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I found this on Davida's Page @ The Chocolate Lady.
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week’s topic is Sporty Books. Meeghan says: "Have I been trying to wrangle a sports romance sub-category somehow? I’ll never tell. However, someone made up a National Tennis Month holiday, and I have taken it and run. A fictional mile."
I'm not a great sports fan. I watch the Olympics, though I prefer winter over summer. Still, I managed to find a few books that deal with sports.
I'm not a great sports fan. I watch the Olympics, though I prefer winter over summer. Still, I managed to find a few books that deal with sports.
π£ Rowing π£
Chabon, Michael "Summerland" - 2002
⚾ Baseball ⚾
Gurnah, Abdulrazak "Pilgrims Way" - 1988
π Cricket π
Hyde, Catherine Ryan "When I found you" - 2009
π₯ Boxing π₯
Oates, Joyce Carol "Sexy" - 2015
π♀️ Swimming π♀️
⚾ Baseball ⚾
Gurnah, Abdulrazak "Pilgrims Way" - 1988
π Cricket π
Hyde, Catherine Ryan "When I found you" - 2009
π₯ Boxing π₯
Oates, Joyce Carol "Sexy" - 2015
π♀️ Swimming π♀️
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Wow, I've not seen a rowing books yet, so this is grand! π£♂️
ReplyDeleteIt was a book club book, Meeghan, great story about a fabulous team, the US rowers of 1936. They came from the lower classes and beat the Nazi's great hope. Brilliant book.
DeleteThis is a category I very rarely read about, or even ever??
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough, Emma, they were all either book club books, a book recommended and lent to me by a friend, a Nobel prize winner who I never heard of before and then, of course, JCO, one of my absolute favourite authors. I chose none of them because they were about sports. LOL
DeleteI still need to read The Boys in the Boat. (And then I want to see the movie of it.)
ReplyDeleteI think we talked about the film once, Lark. Might have been you who made me aware of it. I haven't seen it, yet, either. Thanks.
DeleteI love sports so much. I love both Olympics, but my most fave is summer because of gymnastics and swimming.
ReplyDeleteI think we talked about this before. I have a very bad scoliosis and am not able to bend very easily. My teachers told me I was lazy and didn't even try to let me gain any joy with their subject.
DeleteI love to watch certain sports, I prefer the winter ones, for some reason or other.