John Isaacs's "My Football Diary - by William Shakespeare" has a very intriguing concept, and I found myself wondering if there was much truth buried in this story. I love that you don't have to know everything about the sport to be immersed in the voice and action throughout the story because I feel that this book was designed just for me, and I would have been severely lacking had I needed to know in-depth sports terminology. One of my favorite aspects of this book is how the past and present are so wonderfully interwoven; Isaacs combines Shakespeare's own inventive words and terms with modern-day usage and examples. I'm a high school teacher, and one of my favorite aspects to teach in regards to the Bard himself is the amount of vocabulary that he gifted us. So this book was just perfect and warmed my heart! I'll definitely be adding it to my class library and putting it in rotation for literature circles. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this title!

As someone who likes football and has had numerous books published on teams and players, I thought I would give this one a try. Something away from my ordinary reading. That, it certainly was.
Reading the blurb I wasn’t entirely sure what it would be like, but after only a handful of pages I became aware that this wasn’t for me and decided that enough was enough.
Some will undoubtedly read further, and no doubt enjoy it, bad sadly it was not for me.
The one star is for the basic idea.