Crossing Double (Heartbreaker #3)

CROSSING DOUBLE                                      TAMRA BAUMANN

Brent Keiser, a certified genius, and forensic accountant works for the FBI mostly because of their awesome retirement plan. Growing up homeless with a ditzy mother can make a guy be a little obsessive in the saving for the future department. But just once, he'd like to get out in the field, maybe actually fire a gun or chase after a bad guy like the other agents. Although, solving crimes with his calculator is statistically much safer, and he'd live to enjoy that house on the beach he saves for each payday.

Sara Chapman used to be a card-carrying member of the Hollywood rich kid pack, but after serving community service, she said goodbye to her spoiled friends. Seeing the plight of the homeless up close and personal gave her new direction. But that doesn’t deter the annoying paparazzi. Her parents were the famous ones, not her. Sara’s only recent claim to fame was for having the most embarrassing public break up in the history of the entire world. Unfortunately, they don’t give Oscars for those, so she is trying to keep her head down and to stay as far away from single men as possible.

But then Sara becomes unknowingly tangled up in Brent’s money laundering case against her father. When it becomes hard to tell the good guys from the bad, she turns to Brent for help. While on the run for their lives, the built, nerdy accountant with magnificent abs, transforms into her personal superhero. Opposites in almost every way, will Brent see her as his Kryptonite or his Lois Lane? 

PAT'S REVIEW

A fun story that has a by the book FBI agent Brent Keiser, who works as a forensic accountant. He has finally been sent out of the office to work in the field. He has slowly put the pieces together about where the money has been going but now he must put all of the people together. Sara Chapman is the daughter of the man that Brent is investigating, but don’t think she is not someone that he trusts. He trusts no one. Even after she is dumped by her fiancé on national TV he still thinks she might have something to do with the money. He goes with her to her father’s wedding and after overhearing that some people want to kill him and her the two of them go on the run. He is still being his untrusting self and at times pompous self with her even though she has proved herself over and over. The twist and turns and the way that they get out of town are really good. You get to see that she is still feeling lost in her choice of men when he chooses the FBI over her and now they both are alone. Can he work through his past to get back to her and if he does will she let him? A good story with very good characters, I really liked her grandmother. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

I Hate You, I Love You

I HATE YOU, I LOVE YOU                            ELIZABETH HAYLEY

Poetry professor Naomi Price is loved by her students, happily works around the clock, and has credentials no one could deny. Except, it seems, for her arch-nemesis at Hainamor University. The man never has anything polite to say, and now the two of them are competing for a prestigious honor that just so happens to come with a cash award. With every move Naomi makes to impress her colleagues, her rival is right there beside her, elbow to elbow, making it impossible to ignore how devastatingly hot he is—even if he is a total bastard.

Sebastian Blake knows what Naomi thinks of him, and he’s trying hard not to care. Maybe he’s been grouchy with her in the past, but she isn’t making his life any easier with her crusade to win over the Personnel Committee and earn an honor that is rightfully his. Naomi just doesn’t quit, and though he’d never admit it, there’s something sexy about her. Something that has him tied up in knots. Something that makes him want to move beyond his painful past and take a chance—at least for as long as it takes to kiss her silly and see what happens next.

PAT'S REVIEW

A funny story that has a pottery professor Naomi Price who is looked up to by her students, and English professor Sebastian Blake. Both of them have a snarky attitude towards each other. Hers began the first day she met him and when she gave everyone in the department small home cakes and he threw his in the trash. That day forward all the comments he makes to her are a smart-ass, or some days they can be mean and hurtful. Though days she works on making sure she does not show that he got to her. This slowly begins to change when they are both up for the same award. Now they must work around the campus in helping students, and slowly they begin to talk. It really changes when she shows up at his house one night when he did not show up for work. Bringing chicken soup the house does not look like it would be his. After some discussion, they begin to change towards each other. But does he really want someone to get that close again because of his past, and does he think he deserves any type of happiness? Maybe he will change his mind when he drives Naomi away. This is a much better book and story than I am describing in my review. The characters all of them are good and I liked that the author even had NaNo writing month since it is next month. A very good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Going Down on One Knee

GOING DOWN ON ONE KNEE                     CHRISTINA HOVLAND

Number-crunching Velma Johnson’s perfectly planned life is right on course.

That’s a lie. Sure, she’s got the lucrative job. She’s got the posh apartment. But her sister nabbed Velma’s Mr. Right. There has to be a man out there for Velma. Hopefully, one who’s hunky, wears pressed suits, and has a diversified financial portfolio. He’ll be exactly like, well… her sister’s new fiancé.

Badass biker Brek Montgomery blazes a trail across the country, managing Dimefront, one of the biggest rock bands of his generation. With the band on hiatus, Brek rolls into Denver to pay a quick visit to his family and friends. But when Brek’s sister suddenly gets put on bed rest, she convinces Brek to take over her wedding planning business for the duration of her pregnancy.

Staying in Denver and dealing with bridezillas was not what Brek had in mind when he passed through town, but there is one particular maid-of-honor who might make his stay worthwhile.

Velma finds herself strangely attracted to the man planning her sister’s wedding. Problem is, he ticks none of the boxes on her well-crafted list. Brek is rough around the edges, he cusses, and doesn’t even have a 401(k). But trying something crazy might get her out of the rut of her dating life—so long as she lays down boundaries up front and sticks to her plan…

PAT'S REVIEW

What a fun and good story about two people Velma Johnson who has a good job, a good apartment but not a guy. She uses an algorithm on her computer after every date to rate the men she went out and so far nothing. Her sister found her mister right in the office Velma works in. Now they are getting married but want together so Velma can meet the best man, his name is Brek. When a badass biker guy shows up in her parking space that man turns out to be Brek Montgomery. By the end of her night, it becomes only worse for her because Brek needs to stay in town and take over his sister’s three wedding’s coming up including her sister’s. While agreeing she finds life completely different with a biker who walks around in his boxers showing off his tattoos, cursing just a few of were complaints. She also finds herself attracted to him but cannot date him because he travels as a band manager, does not have insurance and a retirement account. Can Brek break her down and if he does can it have a chance at working out. This is a very funny book at times especially with Brek doing wedding invitations, and not understanding why a bride would be upset with him using flag stamps instead of loved ones. Seeing the change in both characters is fun to read also. Liked the story and the characters. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us atwww.1rad-readerreviews.com

Hot Wheels: From 0 to 50 at 1:64 Scale

HOT WHEELS                                                  KRIS PALMER

Hot WheelsTM: From 0 to 50 at 1:64 Scale shares the inspiring journey of the die-cast vehicles that started out as a new twist on toy cars and became a worldwide phenomenon. Officially licensed with Mattel, this in-depth retrospective reveals what makes these cars unique, how the models are designed, and all the work that goes into the play to ensure Hot WheelsTM maintain their position as the greatest toy cars ever made.

This special anniversary book is lavishly illustrated with rare design drawings and prototypes from Mattel’s archives as well as fantastic photos of all of the great Hot WheelsTM vehicles from across their 50-year history—and it comes in a replica Hot WheelsTM car-carrying case. It’s the perfect vehicle for Hot WheelsTM fans of all ages! 

PAT'S REVIEW

Yes I will admit that I still have the first year and some of the second year Hot Wheels, also kept other special ones like the motor cycles, The Snake, and The Mongoose, drag racers. So you can see that this book would be right for me. Hot Wheels is celebrating 50 years and I am glad they came when they did. I was allowed to but matchbox cars with my grandfather and still have those but Hot Wheels changed everything. The book starts with a history of Elliot Handler and his wife Ruth. Working at making toys in 1944 they met Matt Matson and by 1945 they founded Mattel. By the late fifties early sixties Barbie was the number one selling toy and wanting to come up with a toy for boys the idea started with cars. Different though then Matchbox, or Corgi which were the two leading toy car sellers at the time. Designers were hired but not any designers, actually car designers from Detroit and so began the idea and story. The same time as the cars also ideas were being thought up for tracks that would be easy to set up be that the cars would be able to stay in place and yet fly down them. The bright orange tracks were designed with an easy way to connect the pieces together. At a 1968 toy fair Handler demonstrated the car with the tracks and showed the speed of the cars, and even had a loop with the car not falling off and orders were being placed on the spot. Now he needed to make sure they could come up with a plant that could do it, and his goal was to be able to make 1 million cars a week. It took a little while but a plant in Hawthorne California would be able to do it. From their Hot Wheels would go on with carrying cases, lunch pals, movies, books and you know the rest. One section I did really like was who the author showed the different designs and how he went out to the Southern California drag racing scene and got The Snake and The Mongoose to do their cars along with other dragsters. Growing up in Southern California this is all you would read about and see on the news was the race between the two of them or any of the other races going on. The book will show designs from start to finish, has plenty of pictures, and also has the Dora that Chip Foss made some years back which was good to see again. For me this was a very good book and would be if you are still into Hot Wheels or just want to see the history behind them. There are pictures of the first year when they came out and I am amazed I still have them used but still I had a good time. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page

JIMMY PAGE                                                   MARTIN J. POWER

Jimmy Page; the mastermind behind Led Zeppelin; their leader, producer, principal songwriter and guitarist. Page has not only shaped the sound of rock music for generations but also created an artistic legacy few others will ever attain. The Omnibus enhanced No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page dissects the life and times of this legendary guitar hero and his journey from unassuming session musician to the record-setting king of guitar showmanship.

This Omnibus enhanced digital edition includes an interactive Digital Timeline of Jimmy’s life, allowing you to experience his creative genius through music, images, and video. Links to curated playlists for each chapter also allow you to surround yourself with the music of Jimmy Page and all the influences that surrounded him.

Using new and exclusive interviews, researched through candid conversations with Jimmy Page's friends, managers and musical collaborators, author Martin Power's No Quarter: The Three Lives Of Jimmy Page is a rich and insightful exploration of this mysterious, mythical figure. This work represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography ever written about Jimmy Page – The "one-man guitar army".

PAT'S REVIEW

This is a book that describes Jimmy Page career through interviews, reviews from albums, and taken from other places. The author does a good job putting everything together and other than his real early stuff at the beginning of the book the rest of the book left me really wanting more but this is what this book is about. A lot of information about Zeppelin which was good but could have used more about the other bands as well. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 3 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Hey Joe The Unauthorized Biography of a Rock Classic

HEY JOE                                                           MARC SHAPIRO

The song Hey Joe was a momentary blip on the pop music scene in 1965 courtesy of a Southern California band called The Leaves. It would be their only hit. But over the next 50 plus years, the quirky song about premeditated murder went on to become something special, a musical rite of passage for the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Patti Smith, Led Zeppelin, and countless others. It was a perennial that any teen band worth their limited chops coveted and recorded and finally it was an entry in The Guinness Book of World Records when thousands of people got together to play the song as the ultimate jam. 

Part, history, part mystery and part memoir, the book Hey Joe: The Unauthorized Biography of a Rock Classic by New York Times bestselling author Marc Shapiro is, through extensive and exhaustive research that included the memories of countless well known musicians who were part of the Hey Joe odyssey, a detailed look at the history of Hey Joe, the song that few have ever thought to think deeply about and the rumors, legends and outlandish tales surrounding the song that ultimately culminate in the ultimate question…

Hey Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand?

In Hey Joe: The Unauthorized Biography of a Rock Classic readers will learn…

The family tree of songs that spanned decades and finally spawned Hey Joe.

Who actually wrote the song?

How close Hendrix came to not recording Hey Joe.

The mystery of who actually recorded the first version of Hey Joe. No, it was not The Leaves. Would you believe Kim Fowley? Or The Surfaris? 

What a very young Bruce Springsteen had to do with the song.

Nearly 3000 versions of Hey Joe, familiar, obscure and, in many cases, downright impossible to find, have been recorded and released.

PAT'S REVIEW

A book that deals with the Rock song Hey Joe, the author will take you through the words and how and when the song first came about. How it started out as a folk song in either the late fifties or early sixties and then became a subject of legal battles over who wrote it, and how it may have been settled in court still not a real definition. Now for me, I remember the song from Jimi Hendrix and though there were many people before and after his was the one that change it. He took his Marshall amp and turned the levels up to ten and then went for it. The author still being able to speak to a few people that were in the room that day when he played that song were still blown away all of these years later at what he did and how that day and recording in London changed them and music. For me, a kid in the middle of the Mojave Desert hearing his music was totally refreshing and now in my late fifties, I still enjoy listening to his music and can still hear his influence, to think this song for Hendrix had just one of helping hands was amazing. Months later he would be in the U.S. playing in the Monterey festival and well you all know the rest. This song goes on being recorded by many people in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and into the 2000’s. The author will go over artists and the different ways it was sung. Overall a good book about just one song. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty

THE DEATH OF AN HEIR                             PHILIP JETT

In the 1950s and 60s, the Coors dynasty reigned over Golden, Colorado, seemingly invincible. When rumblings about labor unions threatened to destabilize the family's brewery, Adolph Coors, Jr., the septuagenarian president of the company, drew a hard line, refusing to budge. They had worked hard for what they had, and no one had a right to take it from them. What they'd soon realize was that they had more to lose than they could have imagined.

On the morning of Tuesday, February 9, 1960, Adolph "Ad" Coors III, the 44-year-old CEO of the multimillion-dollar Colorado beer empire, stepped into his car and headed for the brewery twelve miles away. At a bridge he stopped to help a man in a yellow Mercury sedan. On the back seat lay handcuffs and leg irons. The glove box held a ransom note ready to be mailed. His coat pocket shielded a loaded pistol.

What happened next set off the largest U.S. manhunt since the Lindbergh kidnapping. State and local authorities, along with the FBI personally spearheaded by its director J. Edgar Hoover, burst into action attempting to locate Ad and his kidnapper. The dragnet spanned a continent. All the while, Ad's grief-stricken wife and children waited, tormented by the unrelenting silence. The Death of an Heir reveals the true story behind the tragic murder of Colorado's favorite son. 

PAT'S REVIEW

This is a story about the abduction of Adolph Coors III on February 9, 1960. After not showing up for work calls were made to his home and to other families only to find out that he had left for work like he always every morning. When they did go looking for his vehicle it was found only two miles from his home. Because of the car and meetings of the brothers with different people in the morning all of the investigations got off to a very slow start. The elder Coors the father also wanted to keep everything hush as well because he may show up, he did not. By the time investigators from local, state and finally the FBI his wife had been answering the same questions numerous times which only made her life each more traumatic. Not only was the wife having problems but so was the children. Every phone call would be taped thinking it would be the kidnappers calling for ransom. What they did not know was that Adolph “AD” was already dead and they would be looking for his killer. The author takes you through the findings, the arrest and then the trial. What really got me though was the destruction of the family. Mary was totally in love with her husband and was slowly falling apart each and every day and then it got worse during and after the trial. The children tried as they did to help her but they had to help themselves as well, and on top of everything else because of the structure of the company Adolph Coors III family ended up with pretty much nothing, from the company or the father. The end of the book has all of the cousins getting into a business together but overall this was a very sad story, more than just the loss of a man it was a loss of a family. The author does a good job of relaying all of the information and for making it an easy book to follow. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Riches in the American West

THE BONANZA KING                                    GREGORY CROUCH

Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless Irish immigrant who came of age in New York City, went to California during the Gold Rush, and mined without much luck for eight years. When he heard of riches found on the other side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1859, Mackay abandoned his claim and walked a hundred miles to the Comstock Lode in Nevada.

Over the course of the next dozen years, Mackay worked his way up from nothing, thwarting the pernicious “Bank Ring” monopoly to seize control of the most concentrated cache of precious metals ever found on earth, the legendary “Big Bonanza,” a stupendously rich body of gold and silver ore discovered 1,500 feet beneath the streets of Virginia City, the ultimate Old West boomtown. But for the ore to be worth anything it had to be found, claimed, and successfully extracted, each step requiring enormous risk and the creation of an entirely new industry.

Now Gregory Crouch tells Mackay’s amazing story—how he extracted the ore from deep underground and used his vast mining fortune to crush the transatlantic telegraph monopoly of the notorious Jay Gould. “No one does a better job than Crouch when he explores the subject of mining, and no one does a better job than he when he describes the hardscrabble lives of miners” (San Francisco Chronicle). Featuring great period photographs and maps, The Bonanza King is a dazzling tour de force, a riveting history of Virginia City, Nevada, the Comstock Lode, and America itself.

PAT'S REVIEW

A very good book about the history of old California and of the perseverance of men and women of the old west. John Mackay originally from Ireland, then five points New York and then made his way to California during the gold rush. Finding no luck he would walk 100 miles over the Sierra’s to what would become the Comstock mines and through hard work he would end up becoming many years later the 19th richest man according to Forbes. He would always continue to work in the mines even after his wealth, he would pay the workers top dollar. Some of the engineering ideas that they came up with back then for shoring up the tunnels for one are still used in today’s mines. He would fight with businessmen and bankers that would try to take over the mines with ways that they did not expect a simple miner to come up with, but he learned everything as he went along. Even when he married and years later moved his family to Europe he would still work inside the mine. He would be shot, accused of many falsehoods all for the sake of taking over the Comstock. The author goes into the history of not only the area at the time but also what was going on in the country. At one time the amount of bullion coming out of the Comstock was minting 42% of the money in the U.S. that is a large amount for just one place so you can see how he became rich along with his partners. A good well-written book, full of information and if you like history a very good read. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic

HIGH NOON                                                    GLENN FRANKEL

It's one of the most revered movies of Hollywood's golden era. Starring screen legend Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly in her first significant film role, High Noon was shot on a lean budget over just thirty-two days but achieved instant box-office and critical success. It won four Academy Awards in 1953, including a best actor win for Cooper. And it became a cultural touchstone, often cited by politicians as a favorite film, celebrating moral fortitude.

Yet what has been often overlooked is that High Noon was made during the height of the Hollywood blacklist, a time of political inquisition and personal betrayal. In the middle of the film shoot, screenwriter Carl Foreman was forced to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities about his former membership in the Communist Party. Refusing to name names, he was eventually blacklisted and fled the United States. (His co-authored screenplay for another classic, The Bridge on the River Kwai, went uncredited in 1957.) Examined in light of Foreman's testimony, High Noon's emphasis on courage and loyalty takes on deeper meaning and importance.

In this book, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Frankel tells the story of the making of a great American Western, exploring how Carl Foreman's concept of High Noon evolved from the idea to first draft to final script, taking on allegorical weight. Both the classic film and its turbulent political times emerge newly illuminated. 

PAT'S REVIEW

This book is about the making of the movie High Noon, that western that some people don’t think it is a western and others such as Presidents named it one of their favorite movie. The author takes you through Gary Cooper’s life, childhood and his way to Hollywood. The first movies, Sgt York, Pride of the Yankees, to name just a few. The author then will take you through the HUAC hearings, and how the FBI during the early forties broke into offices to steal records of people they felt were signed up to be communists. Mind you this all took place in Hollywood and included writers, directors, actors, even some sectaries, and some camera operators. Of course, the FBI is just looking out for everyone. After WWII, jobs were becoming tighter and so unions began to from and so did the idea that unions were part of a communist plot. Meanwhile, as this was going Carl Foreman who worked on many films as a writer had come up with the idea of High Noon and was beginning to put everything in place. Hiring the director and actors, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, and Katy Jurado to name a few. During this time the early fifties a hearing began in L.A. and people would be called who were suspected of having joined the communist party. Everyone was born in the U.S. and if they invoked either of their 1st or 5th amendment rights per the constitution they would be blacklisted in Hollywood. If you were named by someone you could be fired that very same day. Carl would be called in 1951 and before he went he had finished filming High Noon but made an agreement with his partners at the time to take his name off the credits still get paid, all because he was not going to name anyone at his hearing. Growing up in the streets of Chicago this was not what you did. It should also be said that he served in the armed forces during WWII and yet still they called into question his loyalty. He would be found guilty because he showed up and because he would not give any names, he would end up leaving the U.S moving to England. Later he would write Bridge over river Kiwi, and the guns of Navarone, to name a few. I still liked and always have liked this movie and the author takes you the reader through a time in our country that know talks about any more but many people’s lives were affected by it and yet the congressmen and Senators, would only be voted out not to have a mark like they put on the people who came through their doors. A good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Southern Snacks: 77 Recipes for Small Bites with Big Flavors

SOUTHERN SNACKS                                     PERRE MAGNESS

This cookbook is dedicated to the truth that southerners are just as skilled and generous with the snack as they are with their bounteous, overflowing meals. In seventy-seven recipes that range from classic to contemporary, Perre Coleman Magness embraces the southern approach to snacking, including all the small bites you'll need for any event, whether a football game, a party, or if things are looking down, a funeral. Many of the recipes are inspired by southern community cookbooks, home cooks, and chefs who put new twists on southern flavors.

Highlighting local ingredients and traditional techniques, these snacks--from Fried Dill Pickles with Delta Comeback Sauce to Louisiana's Natchitoches Meat Pies and Charleston's Benne Wafers--shine a light on the diversity of regionally distinct southern cuisine. The contemporary recipes work ingeniously with familiar southern ingredients, from Field Pea Hummus and Country Ham Pate to Smoked Catfish Spread and Sweet Tea Pecans. The recipes are enriched with delightful stories and lore, along with thirty-six lush color photographs. Getting together with friends and family? You will never arrive empty-handed again. 

PAT'S REVIEW

A cookbook with southern recipes. For me some like the Smokey butter bean spread, Bourbon spiked caramelized onion bacon bean dip, and the Hollywood fried pickles were just a few that stuck out for me and ones that I am going to try. The book is easy to follow and is broken down in sections from dips, spreads, butter, deep fried, fish, and drinks. There even was a cheesecake made with ham. Along with the recipes, there are pictures that add to this book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 3 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL

GRIDIRON GENIUS                                       MICHAEL LOMBARDI

Why do some NFL franchises dominate year after year while others can never crack the code of success? For 30 years Michael Lombardi had a front-row seat and full access as three titans--Bill Walsh, Al Davis, and Bill Belichick--reinvented the game, turning it into a national obsession while piling up Super Bowl trophies. Now, in Gridiron Genius, Lombardi provides the blueprint that makes a successful organization click and win--and the mistakes unsuccessful organizations make that keep them on the losing side time and again.

In reality, very few coaches understand the philosophies, attention to detail, and massive commitment that defined NFL juggernauts like the 49ers and the Patriots. The best organizations are not just employing players, they are building something bigger. Gridiron Genius will explain how the best leaders evaluate, acquire, and utilize personnel in ways other professional minds, football and otherwise, won't even contemplate. How do you know when to trade a player? How do you create a positive atmosphere when everyone is out to maximize his own paycheck? And why is the tight end like the knight on a chessboard?

To some, game planning consists only of designing an attack for the next opponent. But Lombardi explains how the smartest leaders script everything: from an afternoon's special-teams practice to a season's playoff run to a decade-long organizational blueprint. Readers will delight in the Lombardi tour of an NFL weekend, including what really goes on during the game on and off the field and inside the headset. First stop: Belichick's Saturday night staff meeting, where he announces how the game will go the next day. Spoiler alert: He always nails it.

Football dynasties are built through massive attention to detail and unwavering commitment. From how to build a team, to how to watch a game, to understanding the essential qualities of great leaders, Gridiron Genius gives football fans the knowledge to be the smartest person in the room every Sunday. 

PAT'S REVIEW

Mr. Lombardi uses this book to talk about what he has learned about winning football teams. Of course, most of the time is spent with the years he worked with Bill Walsh and Bill Belichick. Really you cannot go wrong with either one of those two men, but to be fortunate to have worked with both is truly amazing. You are taken through the guise of a team and how it starts at the top and what is expected of everyone including office staff, etc… There is a grading system of players before the draft and then another right before, and of course how both Walsh and Belichick would trade down in the draft and the value in receiving those extra picks. You are also shown how some of those picks helped form some of the better 49 niner teams. He spends little time speaking about his time with Al Davis and most of that is because Bill Walsh worked for him at one time and so he felt a lot of information was already passed on. I really enjoyed the time he talked about Cleveland and the men working for Belichick there and for taking us the readers behind the trades of the 49 Niners when they were putting together those super bowl teams. Overall a good book which I found entertaining. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com