Fever Pitch | 
My sole claim to fame as a "fan" of British football was almost buying a ticket to see Newcastle Utd. in 2008, and then just...not bothering. ? But in the early days of the pandemic, I got really into Sunderland 'Till I Die, and now I've hopped on the Lasso bandwagon, so it felt right to revisit the very first thing that ever got me thinking about football, Nick Hornby's insider look at being an obsessive Arsenal fan. So far, it still holds up!
#BookCoverChallenge
Day 70.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.
pickMy February #bookspin: I really enjoyed this sort of autobiography with a football background or maybe stories about football mixed with autobiographical stuff. I love football (what is called soccer in a couple countries but football everywhere else) but my love of it is nothing compared to the author's real lifelong obsession. Thanks a lot for all these stories that helped me get and feel closer to some of the best teams I know and admire.
We invest hours each day, months each year, years each lifetime in something over which we have no control; it is any wonder then, that we are reduced to creating ingenious but bizarre liturgies designed to give us the illusion that we are powerful after all, just as every other primitive community has done when faced with a deep and apparently impenetrable mystery?
so-soThis has been sitting on my shelves for years because as much as I like Nick Hornby I know nothing about football in Great Britain. I thought that made it perfect for #liveandlearn. I liked many things about it- the bits that are more like a memoir and Hornby‘s thoughts on fanaticism. However there were a lot of things in this book that made my eyes glaze over. This would be a pick for those who care at all about Arsenal. For me it was just so-so.
pickA coming of age inspirational piece of literature. An absolute must for any football fan who grew up in the 90s. I wept.
Absolutely brilliant analogy that has never occurred to me. Maybe I'm just particularly dense!! I'm very familiar with superstitions sports fans have , I have some of them myself. This is put so brilliantly.
Yes, yes, I know all the jokes. What else could I have expected at Highbury? But I went to Chelsea and to Tottenham and to Rangers, and saw the same thing: that the natural state of a football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.
panJust finished listening to this but it wasn't my cup of tea at all. I'm not interested in sports anyway but I completed it for @bookriot's #readharder2017 challenge - #aboutsports ✅. Needless to say, I've returned it (used a credit to begin with)! 2 ⭐
Listening to Fever Pitch whilst doing job search and maths revision. Have some bad angle drawings!
Thanks for all your recommendations! My Audible credit came today so I am polling my followers on Twitter (@jennywilliams45) on to which one I should choose next. Feel free to vote (there's two polls going as I had too many to choose from!)
NB: I'm still open for suggestions!
Looking for recommendations for audiobooks.
I'm currently listening to Fever Pitch on Audible and enjoying it, so I was wondering if you Littens could recommend more books for me to listen to.
Ideally I'm looking for:
💜 Fantasy
💜 Crime
💜 Sci-Fi
💜 Read by a celebrity
💜 Cheap!
I don't particularly like romance but LGBT is preferred and as a subplot.
Listening to Fever Pitch whilst doing my tablets... It'll only take me about half an hour!
Completed my list for #readharder challenge 2017. Two books I've already finished this year where able to fit the challenge! Woot woot for advantageous procrastination!
Downloaded Fever Pitch as my free Audible trial book as I'm not a big sports fan and so I wouldn't have wasted money on the book. It's also my first time with an audio book, so killing two birds with one stone! #readharder2017 #aboutsports
Day5 of #augustofpages I have to go back decades to the last (& probably only) sports book I enjoyed. But it's a doozie! Fever Potch is Nick Hornbys original love story to Arsenal FC. And when I went looking for my copy, it turned out I had two ⚽️🏆❤️ #bookphotochallenge
#booksandsports #augustofpages #bookphotochallenge #day5 #augustphotochallenge Don't read much about sport, but love nick Hornby and his wonderful memoir about super fandom.... Gunners!!! ( + a little pic of Thierry coz ❤️❤️❤️❤️)
"I fell in love with football as I was to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it."
