Remember Me? By: Sophie Kinsella

Book #3 of 2011 and #3 for January.  #3 was Remember Me?  By: Sophie Kinsella.  January has been a great month of reading.  This book was a could not put down. Can you imagin waking up one morning to find out you have forgotten the last 3 years of your life?  Well in this page turner Lexi does just that.  Through out the book she is struggling to find out who she was and what she finds she may not like.  Waking up thinking your single and poor to find out you have gotten married and became rich.  Yes Lexi does this.  You must read it to find out what all she finds out about herslef and who she had become in 3 short years.

The Pact ( A Love Story)- By: Jodi Picoult

The Pact ( A Love Story) By Jodi Picoult was my 2nd book of 2011 and my 2nd Book for January.  I finished this one in 2 days also.  It was a great read and leaves me wanting more of Jodi's writing.

 Jodi Picoult opens THE PACT with a bang, whose reverbrations are felt throughout the entire book. One could easily acquire whiplash of the fingertips, reading at a steady pace to try to discover what was behind the so-called pact that Chris & Emily made. Emily is dead, so only Chris can answer that, & why is he so reluctant to tell the true story?

How many of us have experienced a love such as the one these youngsters share, & why would they choose to end it rather than continue sharing it? Growing up in comfortable middle class families, Chris & Emily have been together literally since birth, & as is pointed out, have lived almost as Siamese twins until they matured enough to begin dating. The dead Emily is almost deified by her family, but who knew what really went on in her sensitive, artistic mind? The live but physically & emotionally wounded survivor, Chris, is suspect. Charged with Emily's murder, he is instructed by his hot-shot lawyer to tell no one the 'truth', not even him.
By examining numerous moral issues - truth, honesty, the law, the sanctity of marriage, abortion, the gifts of life & death - to list a few, Picoult gives us enough fuel to feed a literary discussion for years. There are never tidy answers for the questions these topics raise - only more questions, opinions, & no one is ever 'right' or 'wrong'. One thing is certain: the thoroughly stimulated reader will not put this book down without knowing its characters very well, or having some opinions of his own.
Will "the truth set him free"? Or is he telling the truth?  You will just have to read it to find out.

January 2011

Change Of Heart By: Jodi Picoult

   January Reading 
This was my first book for 2011.   It was picked to be our book club book of the month and I finished it in 2 days.  It is a heart warming story of faith, love, grief and a multitude of emotions.  Jodi couldn't have done better if she tried.  If you are emotional person like me you will tissue off and on through out the book.  Your main characters are June, A grief stricken Widow and mother who has a life of lose of love and heartache.  Michael, starting out as a Math manager in college turns Priest after serving on the jury on a death penalty case.  Lucius, A gay prison inmate that is severing life for killing his partner for cheating on him.  Maggie, A Jewish community lawyer with low self esteem looking for passion in work and relationships.  All of these lives are brought together by one man who will turn their lives on their heads and cause them to question their faith in all aspects of their lives.  Some seem to think he is a triple murder of his step father a cop and the cops young step daughter.  Some the messiah who goes by the name of Shay Bourne.  Shay is serving time on death row and awaiting his execution day with only one request.  It is not to be saved but to be hung so he can save his heart and give it to a young girl dieing of a heart condition named Claire who happens to be the little sister and daughter of the Child and cop that was killed.  I give this book a 4.5 out 5 ....If I read a million books in 2011 this one will be hard to top.