The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics | 
This is a reread for me and an excellent palate cleanser after T.C. Boyle‘s Outside Looking In. I have a friend who lives out of state and we started “ buddy reads” about a year ago. This was her choice for Labor Day. I read this book when it was first published. It is just as good the second time around.
This was a phenomenal non-fiction read!!
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pickRead this in one night! It was so good and interesting! Fast paced and a quick Read.
Brown made me feel like I was in the boat with them every time they were rowing. It's an inspiring story about never giving up, sometimes relying on others when you never have before, striving to do your best and reaching for the gold, whatever that maybe in your life. Highly recommend!
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Well, I just got a notification from Libby that this book has arrived on my shelf, so I am going to read it before the one I got from Goodreads.😊
“It‘s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it‘s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you.”
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I highly recommend both the book and the film 🖤
pickI loved this story. It read as if it were fiction when it's very much a true story. I hated each time I had to put it down so I could go to work. Highly recommend this one. #bookspin @thearomaofbooks
pickOk I‘m ready to see the movie! I‘m very much sliding into 2024 with a TBR pile of non-fiction!
Here are 2 movies that are on my mind. I read Boys in the Boat, and I want to watch the film. I‘ve been a faithful watcher of The Crown since it debuted (2015 maybe?). I started watching it after Thanksgiving, then stopped when I realized I didn‘t want it to be over😕
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so-soIt might have taken me two or three years, but I‘ve finally finished this book.
It was well written, you just have to really like reading a lot of play by plays about rowing.
Listening to this inspirational story on a quiet day in the office.
Happy to hear it will soon be a movie with George Clooney.
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pickI really enjoyed this 2013 narrative about the young men on the U.S. 9-person rowing team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The focus is Joe Rantz, who was cruelly abandoned as a boy and forced to live a nearly animalistic existence during the Great Depression. There are elegant insights into the physical, psychological and emotional craft of rowing, shell-building, and the trials of life in 1930s America and Germany. A good tale very well told.
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Up next! My reading has been a bit all over the place...this is actually my April #doublespin I‘ve heard such good things!
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so-so3✨ I was recommended this book by a friend who really enjoyed it. I have never watched rowing when viewing the Olympics, but have a new appreciation for it after reading this. The lives of the athletes were not ideal, but they became great together.
Almost done with this year! I just need to do graduation for the seniors and then it‘s summer break time! Getting caught up on housework before that and listening to the tagged book. I had to show you my amazing shirt: “Let‘s be honest I was crazy before the chickens” 😍
bailedI have to say it‘s not my type of book I find it boring no action. The first chapter was snoozing and I thought it was just cause it was the first chapter but the whole book is making me fall asleep. The book might be interesting for someone else just not me so I am bailing out.
pickBelieve the hype - this book is great. I listened to the audio and actually continued listening without multitasking a few times because Brown was so great at creating suspense behind races that…I already knew the outcome of. 🤷🏻♀️ A vividly told story of a team of underdogs weathering the Great Depression and surprising the world with their grit and determination. Loved it.
pickTristan's first time. Such a good story.
pickNever thought I‘d ever read about the Gold Medal winning rowing team in the 1936 Olympics. Heard about this on the FABULOUS podcast “What Should I Read Next?” The way the author describes the races makes you feel like you‘re witnessing the race. Well developed characters and excellent information about everything to do with rowing success- inspiring and exciting .
1. Tagged book was an unexpected excellent read. Also, Beartown.
2. I love watching sports. Brewers, Badgers and Cowboys! And this year go Bucks!!
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1. I don‘t read about sports much but I did enjoy the tagged book. And if Scrabble is considered a sport, I loved Word Freak, an inside view of competitive ScrAbble. Such a great read! @TheSpineView
🏈 I don‘t read a lot of sports books, but the tagged book was fantastic, highly recommend!
🏈 I grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, so I am a Cheesehead 🧀 I love watching Packer football!
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pickWhy did I wait so long to read this?! This is the fascinating story of the 1936 Olympic rowing team. The author does a wonderful job of incorporating details from the time period and the story of one particular rower, Joe Rantz. The book also describes Germany and its preparations for the Olympics. I am not a fan of sports books, but I am a fan of history. The audiobook narrator does an excellent job.
pickReally good account of of 9 American rowers from the Seattle area who come together and eventually make it to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Very inspiring story about relationships and teamwork and effort. Some sad parts about the Great Depression in America and how one of them was abandoned by his family at a young age. Very worthwhile reading along the lines of Seabiscuit, etc.
Starting this. I've read one other by this author that I enjoyed. I like history and this one has a different view of the “Jesse Owens“ Olympics.
pickExcellently researched, written and narrated, this story is wholly captivating. The tenacity, grit and grace of these nine young men is remarkable. Highly recommend
pickThere were moments I found myself chewing my nails because it was such an intense read. I knew I liked sports movies, but this sports book had me mesmerized. Whew! Can't wait for the Olympics!!!
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pickThis was a great book and I loved this sentence at the end. It was the perfect way to close the story.
pickI did not think I would have enjoyed this as much as I did. I great story about the US Men‘s rowing team.
pickA fascinating listen about the journey nine Americans took to win gold at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Side note: I didn't know Syracuse had a collegiate rowing team! That's awesome!
pick🎧 This was exactly the right book for me right now: A story about underdogs, hope and a perfect golden moment in time. It‘s the narrative NF account of the University of Washington crew (8-man rowing) that went to the 1936 “Nazi” Olympics. Wish I had read it though as the narrator mispronounced a few names (“Oregon” and “Thula” most notably) but still, great story! If you like ‘Seabiscuit‘ and ‘Unbroken‘ you will probably like this one too!
pickWhat a great story-so inspiring😔so humbling.
pickThe Boys in the Boat - Daniel James Brown
so-soIt was informative, but I felt it was wordy. A lot of unnecessary information in my opinion. It was an ok biography.
1. Boys on the Boat 2. Hair Love 3. Vivid #weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
pickI get reader-goosies when I‘m learning a piece of history to which I knew nothing and the story is so intriguing that I forget I‘m reading nonfiction. I have a newfound respect for rowing and the athletic prowess required for a team to compete. The popularity of this sport in the early 1900s is fascinating. ...Also, a great read for #Washington State.
