October 2007 Book List
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hestergrayEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
This is the third book in the series. It started off kind of slow, but then it got better. Bella has some big decisions to make, now that Edward and Jacob are both at the center of her life. But Bella does kind of annoy me. She's very needy and dependent, and she needs to get some hobbies that she can enjoy on her own, without the company of vampires or werewolves.
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
BOOK OF THE MONTH AWARD
I found this book to be fascinating. It's about baseball and stats, which may sound boring, but since I like both baseball and math, I didn't think it was boring at all. Plus, there's a lot of story going on at the same time, so it wasn't dry. Mostly, it's about how a baseball team with a small payroll can be really smart about how they spend that money, so that they can compete with the teams that have large payrolls. Specifically, it's about Billy Beane, the General Manager of the Oakland A's. He came in with a new philosophy, some new staff, and new computer software that completely changed how a baseball front office was run. By looking at stats in new ways, and coming up with new stats to accurately measure what they wanted to measure, they were able to put together a team that kept winning more games than it was "supposed" to, while at the same time, not spending very much money. Billy Beane has mad drafting and trade negotiaion skills, and it was also pretty funny to read about his reactions to different situations. I feel like I'm not describing this very well, but I loved reading this. It was just fascinating. Especially knowing that it's true.
This is the third book in the series. It started off kind of slow, but then it got better. Bella has some big decisions to make, now that Edward and Jacob are both at the center of her life. But Bella does kind of annoy me. She's very needy and dependent, and she needs to get some hobbies that she can enjoy on her own, without the company of vampires or werewolves.
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
BOOK OF THE MONTH AWARD
I found this book to be fascinating. It's about baseball and stats, which may sound boring, but since I like both baseball and math, I didn't think it was boring at all. Plus, there's a lot of story going on at the same time, so it wasn't dry. Mostly, it's about how a baseball team with a small payroll can be really smart about how they spend that money, so that they can compete with the teams that have large payrolls. Specifically, it's about Billy Beane, the General Manager of the Oakland A's. He came in with a new philosophy, some new staff, and new computer software that completely changed how a baseball front office was run. By looking at stats in new ways, and coming up with new stats to accurately measure what they wanted to measure, they were able to put together a team that kept winning more games than it was "supposed" to, while at the same time, not spending very much money. Billy Beane has mad drafting and trade negotiaion skills, and it was also pretty funny to read about his reactions to different situations. I feel like I'm not describing this very well, but I loved reading this. It was just fascinating. Especially knowing that it's true.
