This book is great for tennis buffs. Having played tennis and enjoyed professional tennis for many decades, I can’t say whether this one would interest non-tennis fans. That said, Agassi isn’t a self-aggrandizing jock, he’s an interesting guy. Open begins during one of Agassi’s last matches. After more than two decades on the court he hates tennis, he always hated tennis. What? A man with a career Grand Slam, former world number one, hates his sport?
This book might get me fired today…..
I fell for it. Even after reading all the 4 and 5 star reviews of this book, I still got sucked in and couldn’t put it down until I finished it at 2:30am. Currently I’m fighting the exhaustion that may cause me to fall asleep at my desk and lose my job. Thanks a lot, Kulti. This is the first book I bought based solely on CBR reviews, and you guys do not disappoint with your recommendations. I won’t dive too deep into a plot […]
Serious Dedication
A memoir. Written by a woman. About soccer. I’m surprised my local book store didn’t just automatically set it aside for me. This shit is my jam. If you aren’t a fan of women’s soccer (and if you enjoy sports, you should check it out), you probably hadn’t heard of Carli Lloyd before last summer. She’s been playing for the US Women’s National Team since the early 2000s, but she stepped hard into the spotlight during the World Cup in Canada last year, when she […]
Mediocre Sports Romance
This book is not a ‘good’ book, but it’s one I enjoyed. It’s biggest downfall is lack of editing. It runs nearly 700 pages and she repeatedly misuses the word ‘passed’ for ‘past’. No, seriously, I’m not sure what was wrong with me when reading this. Misusing words like that would normally be a complete dealbreaker for me, and yet, here we are. I actively chose this book because it was the first week of the NFL season and I wanted to get in the […]
It’s all about willpower
I’m so far from an elite athlete, even the comparison is comical. Yet I’ve pushed myself often enough and hard enough while running, rowing, or cycling, that I have some understanding of the pain of pushing past your limits. So, I was intrigued when I heard about this new book, How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle (2015) by Matt Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald’s main thesis (supported by lots of science) is that your mind is the limiting factor in athletic endurance performance. […]
What book could live up to this cover?
Jaci Burton’s books were described to me as ‘explicit sports romances’. Those words, in that order, speak directly to my soul. Unfortunately, I was not really taken with this book. Rather than the characters ever feeling real to me, it ended up more like fantasy, football porn. (That comma is key, I am not talking the kind of fantasy where you pick your team each week and brag to your coworkers – more like the kind where someone dreams about being whisked away in a […]