[Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult]

I, too, liked the story. Picoult always seems to bring out conflicting emotions in me --

For example, with PT, I struggled with Katie and what her "punishment" or lesson should be. I struggled with the ban she placed under for a short time, but I also had trouble with her denials of the pregnancy and child. It's like I went back and forth b/t thinking she'd suffered enough, and that her denial meant she wasn't learning anything from the experience.

I guess this is from the psychological aspect Picoult weaves through so many of her novels.. It always seems to show two conflicting sides, and I usually swap back and forth from one side to the other.

 

Anyone else have this kind of reaction to her writing?

[Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult]

I recently finished this book (just before the end of 2008) and so did a search to see people's thoughts on it. Between this thread and another, I noticed that many readers were about to start this book or had it in their TBR pile. Since then, has anyone else finished the book and if so, any thoughts on it? I loved the story and hated seeing it end.

[How many books do you read at once?]

I've never tried reading more than one at once.. I can't imagine my not being driven crazy by trying to read two at once!

[Where Are Your Books Kept?]

We move so much right now that I don't keep a lot of books. Anything I buy, I pass on to someone else to avoid having to lug it around in a suitcase from country to country. Before we moved overseas, I used the library to avoid paying a fortune for books that I can get for free.

 

When I move into a settled home, I'll have to debate between buying all my books so I can keep and display them on some pretty bookshelves, or still using the library and saving space/money by not buying and storing books.

 

We'll see!

[Have you read a book in one sitting?]

I read "The Beach House" by Jane Green in one sitting.. Fabulous book and just too hard to put down!

[New to BCF :)]

I have a friend that's from Minnesota.. she's the only one I know though

[Cecelia Ahern Books]

I don't have a thing for Gerard Butler (I know I know.. I'm totally in the minority on this one!) so can safely say the movie paled vastly in comparison to the book for me. -- Gerard or no Gerard The book is definitely much better!

[What magazines do you read?]

oooh my little guilty pleasures include any kind of celeb-related magazine (People, US Weekly, etc). i even regularly visit eonline.com and ew.com .. I just can't help myself! I also like O (Oprah's magazine) and Real Simple (the organizational magazine).

[Do you ever read the last page before the end?]

ooooooh i couldn't bear to look! although i will say that there are those that i'm trying to remember where i was in a book if i didn't mark it, and i have to flip around and read a couple of lines to establish if that's the correct page or not. sometimes i've read things that i think gives too much away and i'm all upset about it. i've realized that with me, i tend to actually forget that part i read... as i get back into the story at the right spot, the little tidbit i read flies out of my head completely and then i don't think about it again until i re-read it again. i have a feeling it wouldn't be quite the same with reading the ending of a book b/c thats just too hard to forget, but still.. makes me grateful for my apparently terrible memory!

[Cecelia Ahern Books]

Might as well go for PS I Love You.. It seems to be voted favorably upon by the majority.

[Cecelia Ahern Books]

Hope you don't want to off yourself w/in the first few pages, Roxi... Maybe you'll be just like Charm and be pleasantly suprised! You'll have to let us know how you get on with it once you give it a try.

[Beth's Bookshelf 2009]

Awesome.. I'll definitely check this out. Thanks for the help, Kylie!

[New to BCF :)]

That's awesome for them.. India is a different world!!

 

I'm enjoying it here.. It's a bit of a shock to the system at first, but there's so much to do in Bombay and we've made some great friends. I've also been lucky enough to volunteer with an NGO, which is a great experience for me. We have 3 more months here, and I know some things here will be hard to say goodbye to!

[Beth's Bookshelf 2009]

Awesome! .. How does Project G work? I'm ashamed.. I should know, but I don't. I'm a huge library fan so never had a need until now to look into it.

 

Thanks for the info

[Cecelia Ahern Books]

I've also read "PS I Love You" and "If You Could See Me Now".. like many of you, loved "PS".. wasn't so crazy about "IYCSMN." I have "A Place Called Here" on my bookshelf waiting to be read. Glad to see some of you really liked it.. This way I can look fwd to it

[Beth's Bookshelf 2009]

I'm tracking the books I've read in 2009... I stole shamelessly from the suggestions and discussions of books/authors on this board, so I'm very grateful to you all!

 

Currently reading

The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler

 

Up Next

Not sure yet..

Completed (44)

Eclipse (Book 3 of Twilight Series) - Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn (Book 4 of Twilight Series) - Stephenie Meyer

Drowning Ruth - Christina Schwarz

Q&A - Vikas Swarup

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Things I Want My Daughters to Know - Elizabeth Noble

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes

Little Earthquakes - Jennifer Weiner

The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen

The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve

Life Support - Tess Gerritsen

Living Dangerously - Katie Fforde

Swimming Pool Sunday - Madeleine Wickham

The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

Stately Pursuits - Katie Fforde

Sleeping Arrangements - Madeleine Wickham

Grave Sight - Charlaine Harris

The Ivy Chronicles - Karen Quinn

The Skin Gods - Richard Montanari

Broken Angels - Richard Montanari

Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery

Noughts & Crosses - Malorie Blackman

The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket

We Need to Talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver

Ring - Koji Suzuki

Wife in the Fast Lane - Karen Quinn

Grave Surprise - Charlaine Harris

Matilda - Roald Dahl

Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay

Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult

The Luxe - Anna Godbersen

The Bone Collector - Jeffery Deaver

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg

The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie

Special Delivery - Zoe Barnes

Handle with Care - Jodi Picoult

Anne of Avonlea - LM Montgomery

Wedding Season - Katie Fforde

Testimony - Anita Shreve

The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

Not What You Think - Melissa Hill

The House at Riverton - Kate Morton

Blue Diary - Alice Hoffman

 

Attempted

Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga

The Great Train Robbery - Michael Crichton

[New to BCF :)]

Whoa!.. 54 hour train ride with 2 children? Brave, indeed!!

 

That's so cool they went to Chandighar and Punjab.. My husband was born in Punjab and much of his family still lives in Chandighar.

Fairly small towns.. How did your brother and his family have a connection to those places?

[Peeks in to say hello.]

Hi and welcome!

I'm pretty new here, too, and it's been wonderful so far! I hope you enjoy!

[Nollaig's Reading Challenge]

Again I have to say Thanks!!

I'd never heard of this book and I've added it to my list.. I really am getting such great suggestions here for reading material! I can't wait to get my hands on "The Book Thief" after reading the synopsis!

And great challenge, Roxi.. good luck !!

[New to BCF :)]

Thanks, guys!

Poppy, what part of India was your family in for a bit??

[New Films You're Waiting To See]

yep we're way off course i love the dancing smiley too though!

hope you get to see your movie soon! A&D the book was good.. i hope the movie stands up to it

[New Films You're Waiting To See]

Seriously.. you're not kidding! My list has already grown so much since I came here! I'm loving it -- all these new book suggestions are great for me. It's fabulous!

[What are your top three classics?]

Wow.. I'm ashamed..

I haven't read a classic in so long.. since college 4 years ago! I've been inspired by this thread though. There were quite a few classics we read for classes through HS and college (Tess, Scarlet Letter, etc) that were great reads. I'm going to add some of these classics to my list to be read.. I bet I'll appreciate them even more now that I'm a bit older, too!

[New Films You're Waiting To See]

me, too.. i don't know why it wasn't on my list before, but it definitely is now! i'll try to track it down soon.

[New Films You're Waiting To See]

Yep, you're right.. still on Slumdog Millionaire.

We were joking because it's based on an Indian man, who played India's version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," and is filmed in India.

Since I'm in India, I was kidding around asking if I could find it here.