After reading David Wong's Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, a book which I thought was hilarious, utterly gripping, and difficult to stop reading, so highly recommended, I picked up something I had bought ages ago but have had a chance to read: War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team. This will probably only appealed to NFL fans and those who wonder at the success of the New England Patriots. Michael Holley has had unprecedented access to the main players in building the Patriots dynasty: Bill Belichick, Scott Pioli, and Thomas Dimitroff, and the system Belichick and Mike Lombardi first developed when Belichick was head coach of the Cleveland Browns, and then perfected as head coach and de facto general manager of the Patriots.
The updated edition goes from Belichick's time in Cleveland to of the 2011 season (in an epilogue and afterward), but is more concerned with how the three of them developed and perfected a system which allowed Belichick to win three super Bowls in four years between 2000-2004. If you are a casual fan of the NFL or, particularly, Patriots, Falcons, or Chiefs, you are likely to find this highly illuminating and key to what happened to 'your' team in this period.
I'm not sure what I'm going to read tomorrow, but it is likely to be Living Dead in Dallas, the second of the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.
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