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Eat. Sweat. Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives | Anna Kessel

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I loved the way this book argued women needed to reclaim sport, fight the focus on body image and grab the benefits exercise can bring, whether young, pregnant or wrestling with childcare.

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charl08

Eat. Sweat. Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives | Anna Kessel

The author highlights the importance of talking about our bodies for health...

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charl08

Eat. Sweat. Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives | Anna Kessel

Rubbish. Just rubbish. This is why research needs to be written, funded and promoted by representative researchers. Because you don't know what you don't know...

Chrissyreadit Truth. 5y

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charl08

Eat. Sweat. Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives | Anna Kessel

What? This is really shocking.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😱😱😱 5y

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charl08

Eat. Sweat. Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives | Anna Kessel

This book is three years old now, and there are some great initiatives in primary schools to get kids active - but I wonder if it has changed much for the 16 year olds...

alisiakae My daughter's elementary school piloted a movement program. They incorporate movement breaks into the day (in addition to recess), offer a before-school active club run by the PE teacher for kids identified by teachers as benefiting the most from extra movement time, and added a whole movement area in the school library that targets specific areas. It has been fantastic! 5y

charl08 @4thhouseontheleft that's lovely: I wish/ hope there is as much attention paid to making sure 16 year olds were getting access to fitness too. 5y

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Eat. Sweat. Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives | Anna Kessel

Finding this audiobook inspiring today!

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rockpools

Eat. Sweat. Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives | Anna Kessel

so-so

A mixed bag from a passionate sports journalist. Interesting stuff on obstacles women face in sport whether playing, coaching, fans, journalism etc. 'Taboos' addressed - periods, pregnancy, motherhood plus need for research on women & sport, bodyshaming, sexism, & culture diffs. Interviews of sportspeople, pros and mums-at-boxing-class, particularly good. Strong focus on mums-as-role-models. Worth reading, but maybe trying to cover too much.

rockpools Pic: Power by zachstern on flickr. And forgot to tag - this my book about sports for #readharder (edited) 8y

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rockpools

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Anna Kessel is a sports journalist. The biggest joy of this book are her conversations with sportswomen and sports fans. Val McDermid, as always, can do no wrong AND she's prepared to take on soap-related complaints. I'm loving some of the people AK has interviewed over the years.

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rockpools

Eat. Sweat. Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives | Anna Kessel

Started this for my #readharder book about sport. Currently undecided 😕. To the point I've reserved the autobiography of a cyclist I've never heard of, just in case.

Is the point of read harder just to read a book on each topic, or to find a book you enjoy on each topic? Do you think I'm overthinking it?🙄

Smithkatiea I don't think you're over thinking. I was thinking the point of the challenge was to find books that fit the categories. I think that part of their point is that readers tend to pick books that feel "safe," that they're almost sure they'll like. But how do we know what else we might like if we don't try books outside our comfort zone. It seems to me that liking the books is a bonus, not a given. Happy reading! 8y

rockpools This is definitely one of my out-of-comfort-zone topics! I think the problem I'm having with this one is I feel like I *could* find a book I might enjoy - but I'm not sure this is it! Think I'll probably just keep going and tick it off though. 8y

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rockpools

Eat. Sweat. Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives | Anna Kessel

So I've been intending to do the #readharder challenge in 2017 since I discovered it existed in round about Aug/Sept this year. And the first stumbling block is 'A book about sport'. Meh.

But I've come up with two possibles. This one looks totally readable -about women in sport, & the things that put girls off getting into sport in the first place.

The other might be more tenuous? Clare Balding's autobiography. She's a sports presenter & has👇🏻

rockpools ...been involved in horse-racing (not sure how much tho).

My Animals and Other Family

Betty Is about sports as well.

You Will Know Me: A Novel

rockpools @Betty Thank you! How silly - I hadn't even considered fiction for some reason - that'll open up loads! - this looks good! 8y

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GlitteryOtters This book will come out in February & is a YA book about a female pitcher. It is written by my favorite author, I am definitely looking forward to it (my downfall on this challenge is the micro press one)

Season of Daring Greatly

rockpools @GlitteryOtters Fab, thank you! I'm going to investigate some of these for micropresses: http://smallpublishersfair.co.uk/participants/ Mostly Europe & might not all be micro, but they might be of use? 8y

GlitteryOtters @RachelO my big problem is that I cannot afford to purchase and ship a book I am not passionate about (disabled, am on very limited income). Library borrowing is not an option. My local small bookshop has many "small" publishers, but not really micropresses (they have too many employees & too many copies produced to qualify). I might just create my own challenge. 8y

rockpools @GlitteryOtters I must admit, I avoid anything that needs shipping. It adds up pretty quick. Not really sure what a poetry chapbook is but lots have mentioned them relating to this challenge. There are some free online out there: http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/archive/online-reading/ . On the other hand, making your own challenge could be an adventure! 8y

Lindy If you enjoy graphic novels, I suggest

Roller Girl

rockpools @Lindy Added, thanks. The graphic novels questions are a whole other unknown! 8y

ReadingEnvy I read one earlier this year that is about sports but also poverty, sociology, competition -

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

ReadingEnvy And one I have on my tbr is

My Sergei: A Love Story

rockpools @ReadingEnvy Thanks, Jenny. FNL was actually one of the first I thought of - I heard about it on your podcast! I've got a nice selection to plug into the library catalogue now 🙂 8y

ReadingEnvy @RachelO And I'm laughing because this means if I do the read harder challenge I'm going to have to read ANOTHER sports book. I'm going to be an expert! Ha. 8y

rockpools Seriously! I know rh is supposed to be a *challenge* but TWO sports books - that's a bit excessive ! 😉 8y

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