Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult has become one of my favorite authors. Her books usually focus on ethical issues. Like with My Sister's Keeper , which is also a movie. This book is about having a child for the purpose of being a donor for an ill sibling. And this particular book will make laugh, cry, then laugh again, then cry again. The ending to this particular book throws you for a loop in the sense that when you finish it, you throw the book against the wall and start cussing because you weren't expecting that kind of ending.

The only book of Picoult's I don't like is Songs of the Humpback Whale. That one is hard to follow. Otherwise she is a very talented writer and I look forward to more books from her.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

This book has become one of my favorites. It is an autobiography. Jeannette Walls is an Ivy League graduate and a reporter for a NYC newspaper. She didn't have a conventional upbringing and her adult years her parents chose to be homeless. It really is just an amazing story. Walls has a new book, a fictional story loosely based on her grandmother, called Half-Broke Horses. I'm very anxious to read it!

The Lovely Bones

This book will soon be at a theater near you. It is the story of a young teen who was murdered by her neighbor. She watches her family, friends, and even her murderer from "her" heaven as they cope and try to move forward. The first couple of chapters are intense because Susie retells the details of her death. The story as a whole is an interesting concept. All in all, this book is a good read.