As students everywhere trudged (or, for the Lisa Simpson types, skipped) back to school, the Toronto KIRBCers also grabbed our books and gathered chez Julia for some incisive literary analysis . . . or at least some talk about books in between mouthfuls of wine and cheese.
Didn’t take notes in class? Don’t worry, I did. Here are the recos and assorted things that amused me:
Sarah (@SarahLabrie) Here Comes Trouble, by Michael Moore
sort of a memoir, but more like random stories from his life
MM was in the Seminary and got kicked out bc he asked too many questions (shocker).
everybody thinks he’s this left wing crazy person and stories help put a lot of his politics into context
Offers great insight into his American Irish Catholic upringing and how he watched everything he believed in collapse
Erin (@booksin140) — Once a Runner, by John Parker Jr.
self-published to cult classic novel
really great look at what it’s like to be a varsity athlete in university
set backdrop of vietnam war — explores what it means to be an athlete and to be a 19-year-old boy in America at that time
about wanting something just out of your grasp
really hard to find great fiction about sport
you’ll like it even [...]
