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The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief | John Grisham
When the Supreme Court's most liberal and most conservative justices are gunned down, law student Darby Shaw builds a case against a powerful suspect, whose threats send her underground. By the author of The Firm. 250,000 first printing. $500,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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TheSpineView
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#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Edge of Darkness

If you saw the movie and liked, you will love the book. 10 times better. This is my favorite Grisham book.

Klou Brilliant!! Great choice!! 3y
TheSpineView @Klou 🤩📖📚 3y
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CaitlinByTheBook
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Mehso-so

Finished The Pelican Brief recently. Enjoyed it, but didn‘t think it was as great as some of my friends did. I think it‘s just too dated and unrealistic for me to have liked it as much as they remembered. Overall 3⭐️

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Eggs
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🌺 A black cat named Obiwan

🌺 the heater, my bed and quilts, waking up

#thankfulthursday @Cosmos_Moon

Cosmos_Moon_River Obiwan! I love it 😻 4y
Eggs 😽😸 @Cosmos_Moon 4y
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dainarmb
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Not the most PC novel, but it's been on my shelf for ages and like a lot of mysteries, it follows a slew of different characters. Soooo gonna be using it for a book with multiple POVs 🤷🏽‍♀️
P.S. Yes, those are Mickey Mouse PJ pants. No shame 😅

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Jennaree3
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Ok, Grisham, let‘s see what all the hype is about

MicrobeMom I really enjoyed that book. 4y
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robinb
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Thanks for the tag @Jerdencon . Also thanks for reminding me of John Grisham! 🤣

1. Deadwood
2. Slightly cooler temps! 👏👏👏

#ThankfulThursday
@Cosmos_Moon

@eanderson @BookishBelle @ncsufoxes Have you played?

Cosmos_Moon_River Yes! I can‘t wait to get some cooler weather! 4y
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kiks
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Ready with my #bookspin shelf for june! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4y
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MrBook
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At a cafe...

Me: *reading John Grisham‘s “The Pelican Brief”*

Person by me: *looks over* Whoa! That‘s an old book!

Me: *looks up the copyright, which is 1992* *looks over the person, who appears to be a guy in his 30s* What‘s that make you? Ancient?

Person: Uhhh....

Me: 🙂

Lcsmcat 😀 5y
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MrBook
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#BookNBrunch! Accompaniment earlier this very wet and gray afternoon was: a corned beef omelette with smoked cheddar, bacon, cinnamon-sugar toast, and hot tea. MMMmmm 😋! Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Looks yummy 😋 5y
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MrBook
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#BookNDinner! #Thai Edition! Accompaniment this frigid, calm evening: beef pad thai with a side of peanut sauce, and Thai iced tea. MMMmmm 😋! Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻

MicrobeMom Good choice of book! 5y
Crewgurl I love Thai iced tea!!!! 5y
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MrBook
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#BookNDinner! #TexasRoadhouse Edition! Accompaniment this cold and overcast evening: Fort Worth ribeye medium with sautéed mushrooms, loaded baked potato without the sour cream, garden salad with ranch, rolls, and Yuengling. MMMmmm ?! Happy reads & happy eats! ???

LauraJ Yum! 5y
Sleepswithbooks This looks amazing!!! 5y
CoffeeAndABook Wow looks scrumptious!! Enjoy 😁 5y
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Crazeedi I could eat dinner with you every night!😉❤ 5y
Nikki_E Yum 5y
Alora Mmmm looks delicious!! Enjoy! 5y
TheSpineView Yummy! 5y
Panic70 Great pairing of book and dinner. 5y
MrBook @Crazeedi , always welcome ☺️🤗. I‘d love to eat with Littens every meal! 5y
veritysalter I‘m hungry now 😋 Happy reading 📖 5y
maich 😋😋😋 5y
Crazeedi @MrBook you always make me hungry, so enjoy those yummy meals!! 5y
TheBookHippie Yum. Perfect book! 5y
Kimberlone I always get the loaded baked potato at Texas Roadhouse! 5y
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MrBook
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#BookNDinner! Accompaniment this frigid and snow-filled night was: my stir-fry in olive oil with broccoli, carrots, green beans, mushrooms, chicken fajita strips, chopped garlic; cucumbers, tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan, walnuts, sunflower seeds, spices; and sparkling mineral water. MMMmmm 😋! This has been another presentation of: #MrBookKitchen. Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻

Background 🎶: Spotify‘s “Instrumental Background” playlist

TheSpineView 👍 5y
Alora This looks delicious! 😍 5y
Teresereading That‘s an oldie 😉 5y
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BethM
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Ok so this is a very old article but I was totally unaware of this. What. The. Hell. https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/john-grisham-child-...

Literary_Siren The f^#*?? 5y
Chrissyreadit I had no idea! 5y
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Butterfinger Let's say they are not, they are still exploiting children which is still awful and should be condemned to the highest extreme. 5y
Lauram Maybe, but it‘s still illegal. Thanks for sharing. 5y
Jas16 I have no words... 5y
EKonrad Seriously?! What an idiot. 5y
BethM @Butterfinger @Lauram I work in criminal justice and have worked with sex offenders and had access to polygraphs- there‘s almost no instance of them not being sexually attracted to minors and the large majority have unreported hands on offenses so I can‘t even give his viewpoint the benefit of the doubt. 5y
Butterfinger @BethM I'm 100% with you. You misunderstood me. 5y
Avanders 😨😡 5y
BethM @Butterfinger I knew what you were saying :) it just frustrates me when educated men like him run their mouths about something they haven‘t bothered to research! 5y
Butterfinger @BethM I know what you mean. You see it much more than I. My thoughts are with you. 5y
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Blaire
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Grisham is always good for a page-turner. Darby Shaw, a Tulane law student, teams up with a Washington post reporter to get to the bottom of 2 assassinations. Lots of intrigue, spying, and chases. Perfect winter break read. #40thbdaychallenge #1993.

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Cinfhen
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#Marchintothe70s I‘m pretty sure I spent most of the 90s reading everything by John Grisham. This story set in the #BlueBayou opens with the shocking double murder of two Supreme Court Justices. Darby Shaw, a law school student writes a brief believing that the assassinations were committed on behalf of an oil tycoon who seeks to drill on Louisiana marshland making these deaths an environmental issue not political. Intrigue & espionage ensue.

Cathythoughts I don‘t think I‘ve ever read him. Would one of his do for #politicalIntrigue ? 6y
RachelAmphlett One of my favourites of his - they didn‘t do such a bad job with the film, either 6y
Sungirl79 I spent the 90‘s the same way. They are so good! 6y
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Cinfhen Yes @Cathythoughts ABSOLUTELY ‼️ 6y
Cinfhen At some point they started getting a bit formulated @RachelAmphlett @Sungirl79 but in the early days, Grisham was the best 💚😊❗️ 6y
Sungirl79 @Cinfhen Yes I totally agree 6y
TrishB I gave up on them too! 6y
Andrew65 I loved a lot of his writing pre 2000 but around that time the quality deteriorated with the odd exception. @Cinfhen @TrishB @Sungirl79 @RachelAmphlett @Cathythoughts (edited) 6y
Bklover I remember this one- I used to read him regularly. I think @Andrew65 is correct. As regularly as I used to read him (90‘s) I no longer even check out his new book descriptions. 6y
Cinfhen I think it became same old same old and his books lacked originality @Bklover @Andrew65 @TrishB I won 2 of his newer books from a GoodReads Giveaway and I still haven‘t read them 😬🤫🤭 6y
jpmcwisemorgan I‘ve not read Pelican Brief but I really like the movie. 6y
gradcat @Cinfhen Ditto moi! I thought he was the absolute greatest...loved 6y
gradcat Oh, and, what about Cli-Fi? 6y
RachelAmphlett @Cinfhen they did, didn‘t they? Loved the early stuff though - probably up to The Rainmaker 6y
Lizpixie One of my favourite Grisham‘s. I much prefer the book to the movie, this and A Time To Kill are his best.💙 6y
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Martta
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All my John Grisham books. 😊

CouronneDhiver 👍🏽❤️ 6y
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emilycoc
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Pickpick

I love Grisham's early books. All fast-paced reads and (mostly) easy for a layperson to understand the legal jargon. Also, Darby is a wonderfully strong female character, which only adds to my enjoyment.

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emilycoc
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Sunny day deck reading.

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emilycoc
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My next read is a book I know I'll keep - I know I prefer the older books of John Grisham's to the newer ones, but that won't stop me from rereading them all. 🙂

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LitsyOwl
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John Grisham always delivers. I‘ve seen the movie, just never read the book until now. Just another awesome book that is so much better than the movie.

Bklover I don‘t read all of Grisham‘s books, but I read that one and really enjoyed it! 7y
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litznbooks
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Not a Black Friday haul but seems my regular weekend book haul. Gah, I really need to learn self restraint.😅 #buyingbanfailed #prelovedbooks #bookhaul #tbrpile

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Eggs
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A best selling book of 1992 - 25 years ago!
#25
#novemberbythenumbers

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Rachbb3
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Popular books that came out the year that I was on the #edgeofseventeen (1992)

#maybookflowers

Cinfhen Good year for books!!! 8y
minkyb Good interpretation! 8y
Lmstraubie I like your take on this! 8y
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cherinium She's Come Undone is one of my favorites! And I was also at #theedgeofseventeen in 1992. 🤗 8y
Rachbb3 @cherinium Nice! Were you class of '93? 8y
cherinium Sure was! 8y
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LibrarianRyan
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You would think working for a political library I would know more political fiction. #photodaynov16 #political fiction

Suzze Love the picture! 8y
bookishkai My forever favorite Grisham book! 8y
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queerbookreader
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I think this is one of the only #politicalfiction books I've read, idk. Anyways, I liked it a lot!! Only Grisham book I've read but I'm glad it was this one.

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bookishkai
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#tbt to an unexpected find in a hotel gift shop that made 27 hours on a train bearable. In 1993, I went to Disney World with my high school band. On the train. That should tell you all you need to know. But I had read all my books on the train down, so I needed something to occupy my time on the trip home. I pulled this off a display the morning we left, and I was immediately engrossed in politics and journalism and law. Still my favorite Grisham.

Megabooks Great story! 8y
JPrecht That was my first Grisham as well, and I read it on a choir tour (so many hours in a bus)! What a great read! 8y
Dragon I enjoyed the book and watched the movie on tv not too long ago 8y
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LauraBrook This was my second Grisham but I remember being Obsessed with his writing for awhile. (The Firm was my first.) 8y
jpmcwisemorgan I've not read the book but the movie is one of my favorites. I like the intrigue and conspiracy aspects, but then I think a lot of environmental damage is the result of conspiracies. I'm weird like that. 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag It'd take at least 20 hours on a plane for me to get to Disneyland 🙃 (worth it tho) 8y
[DELETED] 2232195534 Like @LauraBrook this was my second Grisham book, after reading The Firm. Loved it!! Need to do a reread. Liked the movie pretty well too. Very suspenseful. 8y
readinginthedark I went with my band, too! But on buses--horrible. Pretty sure I was reading Laurie Halse Anderson! 8y
LauraLeah I think this is my favorite Grisham book and movie. 8y
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LinaLovesLit
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John Grisham never disappoints. He somehow makes the south likable, even to someone is who no big fan of slow southern drawls and fried pickles. His stories are intriguing and encapsulating. You really can't go wrong with one of his books.