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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game looks like a disaster. I enjoyed the Michael Lewis book, but I don't see how its going to work as a Sandra Bullock movie. ...
Push - novel by Sapphire 2009_NOV_06
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - children's novel by Roald Dahl 2009_NOV_13
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game - book by Michael Lewis 2009_NOV_20
Records of Three Kingdoms - novel by Chen Shou 2009_NOV_20
New Moon - Stephenie Me ... ... How can I trust these people to do what they say they will do? They can't be Christian.
Reminds me of the part in The Blind Side : The Evolution of a Game where the Baptist mother of the family that the piece centers around gets off the phone with BYU representatives that are helping ... ... is so narrow that it really makes me feel sorry for her and her family.
I'm reminded of the line from Michael Lewis' Blind Side: The Evolution of a Game where Lewis quotes a woman as saying "Those Mormons sure are nice people, even if they are going to hell." ... not a very far cry from "Scrabble Studies" at all.
As an aside, for anyone following along, I'd heartily recommend The Blind Side: The Evolution of a Game, by Michael Lewis.
Sure, Jesse, go ahead.
I'm a bit chary of offering the book rec, as I'm not sure that it's a book ... ... Ruins (Vintage) by Scott Smith
* The Summons by John Grisham
* Eleventh Hour (FBI Series) by Catherine Coulter
* Blind Side by Catherine Coulter
* I Can't Believe She Did That!: Why Women Betray Other Women at Work by Nan Mooney
* Clockwork by Philip Pullman
* The Colorado Kid ... ... Silver Chair (children's, 243 pp)
7. Thud! (fantasy, 373 pp)
8. Autobiography of My Dead Brother (YA, 210 pp)
9. The Blind Side (sports, 299 pp)
10. The Tale of Despereaux (children's, 269 pp)
11. Onion John (children's, 248 pp)
12. Stargirl (YA, 186 pp)
13. Fahrenheit 451 ... ... Silver Chair (children's, 243 pp)
7. Thud! (fantasy, 373 pp)
8. Autobiography of My Dead Brother (YA, 210 pp)
9. The Blind Side (sports, 299 pp)
10. The Tale of Despereaux (children's, 269 pp)
11. Onion John (children's, 248 pp)
12. Stargirl (YA, 186 pp)
13. Fahrenheit 451 ... must be a race-relation theme this week... Autobigraphy of My Dead Brother is about kids caught up in gang activity, and Blind Side follows a black football player "adopted" by a white family... ... Silver Chair (children's, 243 pp)
7. Thud! (fantasy, 373 pp)
8. Autobiography of My Dead Brother (YA, 210 pp)
9. The Blind Side (sports, 299 pp)
10. The Tale of Despereaux (children's, 269 pp)
11. Onion John (children's, 248 pp)
12. Stargirl (YA, 186 pp)
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master list ... ... Silver Chair (children's, 243 pp)
7. Thud! (fantasy, 373 pp)
8. Autobiography of My Dead Brother (YA, 210 pp)
9. The Blind Side (sports, 299 pp)
(list continued on post #34 #63 130 177 & 178)
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I'll post ... ... in the stands, glaring at him, and screamed: "It's got to be killing ya, ma'am! It's got to be killing ya!"
from The Blind Side : Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis I just finished The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis and am just beginning Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. I am not a sport enthusiast by any measure, but Lewis spins a great story about the evolution of ... Blind Side : The Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis - An excellent book by one of my favorite authors. Lewis is probably best known for Liar's Poker : Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street, his look at his time selling paper for Salomon Bros. during Lew Ranieri's reign. A sharp-eyed ... ... best of his six books, but I'll reserve that final judgment until I finish his latest.
I picked up Michael Lewis's The Blind Side today - that will be my next foray as I take another small break from the intense terrorism thriller genre. CR: They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky
L2 (listening to): Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
JF (Just finished): The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
LF2 (Looking forward to): More books for class... Top 10 2006:
01) Michael Lewis The blind side : evolution of a game - 5 - Non-Fiction/Sports/Football
02) Richard Aleas Little Girl Lost - 4.65 - Mystery/Noir
03) Jack McDevitt Seeker - 4.64 - Science Fiction/Adventure
04) W.E.B. Griffin The Hostage - 4.63 - Military Fiction
05) Bob Ne ... ... in the same vein as Wolfe. I'd especially recommend Liar's Poker : Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street and The Blind Side : Evolution of a Game. ... view of our follies. Then again, he's probably not the best author to bring up in a discussion of "heart". Lewis' Blind Side : Evolution of a Game definitely has a feel good edge to it, though. ... on Wall Street (a book, incidentally, that covers a lot of the same territory as The Bonfire of the Vanities) and The Blind Side : Evolution of a Game. The former is a brilliant look at trading culture and a book that inspired more people to trade when I was in options than any other ... ... Cat's Cradle
16. Bluebeard
17. Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts
18. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
19. Dixie Lullaby
20. Under the Banner of Heaven
21. The God Delusion
I know I have read a few more then this 21 since the ... ... A Tribe, and A High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska,Water for Elephants,Floor of the Sky,Color of the Sea,The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game,Black Swan Green,The World Made Straight,The Thirteenth Tale
... when I realized it wasn't what I thought. But it's long, and I'm not sure how long I'll keep reading it before I jump to The Blind Side by Michael Lewis.
I need to read seven more books by November 12 to hit my goal of 200 in one year, and it's looking good, at this point.
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