Nancy Klingener is Community Affairs Manager for the Monroe County Public Library in the Florida Keys. She is also Board President of the Key West Literary Seminar.
"In a market like Boston, you have to have the right type of personality. You have to draft not only good players, but people with strong personalities.” That's Jed Lowrie, the rookie who belted in the winning run to clinch the ALDS on Monday.
I must admit I don't actually read French writers (though I am tempted, after reading Jason's recent blog post, to give Balzac a try). But I love to read about them, especially when they get into insane cultural/personal/political spats. And this story from the Guardian website is a beaut.
"I about fell down rounding third because I was going faster than my legs would move." That's Jason Bay, who thankfully did NOT in fact fall down and slid into home to score the winning run in the ninth inning. Indicating that this is a new day (yes, I know everyone else has known that since 2004), I was fairly confident that the Sox would, in fact, put this away. If only I had the time and disposable income to go scalp some tickets in Tampa ...
"We still have to continue to go out and play our game and worry about ourselves. We lost tonight. Good thing we play later today." -- Catcher Jason Varitek
What's going on here? Well, many book blogs have been making a foray into politics. I haven't (other than to say VOTE OBAMA) but since the boys from Boston are in the playoffs I'm going to revive my fall tradition, all of one year old, started last year when I was doing the Solares Hill blog.
So yeah, good thing, Jason. Hope you guys are getting to sleep in today. Especially the pitchers.
Sure, it's hot and sticky around here in July -- but Voltaire Books is rewarding those of us who stick around with Tax-Free Tuesdays. For the entire month, locals -- who already get a 5 percent discount -- can take an extra 7.5 percent off purchases at the island's best independent bookstore. Let's go! (The store also offers a 15 percent discount for all Key West High School required summer reading books, all summer long.)