Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

I really enjoyed this book.  This is a Young Adult novel, which is also the type of books John Green writes, and I've decided that I really like reading this type of novel.  I get all caught up in the teenage drama, and of course the romance.  Anyway, this book made me wonder where my Etienne St. Clair is.  He is adorable and swoon-worthy.  Anna is shipped off to Paris by her dad, to go to school.  She doesn't like being torn away from her family and friends / comfortable / known life.  But she eventually grows fond of Paris and what it has to offer:  the food, the theaters, and St. Clair.  I'm already in line for the next book by Stephanie Perkins! 

Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult

I think this will go in my top faves of Jodi's books.  I'm don't feel like saying anything about it so I'll put in a synopsis here: 

"As the family struggles to make ends meet to cover Willow’s medical expenses, Charlotte thinks she has found an answer. If she files a wrongful birth lawsuit against her ob/gyn for not telling her in advance that her child would be born severely disabled, the monetary payouts might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow. But it means that Charlotte has to get up in a court of law and say in public that she would have terminated the pregnancy if she’d known about the disability in advance – words that her husband can’t abide, that Willow will hear, and that Charlotte cannot reconcile. And the ob/gyn she’s suing isn’t just her physician – it’s her best friend.
Handle With Care explores the knotty tangle of medical ethics and personal morality. When faced with the reality of a fetus who will be disabled, at which point should an OB counsel termination? Should a parent have the right to make that choice? How disabled is TOO disabled? And as a parent, how far would you go to take care of someone you love? Would you alienate the rest of your family? Would you be willing to lie to your friends, to your spouse, to a court? And perhaps most difficult of all – would you admit to yourself that you might not actually be lying"  Which can be found on Jodi's site here.