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Kansas City Confidential

Kingdom Quarterback: Patrick Mahomes, The Kansas City Chiefs, and how a once Swingin' Cow Town Chased the Ultimate Comeback by Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd

November 25, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

I think I have a thing for books like this and want to read more of them. I visited Kansas City twice. It was fine. Unmemorable. I mean, I didn’t dislike it. I just didn’t get a good grasp for it. And I don’t think I have an east coast snob’s bias against midwestern cities. I enjoyed my time in Cincinnati and Indianapolis respectively. I just didn’t find much going on in KC outside of great barbecue and the excellent Negro League Hall of Fame. […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: #history, football, Kansas City, Kansas City Chiefs, Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd, nfl, Patrick Mahomes

Jake's CBR15 Review No:159 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: #history, football, Kansas City, Kansas City Chiefs, Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd, nfl, Patrick Mahomes ·
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Footballin’

About Three Bricks Shy of a Load by Roy Blount, Jr

November 14, 2023 by Jake 1 Comment

Something tangential to the book before I address the book itself… I’ve read several tongue-in-cheek books written by white men in the 1970s, of which this qualifies as one. America was dealing with the fallout from the 60s; Black people had made leaps and bounds in their rights but counterrevolutionary political forces stymied full growth. As such, the early-to-mid-70s presented a sort of post-transition time when white people were trying to understand an integrated world. And thus, many of the white male writers I read […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: 1970s, football, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Steelers, Roy Blount, Jr, sports books

Jake's CBR15 Review No:156 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: 1970s, football, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Steelers, Roy Blount, Jr, sports books ·
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September 2023 Leftovers

Ex Machina, Book Five by Brian K. Vaughan

Windfall by Wendy Corsi Staub

The Big Bundle by Max Allan Collins

The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri

Guts and Genius: The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the '80s by Bob Glauber

October 3, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Let’s please do something about climate change before it’s too late. I miss fall. And far more importantly: people’s lives are at stake. Ex Machina Book Five **** Mixed feelings on how this series ended. I think in many respects, the superhero stuff was handled better than the political angle through most of its run. That’s not something I thought I’d be saying after the first book. Making Mayor Hundred a contrarian centrist type was uninspired back then and comes off as even more annoying […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Andrea Camilleri, Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Bob Glauber, Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina, Ex Machina Book Five, football, Graphic Novel, Guts and Genius, Heller, historical fiction, Inspector Montalbano, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Gibbs, Max Allan Collins, mystery, Nathan Heller, New York City, nfl, politics, Robert F Kennedy, Sicily, sports, super heroes, The Big Bundle, The Snack Thief, Wendy Corsi Staub, Windfall

Jake's CBR15 Review No:142 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Sports, Suspense · Tags: #Science Fiction, Andrea Camilleri, Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Bob Glauber, Brian K. Vaughan, Ex Machina, Ex Machina Book Five, football, Graphic Novel, Guts and Genius, Heller, historical fiction, Inspector Montalbano, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Gibbs, Max Allan Collins, mystery, Nathan Heller, New York City, nfl, politics, Robert F Kennedy, Sicily, sports, super heroes, The Big Bundle, The Snack Thief, Wendy Corsi Staub, Windfall ·
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I am the tree and you are the bird. Fly off as you please, you will always come back to sit on my branches.

A Long Way from Douala by Max Lobe

September 20, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Pa had brought out our entire stock of beer. Simon, Roger and I had the job of serving. We ran to and fro between the kitchen, the living room and the porch. Our hi-fi pumped out old Makossa hits: our parents’ favorites. A few women neighbors of their generation, also wearing kaba ngondos, had begun shimmying in the empty space at the center of the room. They looked like they were showing off: you can’t dance the Makossa without showing off.” ― Max Lobe, A […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cameroon, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, child abuse, coming-of-age, Domestic Abuse, football, Homophobia, internalized homophobia, Max Lobe, road trip, West Africa

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cameroon, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, child abuse, coming-of-age, Domestic Abuse, football, Homophobia, internalized homophobia, Max Lobe, road trip, West Africa ·
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Merry Christmas!

The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem

The Girl With the Long Green Heart by Lawrence Block

Cold Shot to the Heart by Wallace Stroby

Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League by Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortune of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty by Jonathan Pearson

The Blonde on the Street Corner by David Goodis

December 26, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Having been busy with Christmas prep, avoiding Delta and Omicron, and other various things, I haven’t had the time to write long, 250+ reviews for these books. I figured I’d just cram them all here since I know I won’t finish Robert Caro’s Master of the Senate before New Year’s Eve. The Fortress of Solitude *** This clears the 3-star threshold but just barely. I appreciate what Lethem is trying to do here and I usually enjoy his work. But this was a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: All Her Little Secrets, Atlanta, bildungsroman, Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, Brooklyn, Cold Shot to the Heart, Con Men, corporate thriller, David Goodis, football, Georgia, Getty Oil, Hail Mary, hard case crime, J. Paul Getty, Jonathan Lethem, Jonathan Pearson, lawrence block, mystery, National Women's Football League, Noir, Painfully Rich, Philadelphia, sports, superheroes, surrealism, The Blonde on the Street Corner, The Fortress of Solitude, The Girl with the Long Green Heart, thieves, thriller, true crime, Wallace Stroby, Wanda M. Morris, women

Jake's CBR13 Review No:201 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Sports, Suspense · Tags: All Her Little Secrets, Atlanta, bildungsroman, Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, Brooklyn, Cold Shot to the Heart, Con Men, corporate thriller, David Goodis, football, Georgia, Getty Oil, Hail Mary, hard case crime, J. Paul Getty, Jonathan Lethem, Jonathan Pearson, lawrence block, mystery, National Women's Football League, Noir, Painfully Rich, Philadelphia, sports, superheroes, surrealism, The Blonde on the Street Corner, The Fortress of Solitude, The Girl with the Long Green Heart, thieves, thriller, true crime, Wallace Stroby, Wanda M. Morris, women ·
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The World Was Not Enough

It's Better To Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness by Seth Wickersham

October 18, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR13Bingo: sportsball On February 3, 2002, I sat on my dad’s couch in Maryland to watch the Super Bowl. Usually, we had a party but this year, no one really felt like partying. We had just gotten back from a weekend trip to Columbus, Ohio and we were both tired. We tuned into the game, promising to root for the underdog Patriots against the highly favored, turbocharged St. Louis Rams even though we anticipated it’d be a rout. On February 3, 2019, […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Bill Belichick, cbr13bingo, football, It's Better To Be Feared, New England Patriots, nfl, Robert Kraft, Seth Wickersham, sports, Tom Brady

Jake's CBR13 Review No:158 · Genres: Sports · Tags: Bill Belichick, cbr13bingo, football, It's Better To Be Feared, New England Patriots, nfl, Robert Kraft, Seth Wickersham, sports, Tom Brady ·
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