I bought this for a student. He returned it to me after reading it.

I won't get to it for a while, but I thought perhaps others might want to read it, so I am offering it as a book ring.

Here is the list for this ring.
vexter
labmomnm
Aramena
bluehawaii218 <--It's here.
CarolinaCajun
ilovethehutch
kangu
Cocobarks

Enjoy the book. Keep it for a reasonable amount of time and make journal entries. Email the person next in queue for his or her address. Return it to me at the end. Most of all, Enjoy.

RELEASE NOTES:

The Book Ring begins!

Finally here! Thanks, Cocobarks! I have 2 more books before this one, but I hope I'll be finished soon enough.

I’m not a big sports fan in general or a football fan in particular, but a lot of my friends are. Reading this book was my attempt at understanding them. :) The book’s author is obviously a big fan himself, and he conveyed some of his passion through his writing. I can’t say he made me a fan, but I appreciated it.

Other than that, the book is quite interesting, with tidbits of history, sport trivia and conspiracy theories. Although I can’t say I would give football as large a role in world politics as he does. ;)

Cocobarks, thanks for sharing this very interesting read! The book is on its way to labmomnm as of this morning.

Arrived in yesterday's mail; I have 1 bookring ahead of this one, but I should be able to get to this within a few days.

22 December 2006 - Sorry for the delay; I finished this about a week ago and thought I'd re-journaled already....my mind is shot! This was a really interesting look at the game as well as some of the places it is played - how many sports fan-columnists do you think are kicking themselves for not having thought of this angle for a book/study?

Mailed this morning.

Arrived today! Shall be starting it soon!

I was in such a hurry yesterday that I forgot to tell labmomnm thanks for the treats she included with the book! I gave one to each of my girls and kept one for myself!

Parts of this book didn't keep my interest, while other parts were fascinating. I enjoyed the section about Pele, of whom I was a huge fan in when I was a teen. The section about the hooligans was also interesting, and I had no idea racsim against Jews was still so prevalant in some countries!

This is on it's way to bluehawaii218 today!

Came in the mail last week but I was away on vaca (so sorry for the delay in journaling!). I'm currently finishing up another bookring book, but will start this one next. Thanks so much for sharing it!

I'm sorry for the extreme delay! I'm all done with the book now and just waiting to hear from CarolinaCajun to find out where to send it to! Thanks for sharing the book Cocobarks. It was definitely interesting and I plan to recommend it to other friends.