CALICO JOE by John Grisham

Do you love baseball?  I practically grew up on a baseball field as my brother played and our dad coached the team.

This is the story of two players, told by the son of one.  Paul's father Warren was a pitcher for the NY Mets and Paul lived and breathed baseball.  His dad however was absent most of the time and when home tended toward drinking and abuse if the family.  Paul rarely got to talk baseball with his dad or even have a game of catch.  Joe was a minor league player who was moved up to the Chicago Cubs, where he went about breaking lots of records.  Until the fateful day he came up to bat against Warren.
Both lives will be shattered.  What will happen?


AMAZON - Calico Joe


SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE by J. K. Rowling

Book 6 in the series.
Harry,  Ron, Hermione and Ginny go back to Hogwarts.  Not before Harry and Dumbledore go on a mission.  This year at school Harry will have private lessons with Dumbledore, which involve going inside people's memories.   There are all kinds of danger about and lots of extra security as well in the wizarding world.   Harry also gets a used book for a class that he hadn't expected to take, this book was once used by the half-blood prince, but who was he?  He did write notes all in the book that really helps Harry with potions.

AMAZON - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

SANDY SAYS 3/3 STARS