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Newsletter #33

March 16, 2015

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son

I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son

by Kent Russell

Is Kent Russell timid? It's hard to say, but he seems terrified he might be. The progeny of brawlers, soldiers, and a charismatically unemployable dad, Russell is drawn to the sorts of men whose fists... (Tom)

Cover of The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

by Bill James

TRUE

This giant item was the holy book of my adolescence, which says a lot about both my adolescence and this book. James has a (justifiable) reputation as the oddball Kansas stathead who transformed and/o... (Tom)

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Wildwood

by Colin Meloy

MADE-UP

I like the book Wildwood by Colin Meloy because it is a book of never-ending adventure, starting when Prue McKeel's brother is abducted by a murder of crows, and spiraling into a long-lasting baby hun... (Sada)

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