Comments on: Cardboard Books: The Year in Reading http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:11:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: PeoriaBadger http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7870 PeoriaBadger Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:52:00 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7870 <b><a></a>27.</b>  Hey Josh, Thanks for writing up this post; after reading it I thought 'The Road' sounded good so I checked it out from the library and took it along on a recent vacation as reading material. The book was fantastic. It was also quite surreal reading it since the vacation I was on last week was a cruise in the Caribbean; you can't get much more polar opposite in terms of setting and situation. I'll have to check out some of your other recommendations as time permits... 27.  Hey Josh,

Thanks for writing up this post; after reading it I thought ‘The Road’ sounded good so I checked it out from the library and took it along on a recent vacation as reading material. The book was fantastic. It was also quite surreal reading it since the vacation I was on last week was a cruise in the Caribbean; you can’t get much more polar opposite in terms of setting and situation. I’ll have to check out some of your other recommendations as time permits…

]]> By: El Lay Dave http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7869 El Lay Dave Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:32:52 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7869 <b><a></a>26.</b>  <strong>I forget most things that happen to me.</strong> That's a coping mechanism for lots of us. As Job said, "Is not man's life on earth a drudgery?" Too much of it is (he writes in a blog comment while still at the office). I don't get to read nearly as much as I would like, but I also read The Road this year and was astonished at how caught up I was in all the bleakness and not wanting to put the book down. (Was this a good introduction to McCarthy? I haven't read him before, strangely enough.) <a href="#18" rel="nofollow">18</a> I surprisingly found the movie "Yes Man" to be reasonably entertaining and watchable. Casting the ever-enchanting Zooey Deschanel doesn't hurt. 26.  I forget most things that happen to me.

That’s a coping mechanism for lots of us. As Job said, “Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery?” Too much of it is (he writes in a blog comment while still at the office).

I don’t get to read nearly as much as I would like, but I also read The Road this year and was astonished at how caught up I was in all the bleakness and not wanting to put the book down. (Was this a good introduction to McCarthy? I haven’t read him before, strangely enough.)

18 I surprisingly found the movie “Yes Man” to be reasonably entertaining and watchable. Casting the ever-enchanting Zooey Deschanel doesn’t hurt.

]]> By: rangers1994 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7868 rangers1994 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:37:55 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7868 <b><a></a>25.</b>  <a href="#22" rel="nofollow">22</a> Whoops. Right you are, of course. <a href="#4" rel="nofollow">4</a> I don't want to crush more of your memories, Josh, but this just in from EW online: Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the influential punk rock band The Stooges, was found dead this morning, police tell the Detroit Free Press. The 60-year-old's deceased body was found in his Ann Arbor, Michigan, home after a caller phoned police saying they hadn't heard from him in a few days. Authorities are investigating the cause of death, but foul play is not suspected. The Stooges are nominated for induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with inductees set to be announced later this month. 25.  22 Whoops. Right you are, of course.

4 I don’t want to crush more of your memories, Josh, but this just in from EW online:

Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the influential punk rock band The Stooges, was found dead this morning, police tell the Detroit Free Press.

The 60-year-old’s deceased body was found in his Ann Arbor, Michigan, home after a caller phoned police saying they hadn’t heard from him in a few days. Authorities are investigating the cause of death, but foul play is not suspected.

The Stooges are nominated for induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with inductees set to be announced later this month.

]]> By: turkeyleg http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7867 turkeyleg Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:45:05 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7867 <b><a></a>24.</b>  The best sports-related book I read in 2008 is Dave Fromm's Expatriate Games. http://www.amazon.com/Expatriate-Games-Misadventures-Semi-Pro-Basketball/dp/160239296X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231260261&sr=8-1 24.  The best sports-related book I read in 2008 is Dave Fromm’s Expatriate Games.

http://www.amazon.com/Expatriate-Games-Misadventures-Semi-Pro-Basketball/dp/160239296X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231260261&sr=8-1

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7866 Josh Wilker Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:40:39 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7866 <b><a></a>23.</b>  <a href="#22" rel="nofollow">22</a> : The book made me want to try to understand the probably forever completely incomprehensible game of cricket. (Note: the protagonist came to NYC from London, but he was actually a Dutch dude.) 23.  22 : The book made me want to try to understand the probably forever completely incomprehensible game of cricket. (Note: the protagonist came to NYC from London, but he was actually a Dutch dude.)

]]> By: rangers1994 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7865 rangers1994 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:26 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7865 <b><a></a>22.</b>  One of my favorite books of the year also was Joseph O'Neill's NETHERLAND, about a British dude who gets transferred to NYC and hooks up with this cricket league and its strange leader. 22.  One of my favorite books of the year also was Joseph O’Neill’s NETHERLAND, about a British dude who gets transferred to NYC and hooks up with this cricket league and its strange leader.

]]> By: spudrph http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7864 spudrph Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:12:42 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7864 <b><a></a>21.</b>  I wish I had tracked what I read. Highlights for me include: Rob Neyer's Baseball Legends Living on the Black-John Feinstein Bill James' Gold Mine I have read dozens more, but didn't have the foresight to record them. Ah, well. 21.  I wish I had tracked what I read.

Highlights for me include:

Rob Neyer’s Baseball Legends
Living on the Black-John Feinstein
Bill James’ Gold Mine

I have read dozens more, but didn’t have the foresight to record them.

Ah, well.

]]> By: EricNus http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7863 EricNus Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:01:03 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7863 <b><a></a>20.</b>  <a href="#17" rel="nofollow">17</a> I just watched We Jam Econo on the Sundance Channel. I haven't read the book, but it was definitely one of the better punk documentaries I've seen. 20.  17 I just watched We Jam Econo on the Sundance Channel. I haven’t read the book, but it was definitely one of the better punk documentaries I’ve seen.

]]> By: parlo http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7862 parlo Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:29:02 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7862 <b><a></a>19.</b>  I read the Blood On The Tracks book about two summers ago, and enjoyed it a lot. As for this year, I recommend: FIASCO by Thomas Ricks. LUCKIEST MAN about Gehrig. THE LAST GREAT SEASON the moves leading up to the Dodgers heading west. THE COAST OF SUMMER by Anthony Bailey THE LOOMING TOWER the 40 years leading up to 9-11 THE DEFINING MOMENT by Jonathan Alter about FDRs first 100 days MY OLD MAN AND THE SEA by David Hays 19.  I read the Blood On The Tracks book about two summers ago, and enjoyed it a lot.
As for this year, I recommend:
FIASCO by Thomas Ricks.
LUCKIEST MAN about Gehrig.
THE LAST GREAT SEASON the moves leading up to the Dodgers heading west.
THE COAST OF SUMMER by Anthony Bailey
THE LOOMING TOWER the 40 years leading up to 9-11
THE DEFINING MOMENT by Jonathan Alter about FDRs first 100 days
MY OLD MAN AND THE SEA by David Hays

]]> By: Sox Fan In NYC http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7861 Sox Fan In NYC Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:21:13 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/12/29/cardboard-books-the-year-in-reading/#comment-7861 <b><a></a>18.</b>  Books I've read this year that I'd recommend. Now I Can Die In Peace - Bill Simmons - A full four years after the championship that changed my life, Simmons' columns with the footnotes reopens the feelings from the years leading up to and including 2004. Soul of Baseball - Joe Posnanski - His travels and storytelling with Buck O'Neill are tremendous. Yes Man - Danny Wallace - In reality, the events involve a british guy, not Jim Carrey. If I recasted the movie(I havent seen it yet), I'd put the guy from Shaun of The Dead as the main character. Hilarious book. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffennegger - She first met him when he was in his late 30s and she was 6, and they'd end up marrying only 8 years apart in age. :) Solid story! 18.  Books I’ve read this year that I’d recommend.

Now I Can Die In Peace – Bill Simmons – A full four years after the championship that changed my life, Simmons’ columns with the footnotes reopens the feelings from the years leading up to and including 2004.

Soul of Baseball – Joe Posnanski – His travels and storytelling with Buck O’Neill are tremendous.

Yes Man – Danny Wallace – In reality, the events involve a british guy, not Jim Carrey. If I recasted the movie(I havent seen it yet), I’d put the guy from Shaun of The Dead as the main character. Hilarious book.

The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffennegger – She first met him when he was in his late 30s and she was 6, and they’d end up marrying only 8 years apart in age. :) Solid story!

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