grishaming

i've been sort of struggling through john grisham's "sycamore row". it's very similar to most of his other stuff - underdog lawyer facing a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make it big. this time, it's not precisely once-in-a-lifetime, as the smalltown lawyer protagonist has had another big case, which was featured in grisham's "a time to kill". 24 years is a long time to wait between sequels, but i guess it works okay. i mean, 24 years haven't passed for the characters - it's more like three for them - and in grisham's novels the character development takes a back seat to plot and setting, so that's all good.

it's not that the book isn't well written or compelling. it's as much of both as anything he's written. it's just that it seems like i've read it before.

i found this list of grisham books. the one's i've read have a (Y).


(Y) A Time to Kill (1989)
(Y) The Firm (1991)
(Y) The Pelican Brief (1992)
(Y) The Client (1993)
(Y) The Chamber (1994)
(Y) The Rainmaker (1995)
(Y) The Runaway Jury (1996)
(Y) The Partner (1997)
(Y) The Street Lawyer (1998)
(Y) The Testament (1999)
(Y) The Brethren (2000)
(Y) A Painted House (2001)
(not sure) Skipping Christmas (2001)
(Y) The Summons (2002)
(Y) The King of Torts (2003)
(Y) Bleachers (2003)
(not sure) The Last Juror (2004)
(Y) The Broker (2005)
(Y) The Innocent Man (2006)
(Y) Playing for Pizza (2007)
The Appeal (2008)
The Associate (2009)
(Y) Ford County (2009)
The Confession (2010)
The Litigators (2011)
Calico Joe (2012)
(audio) The Racketeer (2012)
(current) Sycamore Row (2013)
Gray Mountain (2014)

now i am motivated to go back and read the ones i haven't read. guess i better get started on the one that i have... i feel gri-shamed into it.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!