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Tag: The Racketeer

The Racketeer – John Grisham

On June 26, 2017June 14, 2017 By bookskepticIn Reviews11 Comments

I read this after finishing the awful A Family Affair, because I needed something light, but not stupid or horrible and I remembered Grisham from my early twenties to be dependable in that respect. It was the same this time, while it's not the best Grisham I've read, it was still readable (and didn't include any …

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On June 1, 2017October 14, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts2 Comments

May is gone, no idea how that happened, because my mind still firmly believes we're somewhere in March. It got warmer and it got sunnier and I appreciate it, but my brain is clearly in denial, maybe because I really do feel I should start exercising again and cannot use short days as an excuse …

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