At first this book didn’t really appeal to me with that title. But then I checked out the description and I think this might appeal to those of you that are sports fans.
You can get Rick Reilly’s book Hate Mail from Cheerleaders for $.99 today. This can be downloaded to a Kindle, Computer, smart phone or iPad.
This is a collection of columns from a sports writer and here is the description of the book:
Some columns are tearjerkers, such as the story of a blind man who finally gets to “see” a match played by his beloved New York Islanders, but most are laugh-out-loud funny, like the one detailing the season Reilly coached his daughter’s middle school basketball team (“I learned something about seventh-grade girls: They’re usually in the bathroom”). A few are scathing, as in his acid-laced response to Barry Bonds denying he used steroids (“Bonds’s records should stay in the books. With a little syringe next to every one”). And though it may not be surprising how many columns aim for inspiring-like the story of spirited Ben Comen, a high school cross-country runner with cerebral palsy-it’s a shock how many hit the mark. Reilly’s columns are short but pack a punch; a collection best savored, readers should resist as best they can the urge to consume this book in a single sitting.
The reviews on this are excellent but remember this is only available at this price today! You can click get a sample now on the right hand side and preview the beginning pages of the book to see what you think.
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