Tom’s Book Nook
Welcome to Tom’s Book Nook. for several years I have been and reviewing sports books only. Now it is time to delve into other genres and this is the place for those books with a short synopsis of them. Please keep coming back for those as I add them as I read them. Enjoy!!
Ken Reid is the author of this 240 page book that is quite fascinating. I have often heard or read about professional baseball players talking about just wanting to get one hit in the league or just one at-bat. Well this is the hockey version of professional players get one goal and only one lifetime…
The Smart Money: How the World’s Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions Michael Konik began this wild ride by securing an interview with the “Brain Trust“. This group was led by Rick “Big Daddy” Mathews. Around the world of sports betting he was allegedly known as a snake and one to watch…
Title/Author: David Allan Heller Those that know this author understand what a huge St Louis Cardinals fan that I am (Tom). Also, baseball history is a passion that I enjoy reading and blogging about. In 2018, I joined the St Louis Browns fan club and love to receive the material that they share. During the…
The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala, Carvell Wallace Growing up in Springfield, Illinois wasn’t always easy for Andre Iguodala but it didn’t create character. The type that has led to respect from his peers and others on and off the basketball court. He has parlayed his basketball life into success in several fields. He has…
Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher by David Cone and Jack Curry I have to admit that I was never a fan of David Cone and his skill set on the mound. Of course, there were times he was very good but mostly I felt he a just good. However, he was a workhorse…
The book has the full title of “The Greatest Upset Never Seen: Virginia, Chaminade, and the Game That Changed College Basketball Forever” and is written by Jack Danilewicz. It is 232 pages and was published on November 1, 2019 by the University of Nebraska Press. The Stunner News For those of us that have been…
This is a book review about Tiger Woods and his comeback to win The Masters golf tourney.
“Pitino: My Story” by Rick Pitino with Seth Kaufman Rick Pitino has always been a love him or hate him type of personality. There was no one in the middle. In 2017, he was fired as the head coach of the Louisville Cardinals. Many felt it was the tip of the iceberg in exposing…
This book about Jackie Robinson gives the readers some food for thought about the unpublicized parts of his life.
When I think of ‘bad boys” in the NBA, my mind goes to the old Detroit Pistons teams of the ’90s. I never felt the Portland Trail Blazers were of the same magnitude. The difference might be how we define bad boys. Attitude and cockiness sure factor in and that is my thought on Detroit…