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#AlphabetGame #letterT

For T I chose Grishams first novel, and his best IMO. It‘s a very powerful book & brings up a lot of questions that need answering still. In a southern town, a young black girl is raped, beaten & left for dead. When her attackers are put on trial, her father takes justice into his own hands & kills them in the courthouse. Put on trial himself, a white lawyer battles to save him & the south from boiling over into violence.

I‘m almost half way through this book and the storyline is now focused on the defence for Carl Lee Hailey, the man who killed his daughters abuser in cold blood. The main idea is the conflict between whether the circumstances justify Carl Lee‘s decision or if murder of any kind is inexcusable. The theme of this part of the book is morality, as the jury start to decide whether Carl Lee‘s actions are punishable.

I‘m about a third of the way through this book and so far, it‘s a good read. The first part describes the abuse of a young African American girl by two white men, and the investigation into the incident. Eventually the young girls father decides to kill the men that abused his daughter. The theme in this story is justice, it‘s shown through the use of the courtroom, and the fathers decision to take revenge on the men.

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This month each prompt will be a book I've read that also has a movie. 😁

I was a big fan of early Grisham writing, and this book and movie are both favorites still. Of course, I think I was also 13 or 14 when I read this. I have not read any of his books published in recent years because everything started to feel repetitive. This book and The Client though are still great #Courtroom reads.

It took me most of the month to get through this bit by bit because the graphic descriptions of rape of a child and the language were hard for me to take in large doses. There‘s no denying though that this is a great story, one of Grisham‘s best. That said I‘m on the fence about reading the rest of this series.

What? A Time to Kill is finally toppled over to books I have read! The stars must be aligned anew and if I look into the night sky Matthew McConaughey has spelled all right, all right, all right.

5* = Loved It, want non-reader IRL friends to read. I do/will own a physical copy. A+
4*= I liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Average C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

My John Grisham stack is significant and I‘ve been waiting to read books 2&3 in this series until I read book 1. Having seen the movie several times, I hadn‘t read the book. I finally went for a library copy because it‘s comical how unsuccessful I‘ve been at hunting down a thrifted copy of this book. I liked it, I‘m glad I read it, but boy the frequent use of the N-word, even by protagonists, was hard to read.

I'm a John Grisham newbie and I've never seen the movie (😱) so for such a well-known book I actually went in blind. While I would have preferred that the n-word not be used *quite* so liberally, I can understand why this is a popular one! Although my other bone to pick might be the length, considering that the facts of the case are basically known and unrefuted from the beginning, and the only actual question is whether or not it was justified.

#JumpStart2021 #FamousAuthorsDebutNovel I chose this prompt because it illustrates the start that famous authors came from. Not all debuts live up to their later heights, but I found in this case, it‘s actually my favourite Grisham novel. Much better than the Mathew McConaughey movie, though I did enjoy that, the book is much much better. Of course!

It‘s been ages since I‘ve read a Grisham book but I thoroughly enjoyed this as I have all his work. Going to read sycamore row next

Always wanted to read this as I thought the film was great. It didn't disappoint even though I'm not really a fan of Grisham.
#ReadtheUSA2020 #Mississippi (43rd state) #Murder2020 (book 81)

I finally got a chance to stack all my legal fiction together. I haven‘t read one in a while but I plan on re reading some of these next month. I started reading legal thrillers in law school and became a Grisham fan. John Grisham‘s name is considered to be synonymous with modern legal fiction. Some of my favourites by him are A time to Kill, the Litigators and the Firm.

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I‘m not sure Grisham‘s style is really for me, but I still quite enjoyed the story here! I was very anxious the last few chapters to see the end

1. Tagged! It‘s all right so far
2. None on my immediate TBR, but I‘m sure there‘s one I‘m not thinking of right now.
3. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers! A rewatch; extended edition of course. I love these movies.
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

β€œBilly Ray Cobb was the younger and smaller of the two rednecks.”
#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

#Trial straightaway made me think of John Grisham and the tag would fit many of his books. However the stand out one has to be A Time to Kill, a great book and a great film!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bKN1K2He8yg

#ReallyRandomFebruary

No. 1, Doneβœ”
Up next, Sycamore Row.

I've not opened a page of my current read all day. On the bed listying on and on. Do say a prayer for my conversion.

My next read. Actually I started reading it many years ago but abandoned it midway. But now I'm planning to read Sycamore Row which is a sequel to it, so I just need to read all over from the beginning and complete it this time.

Got about 18% into the book and just couldn‘t do it anymore. Gratuitous violence as well as liberal usage of the n word. Yes I understand it‘s the south but there is just so much of it. I do love crime novels but not like this.

Day 6: #movieadaptation

I couldn't choose just 1, so here's some of my favorite movie adaptations. I've only read a little over half of them.

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In my opinion this is Grisham‘s finest novel.

#ThrowbackThursday ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I believe this was one of the first John Grisham novels I ever read. I remember it being very readable, despite being set in the worlds of the legal system. Great tension, but not overwhelming. Great characters that you want to root for!
May need to reread this!

#HeyJune Back in the day I read a TON of legal thrillers and John Grisham was my go to #paperbackwriter πŸ’™ I must have bought every book he wrote in the 80‘s and early 90‘s but I have no clue where they wentπŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈI won The Whistler from GoodReads last summer but it‘s still sitting on the TBR shelf πŸ˜• His first book, A Time To Kill is still one of my favorites.

#ReadingResolutions - Five Stack: So many different directions to take this prompt. Finally decided to go with a favorite author from back in the day when I had a thing for courtroom drama and legal thrillers.

There are a number of literary redheads i could have chosen, but I decided to go with something a little different. Octavia Spencer is a graduate of #Auburn University, and from her film debut in A Time to Kill to her Oscar winning turn in The Help she has leant her considerable talents to a number of film adaptations of great reads. Which is your fave?

#OutlandishGiveaway @JulesG

I gave this book a So-So because many things in it made me feel uncomfortable. All the sexism and racisim made me want to stop reading and most of the characters had atleast one really annoying aspect in them (they made stupid decisions or said idiotic things or just were generally annoying). But the book was well written and easy to read. The story progressed easily and the plot was interesting. πŸ“š

This is starting to get REALLY ANNOYING! This part when translated says:

"He wanted a beautiful wife who stayed at home, had children and didn't want to "wear the pants in the family". It was love at first sight." ?

Tough read for a feminist. ?

There is a lot of sexism in this book. Some I think are unintentional. The men in families order the women to be quiet, not to take part in family's money issues, to stop asking questions and to follow orders and so on. This is so annoying because the book itself is really interesting! It's just that there are no not-sexist male characters around!!!! 😠

Even though John Grisham is entertaining to read it is a pity how rarely he has strong female characters in his books. I know he has some stories that have a female lead or strong female personality otherwise but it's still sad how often he writes the women as wifes, steady girlfriends, grieving mothers or just victims.

John Grisham don't fail me now! Be something easy, fun and entertaining please! πŸ˜–

My incredible husband built me bookshelves for Christmas!! I‘m the luckiest! ❀️❀️❀️ #Books #bookworm #booknerd #reading #bookish #reader

#lookbackinanger
#septembowie

Racism, violence, rape, police violence, discrimination, prejudice, murder and ignorance... All of these books broke my heart πŸ’” and made me so angry that people were and still are treated this way!!!

Finished in one night. Sleep is overrated 😁
#bingereads #autumnreads @JoeStalksBeck @Tiffy_Reads

A Time To Kill published in 1989 and The Handmaid's Tale published in 1985... As far as I know these are the only #bookspublishedinthe1980's that I own...
#Junebookbugs

#setnearwhereyoulive
The setting of A Time To Kill is Clanton, Ms which actually does not exist... John Grisham is from Oxford, MS and Clanton is inspired by any small town in MS that has a square... such a great book about a horrible thing that still goes on today-racism 😑
#riotgrams

One of the few books in which I enjoyed the movie as much as the book. #bookintomovie #splasintosummerreads @Tiffy_Reads

Blinded with anger & certain the law will not be on his side, Carl Lee takes justice into his own hands, killing the white men who raped his 10-yr-old black daughter. Young Jake Brigance strives to keep his client from the gas chamber during a criminal trial that pits white against black & draws out the scuzziest members of the rural South. A compelling & cringeworthy read, filled with enough misogyny to last me a lifetime. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Then came Carla…She was a Dean's List scholar in liberal arts with no intention of ever doing more than teaching school for a few years. Her family had money, and her mother had never worked. This appealed to Jake – the family money and the absence of a career ambition. He wanted a wife who would stay home and stay beautiful and have babies and not try to wear the pants. It was love at first sight.

Well. πŸ™ƒ

Just started a re-read of this before I move on to Sycamore Row. I hadn't recalled how pervasive the racial language is. It's making it a difficult read quite apart from the subject matter.

This was my first John Grisham and I really enjoyed it! I never saw the movie so I'd like to watch that now and compare to the book. And since it's Easter, I took the picture with my Easter flowers!

Amazing. Couldn't put it down. I've always been a law and order fan. This is the original Law and Order- except with the twist of taking place in the Deep South.

I've been dragging this book around for 20 years and I've read it about once a year for that 20. For #recommendsday I say this is the best Grisham book available.

"A Time to Kill" was my first adult book. I was around 8 years old, when I started reading it. However... The last forty or fifty pages were torn out of it. Fun fact: Even though the pages were missing, I read what was there several times, over and over. Yep, it was that good. #FunFridayPhoto

For #funphotofriday, I'm sharing what is probably not exactly my #firstadultnovel but one of the first I can remember that's not VC Andrews. I was probably about 14 when I read it and while I always was drawn to these kinds of books, it set me on a path that I'm still on today (with slightly better taste. A little more variety, too). P.S. I realize this is a terrible picture.

Could not put this book down. His writing is so fluid and intriguing, you just want to keep reading.

Such an amazing book! I couldn't put it down.

Ready to spring break. Can't wait to see how many books I read! Starting it off with a page-turner. :)