false 3031862 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 682745 15 922689 7 7 1980 The Basketball Diaries total:1337|5:346|4:539|3:352|2:83|1:17| 1337 5125 1732 112 22832 3.85 2117 171 1584937 96524 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.86 1221 1980 4 3 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Fri Jun 01 09:51:45 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 01 10:08:51 -0700 2007 38603466 1717966 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 4 1 false Tue Nov 25 04:39:49 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 04:46:36 -0800 2008 Ironically, I was shooting dope at the same time, in the same neighborhoods, Inwood and Washington Heights in NYC.]]> 75206927 2835981 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 5 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 20 21:41:15 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 21:42:05 -0700 2009 Book Review by: Adam Michaelis

The Basket Ball Diaries addictively illustrates Jim Carroll’s diary of his life in his teenage years. The book goes between ages twelve through sixteen in his life after the cold war. Set in NYC Jim t...more...]]> 72689702 419287 3031862 2264027746 9782264027740 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3031862.Basketball_diaries 3.86 7 1980 3 4 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Sun Sep 27 15:25:55 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 20:25:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68494280 2596257 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sat Aug 22 17:15:19 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:17:23 -0700 2009
Most importantly, Carroll established a consi...more...]]> 32652280 1327492 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 4 1 false Thu Sep 11 18:23:47 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 18:28:37 -0700 2008
It's about growing up in New York in the 60s and damning the man. Carroll's insights on death, drugs, sex, weird sex and people who don't get what life is are keen and tough. It reminded me of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints by Dito, but without the l...more...]]> 73204472 102271 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Fri Oct 02 09:28:55 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:35:14 -0700 2009 10 I loved this book ...more...]]> 9342614 142320 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 4 1 false Mon Nov 19 23:56:05 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 23:59:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 72935711 1787556 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 5 0 false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 16:40:26 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 14:23:56 -0700 2009 I was immediately spellbound by the book's brashness, bravado, grit, and honesty. I was also impressed by how Jim Carroll could distill the essenc...more...]]> 71455341 1602287 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 4 0 false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:01:08 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:07:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 64425860 2546722 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 4 0 false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 15:41:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 15:55:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59340284 1748160 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 3 0 false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 18:26:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 18:38:55 -0700 2009 I can make a text to world connection to the book. Lots of people do the stuff that they do in this book. They smoke and they just gang up on pe...more...]]> 72304273 763514 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 1 0 false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 23 20:56:52 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 06 21:32:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 71901953 2689138 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 5 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 20 13:52:32 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 03 23:38:19 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 10196881 217923 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 4 0 false Sun Dec 09 19:14:04 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 19:18:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 74311289 2809057 141518 0140244743 9780140244748 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141518.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.67 6 1980 4 0 false Mon Oct 12 14:51:45 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 14:56:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 57358523 1987923 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 2 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Tue May 26 07:39:58 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 07:43:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 80513387 2941390 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Thu Dec 10 03:21:25 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 03:25:41 -0800 2009 many, many, many times more...]]> 5192068 244519 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Mon Aug 27 16:21:31 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 16:38:00 -0700 2007
His diary writing really...more...]]> 61279727 2464244 682745 0140100180 9780140100181 100 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580m/682745.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255625580s/682745.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682745.The_Basketball_Diaries 3.83 1337 1980 5 0 false Sat Jun 27 06:46:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 03:07:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3031862