Ford Country Book Review

John Grisham's book Ford County intrigued me to find another book of his and read it.

John Grisham's writing style of this book is very good. The way that he wrote this book lets me be able to read the book and fully understand what he is trying to say. The way that the book is written almost makes me feel as if I am tagging along in the story. I feel like I am right in the middle of the story watching things unfold. In the story Fish Flies the lawyer has a huge secret to keep and when he talks to Odell about the settlement they have a one-on-one talk. When that scene is unfolding I feel like I am hiding behind something spying on what they are saying. I hear every word but they still don't know that I am listening.

Overall I think that one theme of this book would be to do what is right when the time is needed. In the story Blood Drive the three guys make a trip to memphis to give blood to a friend that has had an accident. They end up having a bit too much fun on the trip and something happens. They were headed to Memphis to do the right thing but on the way there they just get side tracked. They lose sight of what their journey is actually for. They end up upsetting many. I have learned from that to "keep my eye on the prize."

I can make connection to this book in a few ways. In the story Blood Drive they three guys that make the trip to Memphis reminds me of a few people that I know. They want to do what is right and sometimes they get set on the right path, but what almost always happens is they fall into traps that can bring them all the way down to rock bottom. In the story Fish Flies Mack Stafford is barely making ends meet. He is barely making money. In the world today, many people are not making the ends meet. They don't make enough money to pay for the bills that they have racked up. It is a struggling time.

I would recommend this book to people who get lost in longer books. This book is fairly long but has multiple short stories in it. They keep me interested in the book.

This book has 308 pages and is worth two books.

Hoot Book Review

Carl Hiaasen's book, Hoot, intrigues me to stop and think about my actions.

A theme of Hoot would be that before taking actions, think about the effects caused by what you are doing my cause. In the book a pancake place is trying to open a new store on the site where endangered burrowing owls are nesting. A kid that calls himself Mullet Fingers is not okay with this. He keeps vandalizing their property to try and discourage them from opening the resturaunt.

The scene of this book is set at the pancake house construction site. The site is where the burrowing owls are nesting. The entire book is based on this site because if the pancake house were to build on another site it would solve all of the problems. Mullett Fingers is very concerned about the owls. They are endangered and he does not want to let any of them die if they do not have to. Roy is not too happy about it either after Mullett Fingers tells him about the situation. They vandalize the property there trying to persuade them from building there.

I can compare to this book because I have heard about a story about investors wanting to build a shopping center in a swamp. Building the shopping center in that location would include filling in land to build it up. That would result in the runoff water and other dranage nowhere to go. Places would flood more if this was built. There is a lot of contraversy about building this shopping center in this location because of all of that.

I recomend this book to the younger generations. It is a very easy book to read. This book also teaches a lesson about thinking before you act. It is a great book for kids to read.

This book has 292 pages and is worth 2 books.