What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

B-Ball

I am not too familiar with 50 Cent's music. I am pretty much dedicated to Tupac and Biggie and so I really have put them so high up on a musical pedastal that it is hard to have room for anyone else! I was very anxious to read Playground though, as it just looked so good and it was. I blew through the story of jr. high kid, Burton (Butterball) in no time. I don't think that there will be a sequel, but this was one of those books that when it is over, you are really wishing that you could find out what happens next.
Butterball is a bully, and this story is told from his POV. When he is made to go to a therapist to keep from getting an official police record, he starts to figure things out.
The book has a surprising turn that really added a lot of depth to it, but even if it didn't have the turn, I would have really liked it and recommended it.

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