“best state ever” – spoiler alert: it’s florida – great book by dave barry – enjoyed it – got to reminisce with my mom about old florida events – got to tell her and others that mermaids are now employed by the state of florida – funny

“forward” – in my room – abby wambach book – sad – she didn’t really like soccer – and yet she played it forever – not a very soccer-ish book – but it is autographed

“carli lloyd” – that’s not the title – but it’s the author – very different that wambach, lloyd has played on the national team for about as long – she has more of a rags to riches, underdog story – hard, hard worker – i could identify with the thanksgiving and christmas day training

“joe buck” – again, not the title but about the announcer – good book – good for keeping my dad involved – i told mom details from the story when we ran at thanksgiving – the day i hurt my heel running – nevertheless, i don’t blame the book for that:)

“showtime” – book about the LA Lakers of the 1980s – sad book in ways b/c most of the characters led very decadent lives – but the book reminded me of my early childhood – i was surprised how much of the story i already knew – it was also the week kareem won a presidential medal of honor so it was a good tie-in to current events

“passion: bright lights of glory” – i knew some of this story already from a previous passion book – i was able to use the chic-fil-a story by the main author this weekend – it was a good book in matters of reminding me of the important things about my faith – flaming a passion that burns bright

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