Camino Island by John Grisham
It’s thanks to Molly the helpful and smart librarian at North Berkeley (she was just doing her job) for suggesting and calling in seven copies of Camino Island+ gratitude also to Sylvia who filled me in & gave me the scoop on how to get the books for all of us to share and pass around.
Camino Island was a novel based on the author’s own experience in the beach community of Amelia Island, Florida, where he has a vacation home. So the setting was great for all of us sitting in winter weather here in West Virginia. A beach read for us in the winter. Mr Grisham heard a story about rare books so he combined these 2 ideas to write CAMINO ISLAND. I have also read CAMINO WINDS & CAMONO GHOSTS also excellent!
I felt also that John Grisham was promoting the selling and use of reading a real book ( yes I see all of you with your I-pads & Paper Whites e readers) He created a space w/ main character Bruce Cable’s Bay Books bookstore, giving authors a place to sell books & be themselves. Constantly talking about books! the beautiful young Mercer Mann, a woman who infiltrated the possibility into the stolen priceless F Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts was certainly a way to keep us reading. Hmmmm, are they in the basement of this bookstore or back in NJ ?!
Overall review: This real honest to God book in my hands was a fine choice for not knowing a thing about this story and then being pretty damn good.
Thanks ladies again it’s always great to host you all- now in 2026 for an Irish party and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day -seeing all of you fine ladies wearing green sitting around my table, it brings a sentimental tear to my fine eye! It is always fun chatting and hanging out together and you know we just have to keep it up. Slainte!
Love y’all
Alice.
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