Mickey Haller resurrects his law practice to take over when an old colleague meets an untimely death. Haller explores not only the colleague’s cases, but his response to his inner demon-addiction. A high profile case with a looming trial date presses Haller to find a defense for the client charged with murder and to assist [...]
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October 13, 2008
The Billionaire’s Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace
An entertaining jaunt into a world where people have more money than good sense, I enjoyed the history lessons. Benjamin Wallace tells a wonderful story. Wallace captures these characters magnificently. The character development draws in the reader while the fascinating jet-set twists and turns keep the reader hooked, waiting for the author to reveal how [...]
July 30, 2008
Life is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman
What a wonderful autobiography/biography! George Dawson packed so much life and so much wisdom into this thin book. If only we could all have shared in Mr. Glaubman’s dialogues with Dawson, what lessons we could have learned!
George Dawson lived an amazing life during the course of three different centuries. Dawson saw the advent of the [...]
July 22, 2008
A Year Without “Made in China” by Sara Bongiorni
This book is not one that I would have chosen without prompting. Well written and interesting it was a quick read during my vacation. Bongiorni chronicles the “advice”, support, non-support and familial challenges faced during a year without purchasing, as best the family could, products from China. The challenge posed by the author on her [...]
June 1, 2008
Blood Sport by James Stewart
12 years after its publication, Blood Sport reveals the Clinton mentality as users of people who surround them. Stewart traces the history of Whitewater, Jim and Susan McDougal with their accompanying cast of characters, Arkansas politicians who influenced and modeled behavior for Clinton, and the White House years. Stewart’s jumping off point, the suicide of [...]
April 14, 2008
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Yesterday, I completed my world-wind reading of The Road. A book group that I recently joined was set to discuss the book, unfortunately, the tax man interfered and we did not meet. Still, I need to discuss this book. Please forgive, I’ve not written a book report in years.
McCarthy’s story tells of the journey of [...]
