Fever Pitch

 

Fever Pitch   this book... It is going to be long review I'm afraid. First of all, I purchased this one from a second hand book store thinking it is a literary romance (from which a film was adapted). I eagerly brought it to the beach and soon realised that it is not even fiction. It is a memoir of a football fanatic. I took it back to my room and grabbed another beach read. However I did not leave it behind when I checked out (as I usually do).  DNF is just not for me. This one was lost in some pile and found again when I got new shelves. 

Now this is getting a bit icky but I like to read at the loo. Usually it is twitter on my mobile but again I decided to take this one with me whenever I feel like. 

And as I read through the years (YEARS yes) and towards the end I have finally understood why I could not let it go. The author perfectly captured what it is like to be football fan. My father was one (RIP) and I saw so many similarities  despite the difference in their ages and social lives and characters. So it ended up being personal. 

It is very well written and perfectly explains what it is like to be a football fan. I'm not one, I'm not even interested in the game but I felt like I was reading about my father and I wish he was alive so he could read it too. 

Highly recommended if you have a football fan in your life.

Not That Kind of Girl

Not That Kind of Girl was not on my to read list but when I saw it at the little store inside Andaz Maui (yeah that's how I rolled then :) ) I decided to get it on Kindle for no particular reason. I never watched Girls and was not eager to find out about Lena Dunham but this book has showed up on so many websites I regularly checked so why not? Well at first I was kind of ready to label it as a miss but as I kept reading during intervals, I stuck to it and ended up liking it, glad of the purchase.

Firstly this is not a woman I felt a connection with. She is young and lives in a world that is not even remotely similar to mine. Her concerns and problems are not ones that I have experienced when at her age. But she can write. What got to me was her writing. The woman can tell a story and managed to suck me in. Kudos and all the best to her. I hope she writes a novel and I sure will put it on my to read list. 

The Turk Who Loved Apples

The Turk Who Loved Apples is a memoir written by a travel writer friend. Matt Gross is a great guy and a seasoned traveller. And while the theme of the book is travel, it is about his life and how he came to be himself.

I cannot be objective about this book. I liked it and will recommend.