Colin Cogle finished reading The Watchers by A. M. Shine (The Watchers, #1)
This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's …
Wow, I didn’t expect to like it as much as I did.
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Colin Cogle reviewed The Baseball Hall of Shame by Bruce Nash (The Baseball Hall of Shame, #1)
Here is the young fan's record book of the worst performances in batting, fielding and …
Hilarious, if you like baseball
5 stars
Content warning Some book content is mentioned.
This book contains the best of the worst and the worst of the worst from America’s pastime. It’s got the funny moments, like when the New York Mets started their inaugural season with sixteen of them getting stuck in a hotel elevator, or when two Yankees pitchers traded wives and kids, or how the 1899 Cleveland Spiders resorted to having a hotel clerk pitch their final game. It’s got the bad moments, such as the Black Sox scandal and George Steinbrenner getting himself banned from baseball. It’s also got the things you’d never expect, like Babe Ruth getting caught stealing to end a World Series. It’s got the absurd, like Disco Demolition Night, Headlocks and Wedlocks, and Sparky Lyle defecating on cake. Pick it up. You'll enjoy it.
Colin Cogle finished reading The Baseball Hall of Shame by Bruce Nash (The Baseball Hall of Shame, #1)
Here is the young fan's record book of the worst performances in batting, fielding and …
Hilarious, if you like baseball.
Colin Cogle rated The Baseball Hall of Shame: 5 stars
The Baseball Hall of Shame by Bruce Nash, Allan Zullo (The Baseball Hall of Shame, #1)
Here is the young fan's record book of the worst performances in batting, fielding and pitching, along with the most …
Colin Cogle reviewed Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister …
One of the best I’ve read this year
5 stars
It’s not really my genre, but I picked this up for book club, and I quite enjoyed the ride. “Mister Magic” plays well on tropes about childhood nostalgia, and having a main character as a bit of a tabula rasa helps. The plot moves at a decent pace, and I loved that the ending doesn’t suck; in fact, it was all but perfect given the plot.
Colin Cogle rated Mister Magic: 4 stars
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister Magic, the five surviving cast …
Colin Cogle finished reading Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister …
The ending wasn’t very satisfying, but it really worked well for the plot.
Colin Cogle reviewed Earthlings by 村田沙耶香
What the fuck did I just read?
1 star
The more you read, the less you care about any of the characters. Perhaps that was just me becoming more rational toward this irrational garbage.
The first chapter or so had me remembering summers at my grandparents’ house. That feeling is quickly ripped away in favor of whatever the hell else this book wanted to be.
Colin Cogle rated Death to Jar Sauce: 4 stars
Death to Jar Sauce by Nat's What I Reckon
Nat’s debut book Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag’s Rules For Life topped bestseller lists in its first week of release and …
Colin Cogle rated Piñata: 4 stars
Piñata by Leopoldo Gout
Carmen Sanchez is back in her home country of Mexico, overseeing the renovation of an ancient cathedral into a boutique …
Colin Cogle finished reading Piñata by Leopoldo Gout
Carmen Sanchez is back in her home country of Mexico, overseeing the renovation of an …
All in all, I quite enjoyed this. While I'm no expert on Mexican culture, it did provide a breath of fresh air in a typically whitewashed genre. It wasn't necessarily the greatest story ever told, but when it was all over, I enjoyed my time spent reading this.
All in all, I quite enjoyed this. While I'm no expert on Mexican culture, it did provide a breath of fresh air in a typically whitewashed genre. It wasn't necessarily the greatest story ever told, but when it was all over, I enjoyed my time spent reading this.
Colin Cogle commented on Piñata by Leopoldo Gout
Carmen Sanchez is back in her home country of Mexico, overseeing the renovation of an …
It's a slow starter, like many books, but now it's getting really good, really quickly.
It's a slow starter, like many books, but now it's getting really good, really quickly.
Colin Cogle reviewed Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Once in a great while, …
The kind of book that makes you think
4 stars
I originally rated this three stars, but this book did something that few books do: it stuck in my head, and I kept thinking about it long after I'd finished it. The premise may seem like cheap sci-fi up front, but it makes you think about life, planned obsolescence, and more.
I originally rated this three stars, but this book did something that few books do: it stuck in my head, and I kept thinking about it long after I'd finished it. The premise may seem like cheap sci-fi up front, but it makes you think about life, planned obsolescence, and more.
