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A Natural | Ross Raisin

#MusicalNewYear #MyShot A shot at professional football stardom doesn‘t always mesh with your shot at a happy life off the field.

Cinfhen, vivastory

Cathythoughts Good interpretation 👍🏻 6y

Cinfhen Well done ⚽️⚽️⚽️ 6y

erzascarletbookgasm Nice one. I like your interpretation..and I just read your review of the book one year ago! 😄👍 6y

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merelybookish Oh, I read this! It was on the #tob long list. Poor Tom. He sacrificed so much for his shot, including a personality. 6y

BookishTrish Nicely played 6y

Reggie @Cathythoughts @Cinfhen @erzascarletbookgasm Thanks!!! @merelybookish Yeah, that Tom....I felt bad for his lover who lost everything except himself. That Tob longlist has not failed me. Last year or this year. 6y

merelybookish @Reggie The long list is always so exciting. I love to indiscriminately make my way through a bunch of under-the-radar books. This was one of those reads. I usually manage about 4, and then the short list comes out which always is a but of a let down. 6y

vivastory Didn't know about this one. Sounds good. 6y

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TrishB

A Natural | Ross Raisin

#actnaturally #heyjune
Still on the tbr!

Cinfhen, GypsyKat

Reggie I think you might like this, because during the games they chant horrible things about other players. It made me think of you. 7y

TrishB @Reggie 😂😂 hopefully people will not be judging me on those comments..... 7y

GypsyKat Perfect! 👍 7y

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Reggie

A Natural | Ross Raisin

pick

This starts a little slow, but the author took care to encapsulate me into the world of a UK football team trying to stave off relegation, and all the pressure that comes with it. There are two main characters. Tom, a deeply repressed gay athlete just trying to get playing time, and Leah, the wife of the team captain, who is starting to wonder if everything is worth it. I could smell the grass from the pitch while reading. Very good!! #TOBLonglist

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merelybookish

A Natural | Ross Raisin

Tournament of Books 2018 long list is out. I have some reading to do!!
#bookhaul #tob18

ohyeahthatgirl I've read more on the list than expected and I own a few more. I didn't get into it last year, but this year looks great. 7y

mklong I‘m excited too! I‘ve only read 6 from the longlist, but I own 4 more, so I‘ll start with those. It really is the most wonderful time of the year. 7y

merelybookish @ohyeahthatgirl @mklong The long list is my favourite part now. Seeing how many I've read over the year and then trying to figure out which ones will make the short list. I always end up reading something good that I would have otherwise missed. 7y

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BarbaraBB So excited about the long list. I only read 9 and own 2 more so I have a lot of important decisions to make of what books I am choosing from the remaining 61...! 7y

merelybookish @BarbaraBB A friend and I try to divide and conquer. Between us we've read 22 on the long list. Which leaves us with 50! 7y

BarbaraBB Smart! Any recommendations to share with me?! 7y

merelybookish @BarbaraBB I really liked Idaho and the Idiot. Haven't read Universal Harvester yet but I think it could make the short list.(The author was a judge in a previous year.) Lincoln on the Bardo for certain. And maybe Ministry of Utmost Happiness? After that, not sure. Will keep you posted! ☺️ 7y

BarbaraBB Thanks! I‘ll check out Idaho and the Idiot and Universal Harvest! The other two I read for the Man Booker shortlist. 7y

batsy I should pay more attention to this. The longlist has a fascinating array of books and I've read maybe 2-3 😳 New books are expensive here and I so wish we have a library system 😭😭 7y

merelybookish @batsy No library system! 😨 I'm so sorry. That would drastically reduce my reading of new and old! Do you rely mostly on used book stores? 7y

batsy @merelybookish Yes. Also we have a big remainders bookstore. For a lot of new books I wait until they're out in a cheaper paperback if I want to read it and order from Book Depository. 😬 The single biggest thing I miss about my time in Canada: the library 😭 7y

merelybookish @batsy Now I have all kinds of questions. ☺️ Where did you live in Canada? How long? For school? 7y

batsy @merelybookish Haha, yes I went to Winnipeg (!) purely by chance for school. And stayed on for about 4+ years. A short while but feels so significant because it was so memorable! We have lots of programmes here for tertiary education where we do a portion in a local college then transfer abroad. Was meant to head to the US initially but my dad passed away and I took time off and then 9/11 happened and getting a visa to the US was hellish. 7y

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LibrarianRyan

A Natural | Ross Raisin

#bookmail set 2.

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shawnmooney

A Natural | Ross Raisin

bailed

The story and especially the shy young guy who's at the centre of it are just not holding my interest. The writing is fine, but I am just not caring about anything that's happening so far. I don't do well with dull, flat protagonists. Abandoned at the 15% mark.

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shawnmooney

A Natural | Ross Raisin

I love it when novels open with an ode to the moon! 😂😂🌝🌝🌝🌝

LeahBergen 😂😂 This is magnificent! 8y

shawnmooney @LeahBergen Now, why did I know you'd be the first to comment! 🌛🌜🌙😂😂 8y

Marchpane "Returning emphatically" - love it! ? 8y

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saresmoore Ahahahaha! 8y

saresmoore Oh and I just remembered this is the sports book! 8y

andrew61 That looks great, his first novel was one i really enjoyed 'god's own country ' so ill definitely read this. 8y

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shawnmooney

A Natural | Ross Raisin

The only way I could possibly read a book about sports is if it was also about homosexuality… :-)

Marchpane I have this on my TBR - look forward to your review! 8y

ReadingEnvy I'm going with ice skating for mine 8y

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shawnmooney

A Natural | Ross Raisin

The Read Harder Challenge stipulates I need to read a book about sports. Yuck: I loathe sports. So I was delighted to hear on the latest Vintage podcast that there is a novel coming out soon from the UK about a gay footballer.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/in-conversation/podcasts/vintage-podcast/2017... (scroll down a bit on that webpage for Part 2)

andrew61 If it's anything like his first novel 'Gods own country' I'm sure it will be very good. 8y

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