Have you read any of the following books by Jodi Picoult?

I've heard of her but never read any of her books. I have no idea what kind of books they tend to be.

I've never heard of her.

Have not heard of Jodi Picoult and have not read her books

I hadn't heard of her, but I live near her.

I think I've read 7 of these but am not 100% sure. I have trouble remembering her titles for some reason. She's not a favorite of mine but I've read quite a few of her books. I find her writing (from book to book) a bit uneven.

I've read 5-7 of these.

I started getting bored with her.

If you like Jodi Piccoult though, you might like Kristin Hannah. Check out Firefly Lane. It's a good one.

If you are going to read one, I recommend Plain Truth.

It's about an Amish girl whose baby is found murdered... and the trial that follows.

Are they mysteries?

You know how you read so many books in a row by one author and it all starts to blend together? I don't remember most of the ones I read... so I guessed when I answered the survey.

Plain Truth is a legal drama, written from the perspective of the lawyer who is defending the baby's mother. It is a mystery as well.

I think another one here was about a girl that knew her whole life that her parents created her so that she could be used medically somehow to save her older sister, who was sick from something or other. She takes legal steps to stop being forced into medical treatments, even though she knows it could kill her sister.

I can't say they are all books about lawyers though. I really forget.

I'm sure this will make me sound like a snob, but they don't sound all that appealing to me.

I forget a lot of the details of books I read, too. It's difficult to keep them all straight. Sometimes I forget entire plots of books. And I have forgotten half the stuff from the Harry Potter books. After the first three books, I couldn't even tell you which was which; they completely blend together.

Haven't a clue.

To me, Jodi Piccoult is just another one of those book churners like Dean Koontz, Mary Higgins Clark, etc. .... I don't know how they write them as fast as they do... and they all start to blend together. They are rarely memorable, but are a good distraction sometimes... like mindless tv or celebrity gossip.

I re-read the series every time a new Harry Potter book came out, so I have that one down. Mary and I just started reading it together, out loud... We just started chapter 3 of the first book yesterday.

The last book I shared with her this way is The Island Keeper - which I'm pretty sure you've read too. She loved it. She's been spending a lot of time outside lately, "surviving".

No - I have heard of her. My Mum kept recommending "My Sister's Keeper" until she got to the end which she said was so bad she actually threw the book across the room in frustration. Much like me with "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"

I don't think I've read The Island Keeper, although I definitely remember reading a book about a kid stranded on an island. I can't remember what it was called, though. Aha! I went and googled it--it was Island of the Blue Dolphins. I loved that book. Also one called My Side of the Mountain, which I think Biggles has mentioned here, too.

I read the Little House on the Prairie books out loud with my parents when I was little. Have you and Mary read Anne yet?

I threw Animal Farm across the room when I had to read it in middle school. I'm pretty sure I would do the same if I had to read it again now.

Nope.... that's next

Yay!

My mom read a book called Scruffy out loud to me once. It damaged me for life.

It was about a pregnant dog that was abandoned by her owners who moved.

I've never read Animal Farm, but I don't think I've ever met anyone who really liked it.

Oh yes, if you have a child who loves 'surviving' then "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean George is an absolute must-read. For about six years, any time I wasn't in school or in bed, I was up a tree at the bottom of the garden, gathering acorns (which I never did use to make flour ) or inventing water haulage methods from the stream below (well, a bucket tied to a skipping rope...) All because of that book

Oh god, that sounds awful!!

Allegedly there are such people. Apparently they are the people who decide on middle school reading curricula.

I tried to make acorn meal, too. It was much harder than I thought it would be.

I think we have the wrong kind of acorns here too - they have too many tannins. Apparently you can soak them in a stream for several days to make them okay, but not something I've ver tried!

Hatchet is good too.

I tried to interest her in My Side of the Mountain, but she didn't show much interest. She rarely has any interest in them though, until I start reading and she gets sucked in.

There are just so many books I want to share with her and so little time! Pretty soon she's going to be too big to want to cuddle down with mom and a good book.

The ones where I grew up would have to be boiled in order not to be toxic. And the acorns there are sort of long and skinny, so you don't get that much meat out of them. Apparently the Native Americans in the area used acorn meal all the time, though.

> If you are going to read one, I recommend Plain
> Truth.
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> It's about an Amish girl whose baby is found murdered...
> and the trial that follows.
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There was a Lifetime movie, based on a book, about that. I'm going to assume it was the same book. The movie was pretty good.

Yep, it's the same.

I haven't seen it, but I've heard of it.

I've just heard the name but the titles shown don't look familiar as something I've checked out of the library.