Shin Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) Previous reading lists: 2009 Books bought in 2010: 13 Currently reading: Silhouette in Scarlet ~ Elizabeth Peters / Heretic's Daughter December (2) 38. Heretic's Daughter ~ Kathleen Kent 3/5 37. Dead in the Family ~ Charlaine Harris November (4) 36. Undead and Uneasy ~ Mary Janice Davidson 35. Undead and Unpopluar ~ Mary Janice Davidson 34. Undead and Unreturnable ~ Mary Janice Davidson 33. Undead and Unappreciated ~ Mary Janice Davidson October (2) 32. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella ~Stephenie Meyer 31. Visions of Sugar Plum ~ Janet Evanovich September (2) 30. Sleeping with the Fishes ~ MaryJanice Davidson 29. Jack and Jill ~ James Patterson August (2) 28. Best Laid Plans ~ Mary Larkin 4/5 27. Broken ~ Karin Slaughter 5/5 July (2) 26. Genesis ~ Karin Slaughter 4.5/5 25. Undead and Unemployed ~Mary Janice Davidson 4/5 June (4) 24. The Birthing House ~ Christopher Ransom 3/5 23. Undead and Unwed ~ Mary Janice Davidson 4/5 22. Kiss The Girls ~ James Patterson 5/5 21. Bitten ~ Kelley Armstrong 4/5 May (4) 20. Dead and Gone ~ Charlaine Harris 4.5/5 19. Skin Privilege ~ Karin Slaughter 5/5 18. From Dead to Worse ~ Charlaine Harris 4/5 17. Midnight Alley ~ Rachel Caine 4/5 April(2) 16. All Together Dead ~ Charlaine Harris 4/5 15. Faithless ~ Karin Slaughter 5/5 March(5) 14. Definitely Dead ~ Charlaine Harris 4/5 13. Dead as a Doornail ~ Charlaine Harris 2.5/5 12. Dead to the World ~ Charlaine Harris 3.5/5 11. Indelible ~ Karin Slaughter 5/5 10. A Faint Cold Fear ~ Karin Slaughter 5/5 February (7) 9. The Eyre Affair ~ Jasper Fforde 5/5 8. The Lovely Bones ~ Alice Sebold 4/5 7. The Five People You Meet in Heaven ~ Mitch Albom 5/5 6. My Sister's Keeper ~ Jodi Picoult 5/5 5. Finger Lickin' Fifteen ~ Janet Evanovich 3/5 4. Fearless Fourteen ~ Janet Evanovich 5/5 3. Norwegian Wood ~ Haruki Murakami 2/5 January (2) 2. Untamed ~ PC & Kristin Cast 4.5/5 1. Chosen ~ PC & Kristin Cast 4/5 Abandoned Books (1) A Scanner Darkly ~ Philip K Dick Edited December 31, 2010 by Shin updating read books & current read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) The books in my TBR list are books that I have on my shelf to be read, are library books or from bookrings. LB denotes Library Book | BR denotes Bookring These books are in no particular order Priority TBR List TBR Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Kate Moss - Labyrinth Marian Keyes - Angels John Grisham - A Time to Kill Bill Bryson - Notes from a Small Island Ian Rankin - Knots & Crosses George Orwell - Animal Farm Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird Maxim Chattam - The Cairo Diary Val McDermid - Beneath the Bleeding Val McDermid - Killing The Shadows Patricia Scanlan – Foreign Affairs Patricia Scanlan – Mirror, Mirror Jenny Colgan – Do you remember the first time? Mary A Larkin – A Matter of Trust Anne Rice – Blood and Gold Marian Keyes – The Other Side of the Story Marian Keyes – Last Chance Saloon Marian Keyes – Sushi for Beginners Marian Keyes – The Charming Man Sinead Moriaty – In My Sisters Shoes (started) Janet Evanovich – Metro Girl Janet Evanovich – Full House Jonathan Kellerman – When The Bough Breaks Shaun Hutson – Lucy’s Child Shaun Hutson – Heathen Cathy Kelly – Someone Like You Cathy Kelly – Lessons in Heartbreak Virginia Andrews – Into the Garden Virginia Andrews – Pearl in the Mist Virginia Andrews – Broken Wings Virginia Andrews – Fallen Hearts Virginia Andrews – Darkest Hour Virginia Andrews – Hidden Leaves Virginia Andrews – Into the Woods Virginia Andrews – Wicked Forest Melissa Hill - All Because Of You James Patterson - Hide and Seek Stephen King - The Cell Michael Cordy - The Crime Code Jane Green - The Beach House Amanda Brunker - Champagne Kisses Dinah Lampitt - Sutton Place Dinah Lampitt - The Silver Swan Dinah Lampitt - Fortune's Soldier Catherine Cookson - A Ruthless Need Catherine Cookson - The Obsession Catherine Cookson - The Solace of Sin Catherine Cookson - Kate Hannigan's Girl Catherine Cookson - The Silent Lady Sheila O'Flanagan - Bad Behaviour Clive Cussier - Lost City The Classics Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda Bram Stoker - Dracula Captain Marryat - The Children of the New Forest Charles Dickens - The Christmas Books (A Christmas Carol|The Chimes|The Cricket on the Hearth) Charles Dickens - Hard Times Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities Charles & Mary Lamb - Tales from Shakespeare E. Nesbit - The Railway Children Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden George Eliot - Silas Marner Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen - Persuasion Kate Douglas Wiggin - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island Total = 57 Edited November 20, 2010 by Shin updating TBR list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) Denotes book moved to TBR list| current reading Denotes book read Anne Rice - The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice - The Queen of the Damn Anne Rice - The Tale of the Body Thief Anne Rice - Memnoch the Devil Anne Rice - The Vampire Armand Anne Rice - Merrick Anne Rice - Blackwood Farm Anne Rice - Blood Canticle Becca Fitzpatrick - Hush Hush Brom - The Plucker Brom - The Devil's Rose Brom - The Child Thief Christopher Ransom - The Birthing House Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon Elizabeth Peters - Silhouette in Scarlet Elizabeth Peters - Trojan Gold Elizabeth Peters - Night Train to Memphis Elizabeth Peters - Laughter of the Dead Kings George Orwell - Animal Farm Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird James Patterson - Cat and Mouse James Patterson - Pop! Goes the Weasel James Patterson - Roses are Red James Patterson - Violets are Blue James Patterson - Four Blind Mice James Patterson - The Big Bad Wolf James Patterson - London Bridges James Patterson - Mary Mary James Patterson - Cross James Patterson - Double Cross James Patterson - Cross County James Patterson - Alex Cross's Trial James Patterson - I, Alex Cross Janet Evanovich – Visions of Sugar Plums Janet Evanovich – Plum Lucky Janet Evanovich - Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich – Plum Spooky Janet Evanovich – Finger Licking Fifteen Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen Jasper Fforde - Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde - The Well of Lost Plots Jasper Fforde - Something Rotten Jasper Fforde - First Amount Sequels Jasper Fforde - The Fourth Bear Jasper Fforde - Shades of Grey Jed Rubbenfeld - The Interpretation of Murder Karin Slaughter - A Faint Cold Fear Karin Slaughter - Indelible Karin Slaughter - Faithless Karin Slaughter - Skin Privilege Karin Slaughter - Genesis Katherine Howe - The Lost Book of Salem Kelley Armstrong - Stolen Kelley Armstrong - Dime Store Magic Kelley Armstrong - Undustrial Magic Kelley Armstrong - Haunted Kelley Armstrong - Broken Kelley Armstrong - No Humans Involved Kelley Armstrong - Personal Demon Kelley Armstrong - Living with the Dead Kelley Armstrong - Frost Bitten Kelley Armstrong - Waking the Witch Kim Harrison - Every Which Way But Dead Kim Harrison - A Fistful of Charms Kim Harrison - For A Few Demons More Kim Harrison - Where Demons Dare Kim Harrison - White Witch, Black Curse Kim Harrison - Black Magic Sanction Margaret Mitchell - Gone with the Wind Markus Zusak - The Book Thief MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unwed MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unemployed MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unappreciated MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unreturnable MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unpopluar MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Uneasy MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unworthy MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unwelcome MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unfinished Maxim Chattam - The Cairo Diary Patrick Suskind - Perfume: The Story of a Murder P.C and Kristen Cast – Hunted P.C and Kristen Cast – Tempted P.C and Kristen Cast – Burned Rachel Caine - Midnight Alley Rachel Caine – Fest of Fools Rachel Caine – Lord of Misrule Rachel Caine – Carpe Corpus Rachel Caine - Fade Out Stephfordy Mayo - New Moan (Twishite Saga Book 1) Stephenie Meyer - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella The Harvard Lampoon - Nighlight: A Parody Edited December 8, 2010 by Shin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) Denotes received and added to TBR list | currently reading Denotes read Denotes read & returned to sender|next on list Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris - Bookring by Weave Dead to the World Dead as a Doornail Definitely Dead All Together Dead From Dead to Worse Dead and Gone Dead in the Family Grave Sight (Harper Connelly) Series by Charlaine Harris - Bookring by Weave Grave Sight Grave Surprise In An Ice Cold Grave Grave Secret The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom - Bookring by Inver The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent - Bookring by Charm Edited May 27, 2010 by Shin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) Synopsis: "I guess it had gone okay with Stevie Rae. I mean, she had agreed to meet me tomorrow. And she hadn't tried to bite me, which was a plus. Of course, the whole trying-to-eat-the-street-person thing was highly disturbing..." Zoey's best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead - in an eww! zombie! kind-of-way, not in a cool vampire kind-of-way. She's struggling to retain her humanity and Zoey doesn't have a clue how to help. But she does know that anything they discover must be kept secret. Trust has become a rare commodity. Sinister forces are at work at the House of Night, where the line between friend and enemy is becoming dangerously blurred. This is the third book in the House of the Night series and is a young adult book. It does tend to get a little childish in the dialogue at times but something keeps drawing me in to read these. Zoey Redbird is a fledging at the House of the Night, however she is not like any normal fledging. She is the only fledging with her crescent moon marking on her forehead filled in and has an affinity for all five elements, wind, fire, water, earth and spirit. She is a High Priestess in training. Zoey has so many issues to deal with in Chosen. Her relationship with her mentor, Neferet...her undead dead best friend Stevie Rae...her 3 boyfriends and her group of friends who do not know any of her secrets. One of things that really annoys me in this book is the amount of times the author has put things into brackets. For example "dining hall" (aka school cafetria)...not a great example but why do we need to know this? She is in a school, she is going for something to eat and has mentioned the dining hall....I know this is the school cafetria!!! This goes on a bit in all the books and something they are full sentenences. But I still like to know what happens. Sometimes I would love to give Zoey a good shake and a slap on this face! Rate: 4/5 Edited February 15, 2010 by Shin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwoman Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) I know what you mean about the wording, and it is not the best piece of writitng ever, yet like you I wanted to readmore. Edited January 14, 2010 by Kell unneccesary quote removed as it was the entire previous post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 I actually don't understand how a mother and daughter can write in this way. I bought book 3 & 4 in Waterstones (buy 1 get 1 free) and it said on the books "not suitable for younger readers". Yes, that's true for the mention of sex and blood lust etc but minus that then the writing does suit younger readers. I am comparing the writing to Twilight which is young adult also. But I do cringe at a few things in the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 ...is to read all that is in my TBR pile before going onto my Wishlist. This will be hard for me as there is a good few books in my TBR list may not interest me. But I will see how I get on then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwoman Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Good luck with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) Good luck with that! I see you're reading a Dexter, how are you liking it? I loved the series and can't wait until the next one is released Edit: Whoops! Just read your thoughts on your old thread, so sorry you didn't enjoy it so much, I guess he can be an aquired taste! Edited January 15, 2010 by Charm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 I think it was just a totally different style of book for me. You know reading it from the killers point of view. I might just try the second book to see if it changes my view on it. I know I have done this with a few books and have really enjoyed the series. So I may try Dexter again Charm and hopefully it will change my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Oh I hope you enjoy the second, it was definately the best in the series for me. All the books are written from the killers persective but you do get to see another side to him as the series progresses. I hope they pick up for you if you do carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Synopsis: A week ago Zoey had a group of special friends, three boyfriends and a (kinda) clear conscience. Now she has none of the above. Luckily ice-queen Aphrodite is showing signs of melting and ex-roomie Stevie Rae isn't as dead as she'd thought. Though Stevie's now hanging out in tunnels with freaks - gross. If she can get them to listen, Zoey will need all her friends as events take a frightening turn at the House of Night school for vampyres. Shocking true intentions are about to come to light, loyalties will be tested and an ancient evil is about to rise again. Some days being special just doesn't seem all that ... Zoey's friends are not speaking to her and she has also lost her three boyfriends, so she is feeling really lonely. Not good when there is dark, evil and scary forces flying about in the night. With Aphrodites, Stevie Rae, her Grandma and the rest of her friends (after much grovelling to win them back) help, Zoey prepares to take on the evil that is to be awaken. If you can get passed the use of childish language in this series of books then you will find that they are an enjoyable read. In Untamed, the storyline gets more exciting. There is not so much whining about her three boyfriends in this but you do see the relationship between Zoey and Erik slightly improving...to the point were he is not shouting and calling her a "ho"...basically. You also see the relationship development between Queen of the Bitches, Aphrodite and Zoey and her "nerd herd". But we did have to wait until the fourth book for the great evil to appear...or more so the decent action. But still, that was at the end of book four so book five I will find out more. I do think sometimes the books are repetitive...I don't know how many times I have been told that the twins are not really twins, blah, blah, blah. If the authors would have got to the point Zoey probably would have killed the evil by now. Anyway, even though this books are not 100% perfect, I am enjoying the series (minus the bad bits) and I am looking forward to the next book. Rating: 4.5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Synopsis: When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past. This is the first novel I have read from Haruki Murakami and was interested in reading his books after hearing about them on here. So I seen quite a few of his books available in my local library and decided read Norweign Wood. My first impression of this book was that it was totally different to the style of books I have read before. I took it slow reading this book and then it got to the point I was struggling to finish it. The story tells of a young man and his life experiences during his university years in 1960s Tokyo inparticular his relationship with his best friends girlfriend Naoko. He also meets Midori who is clearly in love with him but his mind is 100% focused on Naoko. In general, this story is a sad love story from the male point of view. In my opinion, I think this book is suited more for the male reader since it is from a male perspective. I find the wording of the book really toneless and it has quite a lot of graphic sexual content. Now I am no prude but I did think that about 75% of this content was pointless and didn't leave much to the imagination particularly for a love story. I just don't understand the obsession of sex the female characters have in the book!!! Apart from the first visit that Toru made to see Naoko and the part were Midori takes Toru to see her dying father...I found the rest of the book dull and flat as there is just too much suicide and death in this book....it practically made it depressing. The books starts of with Toru, in his thirties, is travelling on a plane and hears the Beatles "Norweign Wood" playing. This of course brings back the memories of Naoko. The ending also was a real let down for me for two reasons. a) What was with the whole Reiko thing at the end? So he picks Midori? He phones her...she asks...were are you? He looks up...he doesn't know were he is (even though he just dropped Reiko off at the train station) and he is says he is in no place??? What? Did he go loopy too? It would have been neicer if the book ended 20 years later as it had started. Anyway, I apologise for any readers who loved this book but this is just my opinion. I am afraid that this has sort of put me off reading another one of Murakami's books. But I have heard some people give this book not a great review but yet enjoy the others. I don't know, I might pick up his other books one day...when I have nothing else to read. Rating: 2/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Synopsis: Janet Evanovich's lovable and hapless heroine, Stephanie Plum, is back for her fourteenth adventure - guaranteed to be her most outrageous, hilarious and action-packed ever! Dom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money and did the time. His family couldn't be more proud. Dom happens to be the cousin of Joe Morelli, Stephanie's off-again, on-again boyfriend, so when less than a week after Dom's release from prison, Joe has shadowy figures breaking into his house and dying in his basement, Stephanie finds herself involved in this bank-robbery-gone-bad disaster. With an offer from Ranger of some night work she can't refuse, personal vendettas, hidden treasure and a monkey named Carl, it's not long before Stephanie Plum is embroiled in her most explosive adventure ever! Well, as the synop says this is book number fourteen. After reading book number thirteen I was coming to the conclusion that my beloved Plum novels has seen it's days. But after reading Fearless Fourteen I think I have a renewed love for Stephenie Plum. Fearless Fourteen doesn't see Stephenie doing her usual skips as she does in all the Plum books. The mysterious Ranger calls Stephenie in to do a little security work with him for the famous singer, Brenda. Brenda, is like a white, 61 year old version of Lula!!! In the meantime, Morelli's cousin Dom gets out of jail after doing time for bank robbery. Dom's sister Loretta is kidnapped, no one can find Dom which leaves Morelli and Stephenie to babysit Loretta's teenage son, Mario. Then there is the strangers that are constantly trying to dig up Morelli's garden to find the money Dom stole ten years ago! I just thought this books was so funny and Evanovich seems to be back on form. And the added thing that rates this book high for me? There is Morelli, Morelli, Morelli. There is a lot of Morelli in this book. Did I mention I was a Morelli fan? Rating: 5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 I have just added 2 Val McDermid books to my TBR list. Beneath the Bleeding Killing the Shadows Got both of them in the charity shop for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwoman Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I have just added 2 Val McDermid books to my TBR list. Beneath the Bleeding Killing the Shadows Got both of them in the charity shop for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 ..... I am afraid that this has sort of put me off reading another one of Murakami's books. But I have heard some people give this book not a great review but yet enjoy the others. I don't know, I might pick up his other books one day...when I have nothing else to read. Rating: 2/5 I couldn`t even make myself finish Norwegian Wood I lost all interest in it, but I thoroughly enjoyed After Dark by the same author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 I thought it was just me with Norwegian Wood but a girl I worked with felt the same way as me and now she definitely won't read anymore of his books. But I have read reviews of other books by his and that's why I decided to read one of his books. I suppose I just picked the wrong one to start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charm Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 We have a few charity shops in town so I think I will rummage them all. Good haul Shin! I love trawling through the charity shops in our town too and have gotten some fantastic bargains I couldn`t even make myself finish Norwegian Wood I lost all interest in it, but I thoroughly enjoyed After Dark by the same author. I was toying with the idea of reading Norwegian Wood just to see what all the fuss is about, but with you and Shin both agreeing on it being so boring, I think I'll skip it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) Synopsis: When Lula inadvertently witnesses the beheading of culinary TV star Stanley Chipotle in a Trenton, N.J., alley, Stephanie's on-again off-again boyfriend, cop Joe Morelli, reluctantly takes the case. Lula, with the help of Grandma Mazur, enters the same barbequing competition Chipotle was in town to promote, hoping to lure the murderers out of hiding. Meanwhile, Ranger has recruited Stephanie to help solve a series of break-ins at properties under the protection of Rangeman Security. The inevitable sparks fly between Stephanie and Ranger, with Morelli grumbling on the sidelines. Stephanie is back doing what she does best...having her car(s) and apartment turn into a firebomb while still stumbling in her bounty hunter path after how many years? Again, Miss Plum still has relationship issues and Morelli is currently her "off" again boyfriend (obviously this is something I missed because I did not read Plum Spooky). So of course I was a little bit disappointed being a Morelli fan but Evanovich does give us a lovely insight to Ranger...ahem! This story focuses on Lula, the filing clerk and sometimes bounty hunter with disastrous consequences, witnessing the brutal decapitation of Stanley Chipotle. And with the help of Grandma Mazur, she decides to enter the BBQ sauce competition that Stanley was in for to catch the killers. Overall, I have to admit that even though I really enjoyed the whole Plum series and they have been my favourite books for a long time, I definitely think it is time to bring the series to an end. The scenerios are always the same. This is why I really enjoyed reading Fearless Fourteen, it was really different to the normal scenerios. I feel pained to say this but I really do feel that they have lost their spark. Of course, I will continue to read them because I really do want to see Stephanie and Morelli live happily ever after. My rating for this book is marked due to my overall love for the series but the story wasn't as exciting. Rating: 3/5 Edited February 16, 2010 by Shin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Synopsis: "A major decision about me is being made, and no one's bothered to ask the one person who most deserves it to speak her opinion." The only reason Anna was born was to donate her cord blood cells to her older sister. And though Anna is not sick, she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since she was a child. Anna was born for this purpose, her parents tell her, which is why they love her even more. But now that she has reached an age of physical awareness, she can't help but long for control over her own body and respite from the constant flow of her own blood seeping into her sister's veins. And so she makes a decision that for most would be too difficult to bear, at any time and at any age. She decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body. This is a story of thirteen year old Anna who files a lawsuit against her parents for medical emancipation. Anna asks Campbell Alexander to be her lawyer and as ex-lawyer her mother represents Kate. This whole book is split into chapters of each of the characters giving their views and accounts of the story. This is the third book I have read by Picoult and have come to realise that this is her style in all three books. At first, this was quite annoying for me but really beneficial when reading My Sister's Keeper. Anna's mother Sara is a complicated character for me. It is very hard for me to decided if I liked her or not. I just felt the woman just didn't see the bigger picture and was very self asorbed. Yes, you felt her pain and no one would understand what it feels like knowing that you child is going to die but on the other hand I just did not see her thinking of the welfare of her other daughter. In addition, I don't think she really took the time to ask Kate's feelings so that's why I think she was so self absorbed. I really liked Brian, the father. He seems to see both sides of the story but obviously a very torn man which is understandable if you are given the decision to choose which daughter. I also really like Campbell. I wasn't getting it at the beginning of the book why we had to hear the story from his point of view and the point of view of the guardian ad litem, Julia. Campbell Alexander has a service dog and anytime he is asked why he always makes up a silly and funny story. It isn't until later we find out and how everything ties in. I really enjoyed this story and it was full of emotions. And I was really shocked at the twist at the end...no I did not see it coming. Very sad that after all the work Anna did to help Kate out through her life and nearly tearing her family apart with the lawsuit (after Kate asking her to do this as Kate wanted to die), poor Anna is in a car accident with Campbell and dies anyway. So Kate gets to live after the kidney transplant after all. Rating: 5/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 I have just added loads more to my wishlist so then I reorganised it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach.at.the.disco Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Anna's mother Sara is a complicated character for me. It is very hard for me to decided if I liked her or not. I just felt the woman just didn't see the bigger picture and was very self asorbed. Yes, you felt her pain and no one would understand what it feels like knowing that you child is going to die but on the other hand I just did not see her thinking of the welfare of her other daughter. In addition, I don't think she really took the time to ask Kate's feelings so that's why I think she was so self absorbed. I'm so glad you liked this Shin, it's one of my favourite books. I totally agree with everything you said above about Sara. I found her rather selfish and felt that she saw Anna as a donor for Kate rather than a daughter, which, lets face it, she was. Jesse was another character I sympathised with a lot, bless him. Have you seen the film adaptation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Hi Rach, yes I actually watched the film straight after I finished the book. I like to read the book first before the film but I did enjoy the film as well. Except, I was really shocked the ending was totally different and they didn't make Jesse out as bad as he was in the book. I agree, I really think that it was the mothers fault the way Jesse turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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