so-soI like Grisham novels and this one is different for him. Set on an island, Mercer is given the chance to “spy” in order to help find the stolen manuscripts of F Scott Fitzgerald. Good easy read on a beach and the references of classic books is fun. The ending to me seemed rushed and the epilogue…🤔. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ but I may pick up the other two at the library if I need an easy read.
pick𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨
After a conversation with his wife about stolen books & manuscripts, bookstores, & booksellers, bestselling author 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦 penned 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. Featuring an eccentric Florida bookseller who wears seersucker suits & has dalliances with visiting authors, it's another fast-paced, entertaining, & inventive tale with an eclectic cast of fascinating characters, including not-so-bright crooks. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This one has my adrenaline pumping already🥵
pickBelieve it or not, this was my very first John Grisham.
My dad thought I would like it, so I gave it a listen and he was right!
I enjoyed all the bookish references and think I would love living on Camino Island 😄
pickJohn Grisham ventures into a different style of legal thriller with Camino Island. I loved the dreamy setting of Camino Island with the ease of coastal living, the lifestyle of the writers, and frequent dinner parties. All of the characters were likable, even the ones with an element of suspicion lurking throughout the story.
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pickI listened to this book. I enjoyed it and all the characters. I even laughed out loud a few times.
The rare manuscript of the Great Gatsby is stolen from Princton's library. A hunt is on for it. The question is can it be found before it goes underground forever.
I recommend this one.
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pickOkay, this is a weird book. It‘s written in an odd, stilted, very straightforward fashion of simply relating a sequence of events. Almost as if it‘s a true crime story. There‘s zero character development, no nice prose; it‘s almost reporting. The story is silly, but I liked reading it despite all of this. It‘s set mainly on an island and revolves around a bookseller, writers, stolen manuscripts, rare books. It was fun, if flawed and odd.
pickGrisham turns his hand to the illegal trade in rare book. This was the easy summer romp I wanted it to be, and the book theme tickled me too.
pickI had not read anything by John Grisham in years. This one caught my interest because it‘s about books, stolen manuscripts, book theft…all things books. I did quite enjoy it and will most likely read the next book.
This was recommended to me by a patron who knows I love Fitzgerald, so I thought it was finally time to give it a shot. (And y‘all: the Library Pile is FINALLY DOWN TO SINGLE-DIGITS. 😍🙌🏻) #caminoisland #johngrisham
pickThis was not a typical John Grisham book but I really liked it. It was about books and authors so that made it especially good. It centers on a bookstore owner in a resort town who deals with rare books. A young woman with ties to the town goes undercover to try to track down some rare books that have been stolen from a Princeton University library and are believed to be within his literary circle. The story really held my interest.
so-soAudiobook. This was okay, and not my favorite Grisham. The concept was a good one but I didn‘t t care for the resolution; it almost seemed like the author just wanted it to end. I also didn‘t love the voice for the female narrator; she sounded too chipper for the character.
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Best-selling author John Grisham stirs up trouble in paradise in his endlessly surprising new thriller.
Priceless F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts stolen in a daring heist; a young woman recruited to recover them, and a beach-resort bookseller who gets more than he bargained for – all in one long summer on Camino Island.
pickA fun, fast-paced read with a little bit of everything I like: warm weather, book stores, quirky side characters, mystery, and books...lots of books! 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My mom recommended this read yesterday, so I‘m bumping it to my next selection. I like that it‘s starting on “home territory” - document heist on the Princeton University campus. (Princeton is about 40 mins from me.)
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pickThis was a really fun audio listen. I love January Lavoy‘s narration🙌🏻I thought the story was plausible and it was nice to re-visit with Grisham. I haven‘t read a book by him in awhile. I think I had higher expectations, was hoping for a more exciting surprise ending ,so dropping from 4 to 3.5 stars. Still a pick and looking forward to reading book 2, Camino Winds😊
I‘m really enjoying this story SO MUCH!! It‘s not a legal thriller but a literal literary thriller 🤓Stolen original Fitzgerald manuscripts, shady antiquity dealers, rare book dealers, writers and a pretty southern girl. This is my favorite type of #BrainCandy 🍭🍬🍭🍬
Sometimes all a girl needs is a good Grisham ~ Im really enjoying this one💜
Sometimes I can‘t read scary things at night, so instead of finishing up The Southern Book Club‘s Guide to Slaying Vampires, I‘ve decided to start Camino Island instead. I just watched John Grisham and Stephen King in Conversation at https://youtu.be/-xXj3jcRWs4 and really enjoyed it. It put me in the mood to forgive Grisham for Rooster Bar. He has a sequel to Camino Island coming out so I thought I‘d read CI first.
pickThis book was gifted to me and it was a great choice! It‘s only my second John Grisham that I‘ve read and I probably would not have found it on my own. It was a fun and exciting read with so many literary topics mixed in that I really enjoyed it. And I didn‘t predict the ending! #emmieandbooks #catsandbooks
Lunch time reading! Just started this one last night and I am intrigued so far.
pickThis is my favorite non-legal Grisham novel. It takes place on Camino Island, FL (based loosely on Amelia Island). Five original F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts are stolen. In an an effort to retrieve them, a young writer with a history on the island is recruited to cozy up to a rare books dealer believed to be in possession of the manuscripts, but she starts to like the guy and the writing community on the island.
I didn't want to put it down.
pickThis book has renewed my interest in smaller privately owned bookstores. I need to travel around AR to a few!!
pickGrisham departs from his legal thriller in this book and I was not to sure how I felt about it. The first part of the book is fast paced and thrilling, while the second part of the book is slow and meandering. It still kept my interest as I really wanted to know what happened. Overall a good read but not a great one of you are looking for a legal thriller.
pickThis was a fun listen! I don‘t think I would have liked it as much if I read it instead of listening due to all the technical aspects of the case in the beginning and the end of the book. Not one I‘d usually pick but it was definitely enjoyable and ended satisfactorily.
Completely ridiculous story, but it works as brain candy when you‘re in a hotel room with three other people and your only reading option is the Libby app. I picked it because it‘s about a stolen Gatsby manuscript, and I love Gatsby.
pickI really liked this book a lot. I haven‘t read much of John Grisham‘s books before and decided to give this one a try and ended up enjoying it a lot. It was a good story about stolen books and some of my favorite authors - Hemingway and Fitzgerald and little facts about them and the book industry. It had suspense and was very entertaining.
pickA great fun audiobook. And the house is clean! 4⭐️ it‘s Grisham.
panWhat started as a fun rare book heist turned into a strangely waffling story with an obnoxious middle-aged man inexplicably attractive to a struggling young author who has accepted money to keep an ear out for information on his involvement with the stolen goods. The resolution doesn't make any sense (see spoiler below) and just reinforces the fact that his charm is all tell and absolutely zero show (author insert?)
Mr. Grisham, why are you ruining my heist and spy story by making your main character act like a creep? Staaaaaaaaahhhhhhhp
My Dad said to me: I saw a Grisham book that involved a book heist of F Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts.
Readers, I purchased it...
so-soQuick read, decent page turning story- not enough character development though for my tastes.
pickA very light and easy read, but really enjoyable. It is a clever plot with lovely settings and relatable characters. A very clever ending too!
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