Finished Plain Truth

I finished Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult today. It was an interesting story since it was based on the life of an Amish girl. I liked learning about her life on the farm. This book was classic Picoult. There's always a moral dilemma. In this case the lawyer has always wanted children and found herself defending a girl accused of killing a baby. This one didn't make me as made when I read it. Usually I have a strong side one way or the other, but this one I kind of felt sorry for everyone. And then of course the end has a little twist, that quite honestly the reader knew all along. One weird thing in the book was the ghost of the girl's sister. I don't think that really fit into the story or was necessary. Anyway, I will probably continue to read her books and complain about them each time. :)

405 pages

Book #24: Plain Truth

The YMCA book club pick for April is Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult. It's about an Amish teenager who gives birth to a baby and later the baby is found death on a farm. The story will go through how they find out who the mother was, how the baby was killed, and a lawyer trying to protect the teenage mother. There's always some big moral dilemma in Picoult's books, so it sound like that will have something to do with the girl not wanting to be represented by a lawyer. I usually like to read her books because they read fast and keep me interested, but they always make me really frustrated. A few people mentioned that they have read this book before and that it was really good. I'm interested in learning more about the Amish through this book.

Book #23: Song of Solomon

I started Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison last night. I've only read one chapter, but I already find the story interesting. It's a story of Macon Dead and all the circumstances around his birth. Like all of Morrison's books, it deals with race relations in America. I always love learning more about Black History, so I look forward to continuing this book.

Finished Book #22: The Joy Luck Club

Last night I finished The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. I decided to count this book in the challenge since, even though I read it about 10 years ago, I still didn't remember any of it while I started reading it. I really liked this book. I loved how it was broke out into separate chapters to tell the stories of the mothers and daughters. It was really interesting to see how critical the mothers were of their daughters. This is a strong part of Chinese culture and something I find fascinating. I wonder how the mothers acted towards their sons. It didn't really touch on that in the book since it was a mother/daughter story.

There were a lot of sad moments in the book, but I found the stories very heartwarming. It gives you a great sense of how important family really is to the mothers in the book. My only complaint is that it was hard to keep the characters straight and to remember which mom and daughter went together. Once I stopped trying to concentrate so hard on that and just enjoy the story, it made the book read a lot faster.

443 pages