With all due respect to people making their living writing children's books, there are just some books that are unbearable to sit and read with your children. The book Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? by Dr. Seuss is thankfully not one of them.
When is a child's book a great gift for an adult? When that book has fantastic illustrations and a wonderful story of loving friendship. At least, that's what I was thinking when I gave A Snowman Named Just Bob by Mark Kimball Moulton to my wife Jill as a Christmas gift several years ago.
I get a lot of reading referrals from my father-in-law Bud, and since he is very interested in law there should be no surprise that John Grisham is a common author in our discussions. Grisham is a lawyer's writer, and a practicing lawyer himself, but in his book Bleachers being a lawyer isn't enough to get you noticed in the small town of Messina. You have to play football, and play it well.
Let me be honest: I've never done a book review before. And I don't even know what a book review from Kevin Jordan would mean to anyone -- perhaps it would be used as anti-advice to some. Which is okay. I think. Regardless, I've been in need of a way of keeping track of my thoughts about the books I read so that I can remember which ones are worth another read and which are not. So, if you want to know where The King of Torts by John Grisham lies on that scale, read on.
