As an Olympics addict, the book Rome 1960 caught my eye every time I spotted it at the library. I finally gave in and picked it up, even though I was a little burnt out on the Olympics after Beijing.<\/p>\n
For a non-fiction book, it was a pretty light, fast read — essentially NBC’s Olympic coverage in book form, though I suspect the author would not be best pleased to hear it. Only certain events were covered in any depth, and even those had a focus on athletes whose stories were deemed interesting enough to deserve page time. The subtitle of the book was “The Olympics that Changed the World” and after reading it, I’m still not sure how it was supposed to have done that beyond happening to occur at a time the world was changing around the Olympics.<\/p>\n
I would recommend it for anyone who is looking for an Olympics fix in between now and Vancouver, especially if you weren’t alive when the Rome Olympics actually took place.<\/p>\n
Applewood Books (who republished a number of Nancy Drews in their original format) recently brought out half the books in the Judy Bolton series, with the other half to follow before the end of the year. Judy, like Nancy, is a teenage sleuth, but unlike Nancy her books were all written by the same person, and she is allowed to grow up over the course of her serises. The books are sort of overpriced, at $14.95 (not counting any discounts) for slender paperbacks, especially considering the recent abortive reprint of Trixie Belden were hardcovers for $6.99. It’s probably still cheaper than trying to find the originals, however, and they’re worth reading. Judy has a temper much like the original Nancy, and her interactions with the people in her town are revealing of attitudes at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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