Box Socials

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Summary: A Fun Book for Baseball Fans
Review: I am a big fan of all of Kinsella's baseball books. This one takes us to 1940's Canada as seen throught the eyes of young Jamie O'Day. We hear about all the eccentric people in Jamie's life including Truckbox Al McClintock, the Little American Soldier, and many other interesting characters of the region. It is always appealing to me how the author revolves his story around baseball. Bob Feller even has a role in the story. My only complaint would be that the way the author repeats names of people and towns throughout the book can be annoying. Box Socials takes us to a time when life was slower and people enjoyed following the small town baseball teams. If you are a baseball fan and enjoy a good story-I think you will have fun reading Box Socials.

Rating:
Summary: A Fun Book for Baseball Fans
Review: I am a big fan of all of Kinsella's baseball books. This one takes us to 1940's Canada as seen throught the eyes of young Jamie O'Day. We hear about all the eccentric people in Jamie's life including Truckbox Al McClintock, the Little American Soldier, and many other interesting characters of the region. It is always appealing to me how the author revolves his story around baseball. Bob Feller even has a role in the story. My only complaint would be that the way the author repeats names of people and towns throughout the book can be annoying. Box Socials takes us to a time when life was slower and people enjoyed following the small town baseball teams. If you are a baseball fan and enjoy a good story-I think you will have fun reading Box Socials.

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Summary: Repetitive but redeemed
Review: I cannot begin to tell you the disappointment I felt upon completing this book. Expecting another Kinsella masterpiece, I was disappointed, to say the least. The book was just overly repetitive and the plot was horrible. While the IOWA BASEBALL CONFEDERACY kept me interested, BOX SOCIALS had me wishing it was finished already. If I read about hot-blooded girls and the Little American Soldier one more time, I think I was going to go postal. Mr. Kinsella, will you refund the cover price for me?? And if this is the best you can do, it's about time to head out to pasture!

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Summary: If you need to sleep at night, read this book!
Review: I cannot begin to tell you the disappointment I felt upon completing this book. Expecting another Kinsella masterpiece, I was disappointed, to say the least. The book was just overly repetitive and the plot was horrible. While the IOWA BASEBALL CONFEDERACY kept me interested, BOX SOCIALS had me wishing it was finished already. If I read about hot-blooded girls and the Little American Soldier one more time, I think I was going to go postal. Mr. Kinsella, will you refund the cover price for me?? And if this is the best you can do, it's about time to head out to pasture!

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Summary: Repetitive but redeemed
Review: I love Bill Kinsella's work. I'm a big fan. In order to get in the groove of this novel you need to experience the pulse of the "Fencepost" short story collections. Even for me "the converted" the constant repitition of various passages, adjective phrases and names began to get tiresome like a folk song with endless refrains which I imagine was the author's point. Jamie, the young narrator gives us the benefit of a child's power of observation. This character is also very sensitive and that is the books redemption. The main plot of the local boy going off to play baseball against real major leaguers represents the pride rural people have when one of their own is or could be successful but the strengths of this story are the subplots. Jamie's attraction to a dirt poor girl and the grief of a German farmer who loses his chance to have a family are two of the best pieces of work I have come across in Kinsella's writings. As usual the character's are vibrant and the exteriors almost three dimensional by description. If you can get into the rhythm of the style the content will be worth the effort.

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Summary: A great novel! My fav of all time!
Review: I've read this book over and over again and I'm still not tired of it. I was assigned to read this book over the summer by my dad, and loved it! So realistic! I was amazed of how I could relate to Jamie (the main character). One of the Kinsella books more easily found, but at a great price here on Amazon.com. A must-read-right-now book. Once you start, you just can't stop! It's worse than chips! I recommend it to all of my friends

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Summary: simply astounding
Review: The view into the life of an alberta youth by kinsella is a one of a kind book. Kinsella wraps you into the culture of the small town in which the novel is based, doing an incomperable job of getting you involved with not only the lead, but every character involved. They way in which Kinsella writes this book, it is as if it wasn't a novel at all, but an autobiography; as if Kinsella had lived through the story. An unparalelled work, I find myself buying a copy of this book every 5 years or so as the binding wears thin from overuse. One that stands alone with a forever reserved spot in my life

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Summary: Avoid this book like the plague that it is
Review: This book is horrible, plain and simple. It is repetitive, there is no point to it, and it has almost nothing to do with baseball. Kinsella, a genius that wrote SHOELESS JOE, let me and you down with this horrible (should i even say) effort. If you read this book, you are wasting your time. I wish I hadn't wasted my money on it. Maybe Mr. Kinsella will refund the cover price? I sure hope so!

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Summary: Avoid this book like the plague that it is
Review: This book is horrible, plain and simple. It is repetitive, there is no point to it, and it has almost nothing to do with baseball. Kinsella, a genius that wrote SHOELESS JOE, let me and you down with this horrible (should i even say) effort. If you read this book, you are wasting your time. I wish I hadn't wasted my money on it. Maybe Mr. Kinsella will refund the cover price? I sure hope so!

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Summary: I don't want to be rude but...
Review: THIS BOOK STINKS. I found it boring and repetitive. I should have done my laundry instead, it would have been more exciting. It's time to retire Mr. Kinsella