Tour: Stealing Bases by Keri Mikulski
Stealing Bases
Keri Mikulski
Publisher: Razorbill
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Pages: 272
Source: Publisher
Rating: 4 stars
Reformed mean girl Kylie Collins desperately wants to put the craziness of basketball season behind her. (And with it, her cheater ex, Zachary Murphy.) Maybe she’ll finally be able to silence her snarky streak and concentrate on her lifelong dream – being recruited for Division One softball.
But when Kylie arrives at her first softball practice of the season, she comes face-to-face with her worst nightmare: Amber McDonald, the best pitcher in the state.
Now, Kylie’s forced to warm the bench as Amber wows crowds again and again. With all the drama happening out on the softball diamond, Kylie finds herself drawn back to bad habits-sabotaging people and hanging out with a certain Zachary Murphy. . .
Stealing Bases was a book I had quite high expectations for – while it didn’t quite live up to every expectation I had for it after reading Head Games, it was still a stellar read that I absolutely devoured.
I loved getting inside the heads of some of the characters from Head Games that had played a little more of an outfield role. I thought Kylie was a great narrator, I loved getting to know her more as a character. I don’t know why it is, but every Missy I meet in a book I really don’t like and she turns out to be a very not nice word, I was happy to see Missy redeem herself a bit after being nasty – which made me smile a lot.
The plot was a bit predictable, but I still loved seeing how everything panned out. The writing was marvelous. Mikulski really has a way with words. I did not want to put this one down. I kept trying to sneak in more pages whenever I could.
Stealing Bases is a worthy read. Keri Mikulski pitches a great story filled with wonderful writing. The story will hit you fast and doesn’t slow down until the end. I am very curious to see what will be next for Keri Mikulski, whatever it is, I will be reading.
Cover Rating: B+ I love this cover – it’s super cute, and thank goodness I can see her eyes! I loved the cover for Head Games, but they cut off the top of her head, which drove me mad.
I've never read any sports related book! I'll make sure to add this on my TBR pile since you liked it. The cover looks like a movie poster, it seems like from a sports movie or something. Nice review btw tho I really would like to know what made you say that the author really has a way with words. maybe you could include the lines you like? just suggesting :)
I didn't read Head Games but I heard great things about it. This sounds like a good read, but sometimes I have trouble with vindictive characters…they are just so mean!
Haven't heard of this book. I'm not much for sport related books but this actually sounds interesting. Thanks for the review.
Good revieaw. I don't Know if I buy it , is good but not getting the ned to read it maybe one day. thanks
Is this the second book in the series? Head games the first I'm assuming? Sounds like a really cute book.
While your review is detailed and positive for this novel, I dont think that I will read it because I am not a fan of sports related novels. This novel would be great for my friends who love softball.
this looks like a good book, haven't read much of the genre but would like to dive into them
awesome cover! really liked it, tho it seems like a movie poster for me rather than a book cover… hmm i think the story seems like for a movie rather than a book lol but i think all movies are book derived so i won't be surprised if theres a movie like this book