The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

This is her most recent and I'm almost all caught up to having all of her books read!  Only two more to go!  I really loved this book for a few reasons.  One, most of the time when I pick to read a book it is because someone has told me I'd like it, or in this case I just follow the author reading everything they have out, eventually.  Which is what I did in this case.  That means when I pick up the book it is a complete surprise when I discover what it is about.  I don't read the back of the books or the little summaries they have to try to entice the reader.  You may or may not know that I am very interested in the Holocaust.  Well, Jodi always picks a subject and runs with it for the theme of her book and this time it was just that.  The main character is a baker who had been in an accident and doesn't like how her face looks because of it.  We find out that her grandmother was involved in the war and eventually she shares her story.  The whole novel is excellent.  It isn't gruesome.  I may have to buy it.

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

 

I finished this book about a week ago and a lot has been happening in my life so I'm sad this book is no longer fresh in my mind.  I know that I loved the book and it reminded me of The Giver by Lois Lowry...which I also love.  It also reminded me of the Hunger Games.  Because it is another world filled with regulations and enforcements we don't have.  It talks about the disease and fear of getting "the disease" and symptoms of "the disease" and talks about the procedure that everyone has done when they turn 18.  You should know "the disease" is love.  And they match you up with whoever you marry, it's not by choice.  When I finished this book I realized it is part of a trilogy.  I've started Jodi's most recent book next, but I'm in line at the library for book two of this trilogy.

Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult

I didn't enjoy this book of Jodi's as much as I usually enjoy her books.  The information she provides about wolfs is interesting but the storyline didn't grip me like it usually does.  I still have a few more of her books to read before I am caught up.  Hoping whatever she comes out with next I'll enjoy a lot more.

Reflected in You by Sylvia Day

I read the first so I'm obviously going to read the other two.  This one annoyed me mostly.  I had liked the first but in this one the main girl (forgot her name already) just seems too much like Ana in the 50 shades books.  She jumps to conclusions too quickly about her man and it is irritating.  I don't feel this book was very eventful.  Hopefully the last one is better.

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.