My First Quarter 2011 Reading List

Since I found out that I had been accepted to study for a law degree, I decided to start reading more in preparation for September. I started a new reading list at the very start of the 2011 calendar year and have read thirteen books to date.

Some of my reads were chosen by my personal interest as an entertaining read, so my first four books were all written by my favourite author, John Grisham.

·         A Time To Kill

·         The Associate

·         The Street Lawyer

·         The Appeal

I read two non-law related books, one for entertainment as I enjoy reading crime fiction and medical thrillers, and the other for a bit of insight into body language because I would like to be able to understand people a little better.

·         The Surgeon – Tess Gerritsen

·         Reading People – Joe Navarro

Living and studying in The Netherlands means the inevitability of having to learn and master the Dutch language, so I have read through a selection of books to help me get to grasps with Dutch grammar and sentence structure.

·         Dutch Comprehensive Grammar – Bruce Donaldson

·         Dutch Essential Grammar – William Z. Shetter and Esther Ham

·         Teach Yourself Dutch Grammar – Gerdi Quist and Dennis Stirk

In preparation for starting my degree I have also purchased and read through a number of Law related books to try and grasp some of the more complex rules and scenarios in advance.

·         AS Level Law – Cavendish Lawcard Series

·         Common Law Theory – Douglas E. Edlin

·         Handy Law – David L. Hudson Jr.

·         The Law Machine – Marcel Berlins and Clare Dyer

Throughout the year I would like to read another five or so books from John Grisham, as well as a couple more from Tess Gerritsen, however I know that Law School will also require a lot of reading, so I’m not too sure if I will really want to read a lot in my free time.

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