Book Club Reviews Archives » Alameda County Bar Association Promoting Excellence - Seeking Justice Mon, 08 Apr 2019 21:34:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.acbanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-ACBA-favicon-1-32x32.png Book Club Reviews Archives » Alameda County Bar Association 32 32 ACBA Book Review: If Beale Street Could Talk https://www.acbanet.org/2019/04/10/acba-book-review-if-beale-street-could-talk/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:31:19 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=13624 Every month, a group of ACBA members gathers to discuss this month’s reading selection.  We alternate between fiction and non-fiction, and try to choose books that have at least something to do with the law.  We really do talk about the books – also, of course, we drink wine, eat cookies, and get to know […]

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]]> ACBA Book Review: Scorpions https://www.acbanet.org/2019/04/08/acba-book-review-scorpions/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 21:29:41 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=13622 Every month, a group of ACBA members gathers to discuss this month’s reading selection.  We alternate between fiction and non-fiction, and try to choose books that have at least something to do with the law.  We really do talk about the books – also, of course, we drink wine, eat cookies, and get to know […]

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]]> ACBA Book Review: Salvage the Bones https://www.acbanet.org/2019/02/06/acba-book-review-salvage-the-bones/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:46:54 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=13262 Every month, a group of ACBA members gathers to discuss this month’s reading selection.  We alternate between fiction and non-fiction, and try to choose books that have at least something to do with the law.  We really do talk about the books – also, of course, we drink wine, eat cookies, and get to know […]

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]]> Review: American Heiress https://www.acbanet.org/2019/01/08/review-american-heiress/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:49:28 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=13025 ACBA Book Club Review: American Heiress Every month, a group of ACBA members gathers to discuss this month’s reading selection.  We alternate between fiction and non-fiction, and try to choose books that have at least something to do with the law.  We really do talk about the books – also, of course, we drink wine, […]

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]]> ACBA Book Club Review: Bleak House https://www.acbanet.org/2018/12/08/acba-book-club-review-bleak-house-2/ Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:22:37 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=12929 ACBA Book Club Review Bleak House by Charles Dickens:   Written in the 1850’s, this is a fascinating novel about the dark side of the law, at least in those times.  The book is unwieldy at almost 1000 pages (except for those with editions printed on tissue paper), and can be hard to get into at […]

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]]> ACBA Book Club Review: Bleak House https://www.acbanet.org/2018/12/05/acba-book-club-review-bleak-house/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 23:41:38 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=12923 ACBA Book Club Review Bleak House by Charles Dickens:   Written in the 1850’s, this is a fascinating novel about the dark side of the law, at least in those times.  The book is unwieldy at almost 1000 pages (except for those with editions printed on tissue paper), and can be hard to get into at […]

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]]> ACBA Book Club Review: Evicted https://www.acbanet.org/2018/10/29/acba-book-club-review-evicted/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:23:48 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=12552 Evicted, by Matthew Desmond The subtitle of this book, “Poverty and Profit in the American City,” doesn’t fully capture the scope of this book.  The book follows a series of low income tenants and their landlords in Milwaukee, and the stories that bring them together, and bring them into conflict.  Because it is a narrative […]

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]]> ACBA Book Club Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God https://www.acbanet.org/2018/10/17/acba-book-club-review-their-eyes-were-watching-god/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:20:40 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=12550 Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston Many of us read this book in high school, and when we found it on an ABA listing of great law-related books, jumped at the chance to read it again.  Beautifully written and highly evocative, we loved it again, and caught many things we have a […]

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]]> ACBA Book Review: The 57 Bus https://www.acbanet.org/2018/10/03/acba-book-review-the-57-bus/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 22:18:10 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=12548 The 57 Bus, by Dashka Slater This riveting and extremely readable book is about a high-profile juvenile delinquency case that took place in Alameda County about 5 years ago.  Two teenagers from very different worlds – one with a challenging home life and circumstances, the other a gender non-binary child of some privilege – are […]

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]]> ACBA Book Club Review: Just Mercy https://www.acbanet.org/2018/10/02/acba-book-club-review-just-mercy/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 19:18:38 +0000 https://alamedacountyb.wpengine.com/?p=12798 Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson This amazing book about the author’s work with death row inmates, particularly in the deep South, is both inspiring and depressing.  Far from being a dry discussion of cases or sociological issues, his stories of clients and their problems, and the ingrained racism that permeates the justice system, is highly […]

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