For the Geek in all of us
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Wow, this volume was painful to read. The Shohoku team, after leading going into the second half of the game again Sannoh, gets completely shut down. Nobody is playing to their potential, and without Rukawa and Akagi’s confidence to gain the momentum, the team has nothing to give. Every play is stopped, and Sannoh turns around and drives for a basket instead. Sheesh.
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The kids from Grace Field House have caused a huge distraction by setting the house on fire, and run for their lives. Only Emma realized at the last minute, that no matter how desperately she wanted to save all of the orphans at Grace Field, the youngest of the children would only slow them down and reduce the chance of success for the everyone. After some very heavy soul searching, Emma talks to Phil, a four year old, and he agrees that it’s best for the younger kids to wait for Emma to rescue them when they are a little older and stronger. Ugh. That was a really tough conclusion for Emma to reach, and I hope she doesn’t regret it.
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I am in the middle of one of the worst reading slumps I can remember. This all started after finishing Slam Dunk, which kept me on the edge of my seat for 31 incredible volumes. Then I read the final, glorious volume in the Kate Daniels series, and now nothing can hold my attention. Well, nothing except audio versions of Kate Daniels. Thought I’d start the series from the beginning, and see what I missed the first time around.
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This is going to be more like a mini review, because the entire volume focuses on the first half of the game against Sanno. And while there have been previous volumes that are strictly confined to the arena of a game, the stakes seem so much higher here. One loss and Shohoku goes home. The season is over, and the seniors’ high school careers are over. I want so much more than that for Akagi; he’s worked hard his entire school career, and he deserves to have his dream of winning the Nationals come true. Even if Hanamichi inadvertently does everything to mess that up.
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After surviving their first contest in the Nationals by the skin of their teeth, Shohoku is facing last year’s champs, Sannoh. Coach Anzai shows the team tapes from last year, and suddenly, the Shohoku players realize what a miracle it will be for them to beat this team. Sannoh has three elite players with Nationals experience, and this year’s team is rumored to be better than last year’s. Everyone but Sakuragi is consumed with self-doubt. Are they good enough to beat this monster team?
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I love anything having to do with Alexander the Great (it must be because of Bucephalas), so when I saw Who Was Alexander the Great at the library, I grabbed it. I have read books in this series before, and I really like how the subject matter is presented. The information is given in easily digestible chapters for even the most reluctant reader, and there are many illustrations to break up the text.
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After the fierce battle in the Forest of the Witches, Vanessa is released by her mother. The Queen then gives up a magic stone, as well as an info dump about the Eye of the Midnight Sun, some powerful elves who were obliterated from the face of the planet, and shares with Asta a rumor about his anti-magic swords. Then the gang goes back to headquarters, triumphant from their mission. Not bad for a day’s work!
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I picked this up during a trip to the library. I liked the cover, the library had more than one volume of the series (though I only checked out the first one), so I thought, what the heck. I didn’t even read the back – I just grabbed it and took it home.
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