep at it for the rest of the month, and maybe December, too. Andrea won't be home for Christmas (China is not a Christian country...), which makes me very sad, and having a project will help.

As for your health reform, I always prefer the chatty style, as long as the facts are there. Too many facts all at once tend to overwhelm me; I like the breathing room of a less formal style. But I'm a mostly-fiction reader, and many lawyers are not. I'd be interested to know what you decide.

I don't have much to do with federal legislation, but the bills and subsequent laws that come out of the Oregon legislature are deplorable from a legal standpoint. Keeps the appeals courts busy, though.

Good luck with the home stretch of your writing!

Ivy

posted by ivyd at 2:29 pm (EST) on Nov 17, 2009

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