Cannonball Read 18

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Hockey players owned lots of ridiculous businesses. If Troy patronized them all, he’d never drink anything except terrible wine from their vineyards.

Tough Guy (Game Changers #3) by Rachel Reid

Common Goal (Game Changers #4) by Rachel Reid

Role Model (Game Changers #5) by Rachel Reid

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This review covers books three through five of the Game Changers six book series. Caveat – I learned everything I know about hockey from these books, movies, and from a single hockey match I watched in 2018. My apologies in advance. Tough Guy 3 stars “So, you want to tell us about that hockey lumberjack or what?” “Hockey lumberjack?” Marcus asked, setting his phone on the coffee table facedown in a gesture of absolute interest in the conversation. ― Rachel Reid, Tough Guy His whole […]

A few fouls didn’t stop him

If Lin Can: How Jeremy Lin Inspired Asian Americans to Shoot for the Stars by Richard Ho

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To be frank, Jeremy Lin probably owes his career to luck just as much as his talent. The man was talented on the teams before he joined the New York Knicks, but since he did not get a lot of playing time, that talent was not seen. However, due to the bad luck of veteran players being injured and the teams losing record, he was given a shot, and this allowed Lin to be seen. And it sounds like he was seen and then some. In fact, seen […]



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