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Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams | Ben Bradlee

I decided to mix it up and use a different template for my NONFICTION reads in #2024ReadingBrackets because why not? 🤷🏻‍♀️ February‘s pick was this detailed biography of baseball legend Ted Williams. And I don‘t have to pick between it and January‘s book by Jamie Raskin, which was also great. Winning! 🏆

CatLass007 I read Ted Williams autobiography, My Turn At Bat, years ago. I probably still have the copy of the book packed away in a box. Now you‘ve got me wanting to read The Kid. 8mo

Amiable @CatLass007 It‘s really good, and shows how very complicated Ted was as a human being. 8mo

CatLass007 I think My Turn At Bat also shows how complicated he was, although it‘s been so long since I read it that I only remember how he felt when BoSox fans booed him and after that he refused to tip his hat no matter how loudly he they cheered. 8mo

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Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams | Ben Bradlee

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Completed my “Chunkster” read for #ChunksterChallenge2024. This biography of Red Sox great Ted Williams is well-written and very readable. A lot about baseball, yes —but also much about Ted‘s childhood, his troubled personal life —and all the gory details you can handle about his head being frozen for posterity. 😳 Definitely recommend, @GinaKButler !

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GinaKButler It‘s on my list!!! Thank you! 9mo

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 9mo

MemoirsForMe 😳🥶😵‍💫 9mo

Amiable @UwannaPublishme Right? It‘s weird and cringey—you almost can‘t believe it‘s true, but it is! Ted‘s head is in a deep-freeze container somewhere in Arizona. 😬 9mo

MemoirsForMe Very creepy! I had no idea! 😬 9mo

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Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams | Ben Bradlee

Where are my fellow journalist peeps? I‘m reading a bio of Ted Williams and came across this paragraph, which made me laugh out loud. My husband wanted to know what was so funny, so I read it to him. He still didn‘t get it. I told him, trust me — if you are a journalist, it‘s funny!! 😄

rubyslippersreads I‘m not a journalist, but I get it. I think there‘s another joke in there about the dog being on a lead (lede). 😄 10mo

Amiable @rubyslippersreads Ha ha, that works, too! 😄 10mo

thebacklistbook *snicker* I may just have to read this for myself. Not a journalist either, still got the joke. 10mo

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Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams | Ben Bradlee

Finally settled on my “official” book for #ChunksterChallenge2024 — a biography of baseball legend Ted Williams, written by newspaper legend Ben Bradlee, Jr. At 864 pages, it‘s a bit shorter than my usual annual chunkster picks. But this year I‘m taking my cues from @GinaKButler and @Kelly326 and aiming to read several large chunks throughout the year. Viva la chunkster! 🙂

Bookwormjillk Good pick! 11mo

GinaKButler Ohhh…let me know how this one is!! I live baseball and so does @Kelly326 11mo

Amiable @GinaKButler I‘m hopeful that it will be good because it‘s written by Ben Bradlee! 11mo

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