The Bar Exam Is Easy by Kris Rivenburgh

I love getting emails like this.  Name is redacted but this is an email I got 51 minutes ago.
Hi Kris,
I don't know if you remember me, but my name's [NAME REDACTED] and you gave me some advice after I had read your book.  I contacted you shortly after failing attempt #4 feeling ready to give up. I wanted to drop you a line and say that I did end up passing...

I received an email today titled 24 days until the bar! and thought I'd share the contents (with permission) and my response to help other bar takers who find themselves in a similar situation.
[The entire email is in italics and is unedited except all identifying information has been removed.]...

Let me guess, you wasted a lot of time in the beginning and now there's less than a month left before the bar exam and you feel totally unprepared?
If this is you, take solace in the fact you're not alone.  It happens to a lot of bar takers twice a year....

Several months ago I received a message on The Bar Exam is Easy Facebook page.  Here is most of the message:
I have a week to go until the NY + NJ bars. I am awfully stressed at this point and happy to pay for advice although, before I did, i thought I would give you a sense of my predicament to make sure I'm not a totally lost cause:...