I have tried a few times to read this book in the past and just couldn’t get past the first chapter. A few weeks ago, on Netgalley, I saw he has a new book coming out in 2024, and being a member of Netgalley, I was able to get a copy of it. I read…
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Turning Pages: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Publisher – by John Sargent
This book was provided to me from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published. I chose this book because I was intrigued by the title. John Turner Sargent’s mother’s paternal grandfather was Frank Nelson Doubleday who was the founder of Doubleday and Company. The same Doubleday family who at one point owned the New…
Glory Days: A Basketball Memoir – by Bill Reynolds
A few days ago, I saw a Tweet that said #ripBilly. Not knowing which Billy this was, I opened the Tweet and as I scrolled through the comments, it was Bill Reynolds, a sportswriter and author of several books. Still didn’t ring a bell, but another comment mentioned this book. So, I read the book…
Walk-On Warrior: Drive, Discipline, and the Will to Win – by John Willkom
I got to be honest and tell you that I had no clue who John Willkom was. Just within the past few weeks, I started to follow somebody else on Twitter as he reviews sports books (@SprtBookReviews), and in one of his Tweets, John Willkom (@JohnWillkom) was mentioned as he also reviews sports books. So,…
Peter Asher: A Life in Music – by David Jacks
I have been seeing this book as an advertisement on my Kindle. I knew about his music with Peter and Gordon and his involvement with The Beatles and Apple Records but had no clue about how prolific his career as a producer and a manager was until now. James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt were by…