The Associate

The Associate
by: John Grisham

This does read somewhat like The Firm; which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I liked The Firm.

There is a guy, at the end of law school. He gets blackmailed to spy. The usual Grisham stuff ensues.

The very beginning was good; the story got too tense; I didn't like the subject matter; didn't know if I could keep on, so I read the end!
Yes, i did, and I am glad. It helped me to feel better, understand, I kept reading and really enjoyed the book. Kerry is so against reading the end of books (at the beginning of your reading), but I really don't like the tension. I like to fast forward in the tense part of movies.

If you are a Grisham fan, you will like this book.

The Sleeping Beauty Proposal

The Sleeping Beauty Proposal
by: Sarah Strohmeyer

I didn't enjoy this book as much as my last Sarah Strohmeyer.
This one was readable, ok.

This 36 year old woman has had the same boyfriend for 4 years. Desperately wants to marry him. He proposes on National TV! But the proposal is for someone else. He has been cheating on her.

She chooses to pretend to everyone that she really is engaged. It drives her ex crazy. It is a funny (kind of) premise.

The Cinderella Pact

The Cinderella Pact
by: Sarah Strohmeyer

I found this book to be funny and refreshing. I knew nothing about this author, so I was pleasantly surprised.

It is about 3 girl friends, all over weight. They all decide to really lose the weight and they all do it in a different way. It is written with a lot of humor and reality. The main character is also a writer for a magazine and feels discriminated against until she "applies" for a job as someone else and gets that job also. She ends up being her own editor of her made up job applicant.

Easy, light, entertaining read.

Band of Brothers

I had to read this book for a technology leadership class. I had to pick 2 out of a list of 10 or so, and this looked interesting. HBO also has a series of about 7 episodes that I have heard are very good of this movie.

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. It gave me a good appreciation for what soldiers went through in World War II to keep the world safe, and I got the feeling that the author worked really hard to get all the details as accurate as possible. It comes highly recommended.

My suggestion is to read the first couple pages or so. If you don't like it, then you probably won't like the rest of the book. His style of writing stays pretty same through the whole thing.