Recommended Read- HOUSE RULES

Jacob Hunt is a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome. He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself to others, and like many children with Asperger's, Jacob has an obsessive focus on one subject - in his case, forensic analysis. He's always showing up at crime scenes, thanks to the police scanner he keeps in his room, and telling the cops what they need to do - and he's usually right.

But then one day his tutor is found dead, and the police come to question him. Reluctance to make eye contact, stimulatory tics and twitches, inappropriate gestures, all these can look a lot like guilt. Suddenly, Jacob finds himself accused of murder.


To learn more about Aspergers Syndrome or to visit Jodi Picoult on the web please click the link -http://jodipicoult.com/house-rules.html

Book Blogger Hop!

I just came across this super cool blog called Crazy-for-books.com and found this cool blog hop! Most of the sites are for book reviews, and while the CHICKS aren't your normal book reviewers, we do give opinions and spotlight tons and tons of books and authors so I thought it would be fun to participate! Along with adding their blog hop logo, isn't it too cute? :O) You have to answer the weekly question. This weeks question was to talk about the book your are reading right now. So here goes ...

I just finished reading – NINTEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult

I am a huge Jodi Picoult fan and this book did not disappoint. Jodi Picoult is one of the best authors at tackling controversial topics. And once again with this book there is no gray area, most people will either hate it or love it. I found it extremely thought provoking, almost to the point where you could almost understand why the main character did what he did. ALMOST …

In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five....

In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it.
In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge.

Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens -- until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath, the town's residents must not only seek justice in order to begin healing but also come to terms with the role they played in the tragedy. For them, the lines between truth and fiction, right and wrong, insider and outsider have been obscured forever.

Josie Cormier, the teenage daughter of the judge sitting on the case, could be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened in front of her own eyes. And as the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show, destroying the closest of friendships and families.

This is definitely one of my RECOMMENDED READS!

Nineteen Minutes- http://www.amazon.com/Nineteen-Minutes-Novel-Jodi-Picoult/dp/0743496728

AND NEXT ON MY HUGE TBR pile- The Leopard Prince- Eliabeth Hoyt

Enjoy the hop, and thanks for letting us CHICKS participate!

Book Review- "My Sister's Keeper"

Can a Parent love too much? Or is too much never enough?

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate -- a life and a role that she has never challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister -- and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.

MY SISTER’S KEEPER is a story that struck a cord with me. As the sister of someone who suffered from a life threatening illness I saw first hand the struggles that parents go through to protect their child. Is this a controversial story? Some could see it as such. But for me it was a powerful, though heartbreaking story of real life. These things happen, and as a parent I could not fault Anna’s parents for making the decisions that they made. Did it mean they loved her any less? Absolutely not. If I were in the same situation would I have a baby just to save another child? I don’t know. But what I do know is that I would do everything in my power to save my child. Who could fault anyone for that?

Jodi Picoult writes a heartbreaking, emotional page turning story that I would recommend to anyone. Will it cause people to talk? Sure. Will some people disagree with the decisions made within the story? Absolutely. But I’ll be surprised if you guess the ending!

I give this book 5 *****stars.