Second Wind, The Memoirs of an Opinionated Man by Bill Russell and Taylor Branch; 1979; 265 pages; Random House, New York, NY; 0-394-50385-6; Checked out through Multnomah County Library, Inter library loan from Pacific University Library; 3/11-3/14 Why did I pick this up? Jerry West mentioned it in his autobiography and I had wanted to [...]
Long Way to Go, Black & White in America by Jonathan Coleman; $26.50; 464 pages; 1997; Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston, MA; 0871136929; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Inter Library Loan from George Fox College; 3/6-3/11 Why did I pick this up? Jonathan Coleman was the co-author of Jerry Wests’ autobiography and I had heard of the [...]
Love Amid The Ashes by Mesu Andrews; 2011; $14.99; 407 pages; Revell, Grand Rapids, MI;978-0-8007-3407-7; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Troutdale; 3/3-3/6 Why did I pick this up? The author is going to be at a meeting held at the bookstore and I wanted to see what she wrote in her debut novel. What [...]
Black Order by James Rollins; 2006;$24.95; 684 pages; 0-06-112083-9; HarperLargePrint, New York, NY; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Library Outreach Service; 3/1-3/3 Why did I pick this up? I am reading my way through this series and it continues to be exciting. What is the story? Copenhagen, South Africa and Nepal are only the [...]
Out of My League, A Rookie’s Survival in the Bigs by Dirk Hayhurst; 2012; $24.95; 406 pages; Citadel Press, New York, NY; 978-0-8065-3485-5; Purchased from Amazon.com; 2/28-3/1 Why did I pick this up? I met Dirk during the 2008 season depicted here, while he was playing with the Portland Beavers. I took him books and [...]
