Rules for Becoming a Legend

On the cusp of March Madness and following the winter Olympics the book Rules For Becoming a Legend is an immensely pertinent read. The story follows several generations of the Kirkus family, who are known for their basketball prowess. Through flashbacks from father Todd’s high school career and fla......more

My favorite line from this work is "Meanwhile for Genny Mori, the house started to feel like a foreign country she didn't have a passport for." How many of us feel something similar? Take a look around at your family members and this just hits home. This book is much more than the story of a basketb......more

I can't claim to have the same experience with this book as the next reader. I graduated from high school the same year with the author and we started going to school together in the 4th grade. Nearly all of the landmarks are true to our town of Astoria, fictionalized as Columbia County, making the......more

Rules for Becoming a Legend gave the reader a good deal of insight into the game of basketball and when a young man has talents how important it can become in his life or when he losses his chance what that means too. A family struggles in this story with lost opportunity, great talent, resentment an......more

I won Rules for Becoming a Legend: A Novel as a goodreads first read. This is a miraculous book. It tells the story of Jimmy Kirkus, a young basketball player, who, in the first chapter, runs repeatedly into a brick wall in his high school gym, hitting the bricks head on, until he collapses in a pool......more