Thursday, June 18, 2009

Books of the Months - March thru May

I forgot entirely about this. (I pretty much forgot about the whole blog). So to catch up:

March Book of the Month
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - absolutely amazing. A deceptively simple narrative about a man and his son, making their way through a post-apocalyptic world. Sparse text, with minimal punctation, but genuinely moving and disturbing. I had to stop reading it on the train because I was going to cry - recommendations don't come higher than that!


April Book of the Month
Talk Talk by T C Boyle - A woman, who is deaf, is the victim of identity theft and takes the law into her own hands to seek revenge on the criminal. This is a book about identity and communication, thought-provoking and with great characters.


May Book of the Month
The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dream by Darcy Frey - my surprise hit! Borrowed (under duress) from the OH, I wasn't particularly interested in the plight of basketball playing kids from Coney Island before reading this, but was so engrossed in it. Basketball obviously does feature, but it as much about the poverty trap and the ridiculous college sport system. This one made me angry and sad at the same time. I'm not sure if I set myself any rules about the book of the month being fiction, but this one is a non-fiction book.

3 comments:

Philip O'Mara said...

It’s time to read a great new romantic comedy, entitled Classes Apart.
This is an adult sporting comedy that follows the fortunes of Paul Marriot, the secretary of the Barnstorm Village Sunday soccer team and coach of a school cricket team in Yorkshire, England. The story describes the remarkable camaraderie between the players and supporters of this little club and their desire to achieve success. The team had previously been known more for its antics off the field, rather than their performances on it.

During his time at the club he meets and becomes involved with Emma Potter, who is the sister of James Potter, a major player for their bitter rivals Moortown Inn. Thus, begins an entangled web of romance and conflict. He also begins working at Derry High School, a school with a poor reputation of academic success, where he becomes coach of the school cricket team. Here he develops an amazing relationship with the children and they embark on an epic journey.
www.eloquentbooks.com/ClassesApart.html

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