Tuesday March 9th 2010

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"Strong Justice" by Jon Land
This is an ARC sent to me by Jon Land. It will be in stores in June 2010.

‘John Grisham’ Archives

John Grisham's "The Associate" »

John Grisham's "The Associate"

John Grisham's new book "The Associate" is due in stores today, Jan 27, 2009.   Here is a link to his web site for a quick overview. Go here for my Reviews of some of John Grisham's books (I have read them all, just not reviewed them all).   Looks like my Barnes & Noble gift card is going to see some action this week!  :-)

“The Appeal” by John Grisham »

Genre: Legal ThrillerRating: 4 Water TowersAfter years of litigation, the small, nearly bankrupt, law firm of Payton & Payton (Mary Grace and Wes) has just won a $41 million lawsuit against New York based Krane Chemical. This is proof that the illegal dumping of chemicals at the Krane plant in Bowmore, Mississippi had contaminated the drinking [...]

“Playing for Pizza” by John Grisham »

Genre: Fiction Rating: 5 Water Towers Every now and then John Grisham writes a book that is "off-genre". “Playing for Pizza” is one such novel, and it is a gem. Other off-genre (meaning not a Legal Thriller) John Grisham fiction books are: “A Painted House”, “Skipping Christmas”, and “Bleachers”. All of them are [...]

“The Innocent Man” by John Grisham »

Genre: Non-Fiction Rating: 5 Water TowersI went way out of my normal genre to read John Grisham’s (who also for the first time wrote a non-fiction book)The Innocent Man. If you read only one book this year, read this one. It is a superb story detailing the life of Ron Williamson. If you think your life is hard, the perspective gained by [...]