#Mike Lupica

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Books Read and Reviewed in April 2024!

Here it is already the end of another month. Where does the time go? I have been busy as usual reading some wonderful books for the month of April of 2024. Here are the 7 books I read and reviewed for April. I might have read even more if I didn’t have a few WIP. But I always seemed to have a WIP! That fact never stops me! I hope you enjoy reading these reviews. I love sharing my eclectic reads…

[khakilike]

“He hit his 30th homer on Friday night, in just his 81st game. Do the math on that. Half of 60 in half of 162 games.”

Mike Lupica wonders how far Aaron Judge might have carried the Yankees this year had he not gotten injured, MLB.com

[megangovier]

To All my book readers, what are y'all currently reading?📚💕

I'm reading:

Wicked Beyond Belief - the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper

House Of Wolves - Murder Runs In the Family

Skulduggery Pleasant - The dying of the light

Read 58 books so far, how about you?😌💗

[itssimplythesims]

Tag 9 People You Want to Know Better

Better late than never, right? 😅 I know it’s been months but I really do appreciate the tag! I love doing these and having a chance to connect with you guys. 💗 (More to come–I'm catching up on all of them. 🫣)

@boringbones, I love Marie Forleo, too! Her book actually put me on the spiritual path before I knew it was the spiritual path. I’m also a writer, and am sharing my own inner-growth and spiritual journey on my blog, Story & Teller! I’d love to support you–does your book have an English translation? Also, I think we’re all obsessed with your obsession to make TS3 better! @descendantdragfi I know this was a while back but I’m still going to shout-out: I thought Hunt for the Wilderpeople was a fantastic movie! @obscurus-noctem I love the Witcher soundtracks. Perfect mood music for writing my fantasy novel! 🤭

Here we go...

Last Song: A lo-fi, easy-listening song called The Realization by Kinissue. I like lo-fi a lot for when I’m working or writing, just vibes going in the background. 🎶

Last Show: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart on Prime. It was SO GOOD I'm not even kidding. Beautifully done, emotional, evocative...just go watch it! 🥹 I get emo just looking at the cover lmao I won't be forgetting it anytime soon.

Currently Watching: On the to-finish list: His Dark Materials and Shadow & Bone

Currently Reading: The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica (Researching the equestrian theme for Ryan's story!) I'm also reading a variety of nonfiction books, one on novel-writing and the other on money mindset.

Current Obsession:  My writing! And creating art. I’ve recently learned how to appreciate my gifts as an artist and creator (which I know that sounds funny, but it's a thing! We're so bad about undervaluing ourselves.), so I’m going all-in on building a life around the things I love to do most. 💗 I’m also super passionate about (re)building my community over on Equus-Sims, where I get to connect with my fellow writers and simmers every day. 😁

@thedanishsim @thesimperiuscurse @nectar-cellar @plumbobem @catharsim @tau1tvec @pixelplayground @pixelglam @oatsimss @oakiyo @warmsol @littlefrenchsims @walnuthillfarm @kamill-sims

(Tagging YOU if you made it down this far! 🤭)

[lakecountylibrary]

LCPL Wrapped: 2023

We waited until the very last moment of 2023 to gather our numbers, and now here they are! The most checked-out books of 2023!

Want to compare to 2022? Here's 2022 wrapped.

(Images are lists of books; each list is typed out in the post under the image.)

Top Adult Fiction:

Welcome back returning champ Jodi Picoult!

1: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan 2: It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover 3: The House of Wolves by James Patterson and Mike Lupica 4: Identity by Nora Roberts 5: Without a Trace by Danielle Steel

Top Adult Nonfiction:

Novelty is the name of the game; none of these titles were on last year's list!

1: Spare by Prince Harry 2: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry 3: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jenette McCurdy 4: The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama 5: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Top YA, Kids', and ebooks/audiobooks under the Read More ⬇️ Hit that jump to see where Suzanne Collins ended up this year, and find out which author walked away with an ENTIRE category!

Top Adult eBooks and eAudiobooks:

Welcome back returning champ Colleen Hoover!

1: It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover 2: Verity by Colleen Hoover 3: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover 4: Happy Place by Emily Henry 5: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Top YA Print Books:

Suzanne Collins pulls into 1st and 2nd place over last year's 2nd and 3rd while Jenny Han holds steady at 5th!

1: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 2: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 3: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 4: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 5: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

Top YA eBooks and eAudiobooks:

Welcome back returning champ Jenny Han!

1: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han 2: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 3: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 4: If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin 5: It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

Top Kids' Print Books:

AKA We Hope You're Pleased With Yourself, Mr. Kinney

1: Diper Överlöde by Jeff Kinney 2: Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney 3: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney 4: Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure by Jeff Kinney 5: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney

Top Kids' eBooks and eAudiobooks:

Jeff Kinney's The Deep End pulls into 1st from last year's 4th!

1: The Deep End by Jeff Kinney 2: Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery by Ann M. Martin 3: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 4: Diper Överlöde by Jeff Kinney 5: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Pilkey

[crossculturalmadness]

Watch "Mike Lupica quoting MF DOOM on the news but it's quantized" on YouTube

[audiobooks24ru]

Hard to Kill: A Jane Smith Thriller by James Patterson; Mike Lupica (Author) Audiobooks

[todayworldnews2k21]

Mike Lupica: Biggest stars. Biggest cities. Biggest history. Yankees-Dodgers a dream World Series

This is the dream World Series, even if a lot of the country between New York and Los Angeles doesn’t necessarily look at it that way. Between here and Out There they look at the money the Yankees spend on players and the money the Dodgers spend on players and see this being the baseball equivalent of  Apple — the Big Apple, in this case — against Microsoft battling it out for the title. But this…

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Jemele Hill Debuts A New Race, Sports, and Politics Podcast - “SPOLITICS”

When I read that a new podcast claims to be "an intersection of sports, race, gender, sexuality and politics," I roll my eyes and take my ears somewhere else. Typically, that marketing phrase means the podcast host will talk about anything they damn well please.

Yet, there is an exception to every rule. When I read that phrase when iHeart was promoting its new podcast, SPOLITICS, with Jemele Hill, I was intrigued.

Why? Because of Jemele Hill. 

An Emmy Award-winning journalist, Jemele Hill is the Co-founder of Lodge Freeway Media and a contributing writer for The Atlantic.

Hill’s 20-plus year journalism career has included stops at the biggest sports media network and several reputable newspapers. She originally joined ESPN in 2006 as a national columnist for espn.com.  Her profile gradually rose as she began to make appearances on television, including SportsCenter, First Take, Around the Horn, The Sports Reporters and Outside the Lines. She also spent a season as a sideline reporter for ESPN college football games. 

When iHeartPodcasts and Jemele Hill announced SPOLITICS, I was intrigued. Her new series aims to spark important political and cultural conversations that challenge the narratives surrounding these critical issues in the world of sports.

According to Hill, “SPOLITICS” will feature sharp commentary, in-depth discussions and pressing conversations with athletes, prominent sports figures and politicians including sports personality Dan Le Batard, Former NFL player Lesean McCoy, Michigan Lt. Gov Garlin Gilchrist, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and more. Each week, Hill will tackle topics such as immigration, reproductive rights, affordable housing and gender equity.

In episode one, Hill will sit down with Dan Le Batard to discuss his career as a sports media personality, his life growing up as the child of Cuban exiles and how it shaped his perspective on politics. Hil will also be joined by Bill Rhoden, author of “Forty Million Dollar Slaves,” to discuss the history of sports and politics dating back to George Washington’s presidency in the 1700s. 

 "I’m very excited to join iHeartPodcasts during this critical time in American politics," says Hill. "Sports and politics have always been connected and on this podcast, I’ll be exploring that deep connection with important newsmakers and smart people. The goal is to use the unifying element of sports as a lens to make people better understand that politics touches every corner of our lives.”

I first spotted Hill as a reporter on ESPN's legacy show, The Sports Reporters, which was a Sunday morning show reviewing the week's sports news. With the steady hand of host John Saunders (who died suddenly in 2016) at the helm, the show found an intersection between sports and racial injustice, and Saunders changed the tone and the color of the panelists with Hill being joined more and more by well-respected and eloquent black sports reporters such as Howard Bryant, Bryan Burwell, Roy Johnson, and Jason Whitlock.

 The August 28, 2016, episode of the show made history with an all-female edition of The Sports Reporters, with Hill as the moderator and fellow ESPN reporters Sarah Spain, Kate Fagan, and Jane McManus on the panel. It was a refreshing and overdue change for two reasons. First, it proved that sports discussions are not the sole province of men such as Mike Lupica, whose opinions and voice sounded like a dental drill. Second, women can offer incisive sports commentary that is often different from that of their male counterparts and, at times, more insightful.

 Hill is also stretching her muscles behind the camera. She is executive producer of former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick’s documentary, which will air on ESPN and is directed by legendary filmmaker Spike Lee. She also is currently developing a comedy series with acclaimed actress Gabrielle Union.

SPOLITICS premieres on October 17. New episodes will publish on Thursdays. Check out the show. Jemele Hill is one of those hosts / journalists worthy of your ear time. She's thoughtful yet opinionated, fearless yet mindful, and incisive yet impulsive.

[rainintheevening]

Top 5 books that inspired you to write <3

Hmm, this is a fun one! Let's see, I'll go in chronological order, to the best of my memory. I have wanted to write stories/written stories literally for as long as I can remember. I can't remember a time before I loved writing.

Thoroughbred series (all 100+ books)

The huge cast! So many different characters, the passing of time, first and second generations—it was a whole world in some corner of Kentucky. So many of those lengthy kids' series would keep the kids the same ages, but in the Thoroughbred books everyone grew up, and some got married, and horses were born and died, and it was very true to life. I wanted to live in that world.

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (And everything else I've read from her.)

Her writing was so influential, the lush descriptions, the lively characters, the homey smalltown feel, the realistic passage of time... Mmm, I spent several years trying to copy her.

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Everything about it, just everything. The first epic fantasy I ever read, and it changed me forever.

Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica

It was less the story and more Lupica's style, but this book changed my life with the shocking realization that... fragments were cool? Fragments were actually sometimes exactly what was needed? And and But are okay to start sentences with? This book made me laugh and cry, and discover that some rules should be broken. Oh yeah, and happy endings totally happen.

Mastering the Craft of Writing by Stephen Wilbers

The BEST book on writing I have ever read. I appreciated Strunk & White because that was a handbook, a reference, and it helped me improve my writing a lot. You have to know the rules before you can break them, after all. But Mastering the Craft was the first book about writing that didn't make me feel like an utter idiot or a failure. It's written is such a friendly way, the exercises he gives are fun, and it's all about helping you find your own style, not how to write a best-seller. Love that book, it revolutionized my writing, took me from okay to good at this thing.

[pinksalamander2021]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: The Underdogs by Mike Lupica.

[franciscomaldo]

#ReneeZellweger protagonizará y producirá drama de suspenso de #Max #JaneSmith √

Renée Zellweger protagonizará y será productora ejecutiva de Jane Smith, un drama de suspenso legal de Skydance Television, MGM Television, James Patterson Entertainment, David E. Kelley Productions y Big Picture Co. de Zellweger.  Renée Zellweger, ’12 Months to Live- James Patterson & Mike Lupica’, Miki Johnson / Imágenes cortesía Getty Images/Benjamin Neivert El proyecto, basado en la novela…

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Trending TV Show News

Trending tv show news.

TV Adaptation of James Patterson’s 12 Months to Live starring Renee Zellweger An adaptation of James Patterson and Mike Lupica’s book, 12 Months to Live, currently in development at Max under the name Jane Smith will be Executive Produced by lead Renee Zellweger (The Thing About Pam). The series centers on a brilliant, tough, and darkly funny defense attorney in the Hamptons. Up to this point,…

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i'm reading house of wolves by james patterson/mike lupica bc my family got me the book as a gift. so far it just seems to be a Succession fanfiction au where Siobhan won instead but they're all obsessed with football

[robertsmilejones2432]

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