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TL;DR: I'm sitting on my hands for now as I see how things play out and I'm not going to make a nomination of my own! |
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06-02-2018, 10:13 AM | #17 |
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I've added the links to my post nominating Atonement and A Hundred Summers.
Yay for baseball, even if my team stinks. |
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06-02-2018, 10:34 AM | #18 |
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They started out gangbusters, too, so it's a blow. Rosy hopes dashed.
My team is engaged in an epic battle and it's only the beginning of June. But I suspect they're going to pay for all their postponed games. Doubleheaders tend to split and otherwise there go rest days. |
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I don't live and breathe baseball the way I used to; I barely pay attention to other teams and races nowadays. I hate interleague play and wild cards and instant replay and the automatic intentional walk. And the designated hitter. Horrible! |
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06-02-2018, 11:20 AM | #20 |
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06-02-2018, 01:00 PM | #21 |
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Interleague play would be way more fun if they swapped rules - use the away team's rules. I'm not sure I have ever gotten to see an NL (rules) game live so it would be a treat for me.
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06-02-2018, 07:07 PM | #23 |
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Well, that’s definitely all Greek to me, but I have to confess, so is much about cricket!
I will second The Summer Book as I have heard good things about it, and haven’t yet read it. I shall sit on my third vote for now, but would encourage support of Atonement - it’s a wonderful book. |
06-02-2018, 08:44 PM | #24 |
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I will second The Greengage Summer.
I have very fond memories of reading Rumer Godden's Holly and Ivy with my daughter as a Christmas tradition. |
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Thanks bfisher. It was filmed back in the 1960s with Kenneth More and Susannah York, and some people may remember that if it turned up on TV.
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I will third The Greengage Summer. I see $8.99 as the Amazon US price (not $3.03). It's also available at Overdrive, Hoopla and Scribd.
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I second: Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.
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