Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer

The concept of this book is unlike any other I've ever read.  It captivated me.  The book starts out as a story, and then it flips to the girl reading the story that you just read part of.  Where it gets really interesting is that it will then flip to the character that is in the story at the beginning of the book that you've read a part of.  And what it's like for him to be in that story.  And his whole world and looking up at the readers and re-living the same story over and over again.  And it just gets more interesting from there...

Overall I'd say this book is cute.  I plan to buy a copy to have, and I hardly *ever* buy books unless I really *really* like them, so that is saying something. 

Also, it's nice to note that Samantha Van Leer is Jodi Picoult's daughter.  She pitched the idea for this book to her mum and they wrote it together.

I'm really hoping there will be a sequel! 

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

This was a book club book, otherwise I don't think I would have picked it up.  I didn't really enjoy the book.  I wasn't in the mood for a romance, not that there was a great romance in the book either.  It has a bunch of biblical references and I didn't really like that about it.  I have nothing nice to say. 

One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf

I enjoyed this book, it was a quick read.  I really liked that most of the book is focused on the single day of the 'event' with the exception of people going back and explaining memories of the past.  I don't think I've read a book like this before.  It keeps you on your toes and with short chapters going from one character to the next, it keeps the attention of the reader.  I was satisfied with the ending. 

Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult

I think I dislike this book the most from Jodi.  It's written entirely different, all over the place, and from five character's perspectives.  You read part of the end in the beginning, parts go back in the past and some of it is in the present.  I didn't like how much repeating there was; one part could be told a few times, each by a different person.  Not all right in a row.  But I just didn't enjoy this book.