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March 30, 2007

Weekend reading

Jodi Picoult is out with a new novel, "Nineteen Minutes," described as a thriller that explores "what it means to be different in our society." I read her last book "The Tenth Circle," and have to admit I wasn't impressed.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact she's published 14 books since 1992 - which doesn't give her much time for thoughtful and creative writing. And get this, according to her Web site, she's written five issues of the "Wonder Woman" comic strip.

The one Jodi Picoult novel I loved is "My Sister's Keeper," which our Book Club featured in October, 2006. It's the amazing story of a family with one sick child, and a second child brought into the world to "save" her sister.

The plot is fascinating and takes you on a ride with all sorts of twists and turns. Thankfully, Picoult's writing is straighforward, sparing us the cloying approach another author might have taken.

I'll reserve any opinion on her newest novel until I read it (IF I read it), but I can't imagine it can in any way surpass the level of great storytelling that's found in "My Sister's Keeper."

Posted at 04:43 PM in Paperbacks |

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