Shock the World: UConn Basketball in the Calhoun Era

Not sure if anyone has seen a link to this book yet, I stumbled on it this morning on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Shock-World-UConn-Basketball-Calhoun/dp/1555537774

Interesting. Probably worth checking out. By the way can anyone tell me the name of that other book written by a UConn student about the 2010-2011 season?

The Unlikeliest Champion: The Incredible Story of the 2011 UConn Huskies and Their Run to the College Basketball National Championship [Paperback]
by Aaron Torres $14.99

Amazon Link

I have this book, but haven't gotten around to it yet, so can't offer an opinion on it....
The book linked by the OP looks interesting - I'll have to add that to my Amazon list.

I am nowadays reading books electronically. And will get this if in Kindle format (Android). Thanks Art for the link which I will buy. Crazy that I still prefer mags and newspapers in print, I think because its not necessary to read them sequentially and could also be portability/discard ease. Electronic books rock!

Thanks. Ive been wanting to read this

I have a Kindle Fire and was thinking of purchasing the e-book version of this. The other book listed in the OP sounds great as well.

I haven't made the jump yet. I like the feel of holding a book and I wonder if there are any eye fatigue issue. You like it better than a book? Do you have a dedicated reader or are you using your phone?

I use Kindle on my iPad. I have bought lots of ebooks for it but I find that i get too distracted by my ipad to do any serious reading.

Use my tablet with Kindle for the Android. There are other e-readers out there.

I read about an hour or so and usually at night. There are different background settings (black/white text, tan/black text, etc.) which help. Books are nice but the size and trying to read in bed requires lighting. With a wife sleeping next to me I surely don't want her waking up cranky having interrupted sleep. Lastly there have been some huge books I have been trying to read for years but the sheer number of pages always were intimidating for me. This issue is solved with Kindle on my tablet as I have never been disciplined enough to read 1000+ pages unless I skim certain parts. However that is one drawback of Kindle books in that you can't flip through pages/chapters that you may feel are not essential for understanding the story.

As for eye fatigue I spend too much time on a computer nowadays anyway so the electronic book is just an extension for me. Which may be the reason I require reading glasses nowadays.

I'm looking forward to reading the book. Fun to bring back the Memories!

Love the cover. Taliek's epic heave from 30 ft in the 2002 Big East Championship game against Pitt.

I used to feel this way, but a few years ago I bought an e-ink Kindle (not a Fire/Nook color which use a regular LCD display.) The e-Ink based readers are, to me, basically identical to reading a book. No eye strain, etc. It is absolutely unlike reading a computer screen. They are black & white, no color. It looks just like a printed page. I'd recommend really any of the e-ink based displays (some nooks, sony reader, kindle, etc) whole heartedly.

The "disadvantage" is that e-ink displays aren't back lit.. so you need a light on or a book light... but that's actually the plus to me.

I really love the fact that I don't have a thousand paperbacks I need to figure out what to do with. No one wants them... and the used book stores I'd go to would only take about half and I hated the idea of killing trees when I didn't have to.

I have a kindle Fire which is just an Android tablet... and I love that for magazines... basically anything glossy/color.

I'll Never forget that Taliek shot! It was meant to be! BET

Hello:

Thank you for the compliments on the cover of the book ... but it wasn't my first choice. Below, you will see the picture I wanted, but my publisher wanted more action.

Peter Burns

Thank you for writing this wonderful book! Can't wait to read it!

Thanks.
I can't wait for you to read it!

Welcome to the Boneyard, Peter! Great screen name!

Props to Northeastern for finding such a coach.

yada yada. So any complete reviews?? or another piece of senitimental horesh!t??

Thanks, my library has some that be taken out like a book. I think I'll try on out.