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John Irving recommended Fifth Business in Books (curated)

 
Fifth Business
Fifth Business
Robertson Davies | 2001 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
(0 Ratings)
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"In the Robertson Davies novel Fifth Business, that first-chapter snowball gave me the idea for the baseball in A Prayer for Owen Meany, whose initials (O.M.) are modeled on the Grass hero of The Tin Drum (Oskar Matzerath). When I was married in Toronto, Davies read from the Bible at the wedding. "There is something of Byron about John Irving," Davies once wrote about me. Yes, I suppose so, and something of Dickens about Robertson Davies."

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2269 KP) rated Die Like an Eagle (Meg Langslow, #20) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Die Like an Eagle (Meg Langslow, #20)
Donna Andrews | 2016
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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Meg’s twins have joined the local youth baseball league, and Meg is quickly learning what a tyrant Biff Brown, the head of the league, can be. While most of the parents hate him, he hasn’t damped the enthusiasm any, and most of the town turns out for opening day. However, there is a major delay when Meg finds a dead body in the field’s only porta potty.

The politics of local baseball seemed to be more of the focus than the mystery this time, although Meg still spends plenty of time investigating. I’m not complaining, however, since there were so many great scenes and so much conflict I couldn’t put the book down. We get some nice twists before the logical conclusion as well. It’s always wonderful to spend time with these characters, and one I’d been wanting to see showed up again here, which I loved. This may be book 20, but the series is still going strong.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/08/book-review-die-like-eagle-by-donna.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Rhett Reese recommended Field of Dreams (1989) in Movies (curated)

 
Field of Dreams (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
1989 | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
7.9 (17 Ratings)
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"Okay, we’ve gotten to number one for me. I know you’re not going in order. Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner — my favorite movie. I’ve watched it, again, about 15 or 20 times. The final shot, also perfect, maybe even better than Once. The helicopter up in the sky with them throwing the baseball. To me, it’s perfect. It is a perfect movie, and it also contains the single best moment of love on screen of all time — I’m getting emotional talking about it — which is when he says, “Am I crazy to build a baseball field in the backyard? Do you think I’m crazy?” And his wife says, “Yeah, but I also think that if you really, really think that you should do it, then you should do it.” It’s like if you really, really want to do it, you should do it. But then ultimately, the end is the best father-son — “Dad, do you want to have a catch?” I hardly can talk about it. Kind of the reason I became a screenwriter. I love it that much."

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