The Runaway Jury
by John Grisham | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0440221471 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0440221471 Global Overview for this book
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
I got this book from the Citizens for the Charles County Public Library, Inc. (C4CCPL) April Used-Book Bazaar. On the last day of the sale, Saturday 25 April, 2009 they had a sale where you could take home all of the books that you could pack into a paper bag for $1 per bag.
I managed to bring home 11 bags and one of those bags included this book. This book may be added to my already out of control pile of books that I want to read one day or I might just release it.
I managed to bring home 11 bags and one of those bags included this book. This book may be added to my already out of control pile of books that I want to read one day or I might just release it.
My comments from July 2007 - I have just finished reading a different copy of this book and here are some thoughts.
From the back cover (of the copy I read):
They are the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harrassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him....
He is known only as Juror #2. But he has a name, a past, and he has planned his every move with the help of a beautiful woman on the outside. Now, while a corporate empire hangs in the balance, while a grieving family waits, and while lawyers are plunged into a battle for their careers, the truth about Juror #2 is about to explode, in a cross fire of greed and corruption - and with justice fighting for its life....
Here are my comments about this book:
John Grisham continues to amaze me with stories that wildly complex and well thought out that are written in a plain, easy-to-read language. The stories quickly draw me in as I try to figure out what is going on and start to wonder where the story might go.
With this book I could quickly tell from the title that much of the book would be a behind the scenes tale of life in a jury room. I was amuzed by Nicholas, repulsed by Fitch, and intriqued by Marlee. The host of other jurors, lawyers and even the judge made for interesting reading as we get to know this complex group of people that are gathered together to decide what to do about a huge tobacco company that refuses to take responsibility for selling a potentially deadly product.
This book is well thought out and I am amazed at the complexity of the situation and the vast amount of planning and work it took to get to the point of the trial.
When Marlee starts trading stocks I had an inkling of what might happen in the last chapter but Grisham always manages to keep you guessing to the very end. The book could have turned out so many different ways and the reader never really knows where the tale will take us.
I'll continue to read Grisham and I hope that I am never disappointed and that future readers will enjoy this book as much as I have.
From the back cover (of the copy I read):
They are the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harrassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him....
He is known only as Juror #2. But he has a name, a past, and he has planned his every move with the help of a beautiful woman on the outside. Now, while a corporate empire hangs in the balance, while a grieving family waits, and while lawyers are plunged into a battle for their careers, the truth about Juror #2 is about to explode, in a cross fire of greed and corruption - and with justice fighting for its life....
Here are my comments about this book:
John Grisham continues to amaze me with stories that wildly complex and well thought out that are written in a plain, easy-to-read language. The stories quickly draw me in as I try to figure out what is going on and start to wonder where the story might go.
With this book I could quickly tell from the title that much of the book would be a behind the scenes tale of life in a jury room. I was amuzed by Nicholas, repulsed by Fitch, and intriqued by Marlee. The host of other jurors, lawyers and even the judge made for interesting reading as we get to know this complex group of people that are gathered together to decide what to do about a huge tobacco company that refuses to take responsibility for selling a potentially deadly product.
This book is well thought out and I am amazed at the complexity of the situation and the vast amount of planning and work it took to get to the point of the trial.
When Marlee starts trading stocks I had an inkling of what might happen in the last chapter but Grisham always manages to keep you guessing to the very end. The book could have turned out so many different ways and the reader never really knows where the tale will take us.
I'll continue to read Grisham and I hope that I am never disappointed and that future readers will enjoy this book as much as I have.
This book was released for the 2009 Movie/TV Books Release Challenge from the release challenge forum.
This is release #101 for this challenge.
This is release #101 for this challenge.
This book was released for the 2009 Sapphire Challenge from the release challenges forum.
The idea of this challenge is to release books with a primarily blue cover to celebrate the September birthstone the Sapphire.
This is release #10 for this challenge.
The idea of this challenge is to release books with a primarily blue cover to celebrate the September birthstone the Sapphire.
This is release #10 for this challenge.
This book is being counted for the 2009 Track Your Challenge Releases from the release challenge forum. This book is being released for one or more other challenges.
This is release #929 for the year that qualifies for this challenge.
This is release #929 for the year that qualifies for this challenge.
Journal Entry 6 by crrcookie at National Book Festival in -- Not a city (geographical features, etc), District of Columbia USA on Monday, September 28, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (9/26/2009 UTC) at National Book Festival in -- Not a city (geographical features, etc), District of Columbia USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
This author is scheduled to appear at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. I am specifically releasing this book today in hopes that a fan of this author has come to the book festival and will find this book and be intrigued about the book and BookCrossing. Alternately this book may find someone who does not know this author already and it is my hope that the finder will enjoy this book and this author will find yet another fan.
The Library of Congress Celebrates the Joy of Reading
The 2009 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th streets from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.
I attended this event with a yellow wagon full of books and was able to give them all away to people that wanted them. A success in my book!
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You have found a very special book! This book was left on purpose because it needs to find a new reader. You can help this book travel on by passing it to a friend or leaving it "in the wild" when you are done with it. It doesn't have to travel far or soon. Feel free to enjoy it for as long as you like.
You may always make a journal entry without joining the website but if you do decide to join please use the screenname crrcookie or any other previous journaler of this book as the referring member.
Have a great day and Happy BookCrossing!!!
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This author is scheduled to appear at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. I am specifically releasing this book today in hopes that a fan of this author has come to the book festival and will find this book and be intrigued about the book and BookCrossing. Alternately this book may find someone who does not know this author already and it is my hope that the finder will enjoy this book and this author will find yet another fan.
The 2009 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 7th and 14th streets from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.
I attended this event with a yellow wagon full of books and was able to give them all away to people that wanted them. A success in my book!
You have found a very special book! This book was left on purpose because it needs to find a new reader. You can help this book travel on by passing it to a friend or leaving it "in the wild" when you are done with it. It doesn't have to travel far or soon. Feel free to enjoy it for as long as you like.
You may always make a journal entry without joining the website but if you do decide to join please use the screenname crrcookie or any other previous journaler of this book as the referring member.
Have a great day and Happy BookCrossing!!!
