Blockade Billy, 2010
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Blockade Billy, 2010
Please vote for Blockade Billy using the following scale:
- 5
- 4.5
- 4
- 3.5
- 3
- 2.5
- 2
- 1
- 0
- Never read
If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
never read
I would start it right now, but I still have about 40 per cent of Storm of the Century to go...
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Least favorite S/K book of all time, right next to TGWLTG.... BLAH
Horribly predictable.
After closing the back cover of BBilly, I realized I just grew older, I will never get that time back, gone forever.
“The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.” - Stephen King
I’ll give it a 3. Ok for a quick read but nothing remarkable.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
I liked it. 3.5 for the story and writing. Add 0.5 for the subject matter (baseball!)
Vote = 4.
ah! I see. This is the answer to my question about BB, which I posted in Faithful thread by mistake.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not a fan of baseball at all and I really liked this book.
but you do know the rules?
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't, not really. I know the sport in very very general terms. I'm sure you could learn as much if not more from Wikipedia or a YouTube video.
so, one must know something to read the book... just as divemaster said.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I am a baptized member of the First Free Will Congregationalist Church of Baseball.
I loved this story, because -- in addition to a great plot -- it conveyed a true picture of the game. (I could almost smell the horsehide on the baseball.) 4.5.
Jean, I'm sure you know enough about baseball, more than you realize. You've read King's novels with many baseball references, you've certainly seen lots of movies and TV shows with baseball references, so you know what baseball generally is. That's all you need. You don't need to know how the score is kept and so on.
I disregarded these parts
,I closed my eyesyou've certainly seen lots of movies
neverand TV shows with baseball references,
No, I don't.so you know what baseball generally is.
thank you for the video anyway! I'll ask if I have any questions
ETA: they lost me after three minutes. I'll try again later.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. Like popcorn, I consumed it, but later needed to "clean out" the fragments.
pablo's video was only 8 minutes long, and three first minutes killed me
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I couldn't give it more than 2.5 and not just because baseball is not my thing.
The poll has closed. Blockade Billy has earned a FAS (final average score) of 3.119047619 or 62.38%. It received a rating of 3 with 7 votes.