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Semi-Tough: A Novel 12 reviews
Dan Jenkins
Da Capo Press, 2006
Quite simply, it's the book that made a Yankee love Texas.
+ Semi-Tough
+ Hilarious page turner
+ the funniest sports book ever
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One False Move (Myron Bolitar)63 reviews
Harlan Coben
Dell, 1999
My Favorite auther
+ one false move
+ another good one
+ Maybe the best MB novel
+ My Favorite Bolitar Novel So Far
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Double Reverse 11 reviews
Tim Green
Grand Central Publishing, 1999
Jerry Maguire On the Dark Side
+ Entertaining--but flawed
I had my doubts when I purchased this book. I seriously did not think that ex-football player Tim Green's new novel had anything to offer in my taste of books. I was wonderfully surprised to find that Green's style is quick, gritty and makes you think that the NFL can be just as mean and rotten ...
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Swapping Paint: A Stock Car Racing Mystery3 reviews
Jim Lavene, Joyce Lavene
MIDNIGHT INK, 2007
Great Read!
+ easy reading, funny mystery
+ madcap comedic whodunit
Starting out this read, we find ourselves in a campground on the infield of a race track speedway with our two main characters Ruby and her husband Glad, a retired Polish police office and several years Ruby's senior. .....Glad and Ruby are no strangers to the world of racing as Ruby's entire ...
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The Final Detail (Myron Bolitar)60 reviews
Harlan Coben
Island Books, 2000
Harlan Coben rocks!
+ Myron Bolitar uses more than intelligence to solve mysteries!
+ The Final Detail
+ Great Mystery
+ Another Solid Entry in the Bolitar Series
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TKO: A Duffy Dombrowski Mystery 18 reviews
Tom Schreck
MIDNIGHT INK, 2008
TKO: Duffy's back with a punch
+ TKO
+ TKO by Tom Schreck
+ Knocked Out, but still a 'Hound Dog'
+ Every bit as good as On the Ropes
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Bump and Run42 reviews
Mike Lupica
Berkley, 2001
Thoroughly enjoyable look at the NFL and NY.
+ The NFL According to Lupica
This was my first experience reading Mike Lupica. I enjoyed everything about the book. I passed it out to several of my friends. They all agreed it was a page burner with memorable characters. Lupica has a sarcastic NY wit which is perfectly developed through his characters. The fictional ...
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The Red Zone12 reviews
Tim Green
Grand Central Publishing, 1999
Too much football
Ok so I know that Tim Green was a former football player so it shouldn't surprise me that this book was filled with football "talk". I know this but I still thought he went into too much detail about football and strategies. Aside from the football description(s) the book was pretty good. The ...
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Rude Behavior 14 reviews
Dan Jenkins
Island Books, 1999
Just a good ol' boy...
+ Rude Behavior- Yes it is!
This was my belated introduction to Dan Jenkins. I picked it up at an airport because there was a football player on the cover (not the cover shown on amazon, obviously), and laughed through my entire flight. I have since sought out and read all of Mr. Jenkins' work - but the adventures of these ...
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Vanishing Act: Mystery at the U.S. Open8 reviews
John Feinstein
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006
A Readers Review
+ A Great Read!
+ Vanishing Act
+ Vanishing Act by John Feinstein
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Back Spin (Myron Bolitar)40 reviews
Harlan Coben
Dell, 1997
Great Listen!
+ Another great one in the Myron Boliter series
+ Comparable to others about Myron
+ Myron is a guilty pleasure you just can't quit
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Fear in Fenway: A Duffy House Mystery 2 reviews
Crabbe Evers
Avon Books (Mm), 1994
Full of cliches
We love the Red Sox in this house, so I thought I'd love this book. WRONG!! It tries to cover everything Boston in the first five minutes and it is so full of cliches! It is just poorly written. The plot isn't bad, but the writing is. Go to Boston, read something, ANYTHING else about ...
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Black Sunday 58 reviews
Thomas Harris
NAL Trade, 2005
Great Read
+ Back To The Future
+ Thomas Harris' first
+ Very Scary
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Wild Pitch18 reviews
Mike Lupica
Berkley, 2003
Lupica portrays to perfection
+ Great book for Red Sox fans and true Baseball lovers
+ Lupica is getting better
+ Great book
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Double Play51 reviews
Robert B. Parker
Berkley, 2005
Fun Summer Read
+ Gritty thriller of redemption
+ fast flowing hard boiled drama, with real characters
I had seen some of the movies based on Parker's Jesse Stone, but this was the first book of his I read. I really enjoyed it. While it was a novel, I enjoyed it being based around real people like Jackie Robinson. I really enjoyed the way Parker revealed and developed Burke's character. I was a ...
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Murder on the Ropes: Original Boxing Mysteries
New Millennium Entertainment (CA), 2001
In Murder On The Ropes, boxing’s own set of mystery stories, who-dunnit, why and how are always the question. When the bell rings and the knockout is final, what will be the reason, the source, and the motivation for killing and destroying the world’s best boxers and their associates? Authors include Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, Joyce Carol Oates, F.X. Toole and many more.
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Darkest Fear (Myron Bolitar)70 reviews
Harlan Coben
Dell, 2001
A strong story about being a father
+ A PRETTY GOOD READ
This is a funny, emotional, and compelling book. I love all Myron Bolitar books because they are great stories that are flat out fun. This one adds the story of Myron being a father and what that means. Excellent!
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Dead Solid Perfect19 reviews
Dan Jenkins
Main Street Books, 2000
An Eagle, henceforth and forever...
+ One Solid Drive Down the Fairway
Still, after more than 30 years, the best golf book ever written...
Funny, hilarious, irreverent...Willard Peacock's slice...nobody could (or can)cuss like ole Willard..after all this time, it's still funny.
Dan Jenkins at this best.
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On the Ropes: A Duffy Dombrowski Mystery19 reviews
Tom Schreck
MIDNIGHT INK, 2007
On the Ropes: A Duffy Dombrowski Mystery
+ Again!
+ Good fun, good read
+ Couldn't put it down!
+ The Basset is the Star
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Murderer's Row
Crabbe Evers
Crimeline, 1991
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