Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

Holy Cow! I just finished Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Awesome! I went out today, before I finished the final chapter to buy the next book - New Moon. It was just one of those books that I couldn't stop reading. I recommend it to anyone. I think it is considered a "teen fiction" book but it definitely goes beyond that genre - kind of like Harry Potter. It's so reminiscent of being in high school and having those feelings of your "first love" again. It absolutely takes you back to that first time when you have that unbelievable heart-stopping, obsessed feeling for another person (for the first time) and it's so all-consuming you think you're going to explode. It was refreshing to remember that. Maybe that's why I loved this book. Maybe because I'm at an age where high school seems so far away (even though I work in a high school). It's those feelings. It's hard to recall the angst but this book allowed me to remember and it was sort of sweet. Read it. I think you'll love it too.

Now, I was going to read the next installment of Meyer's but I think I'll let Twilight absorb into my skin and get a feeling of anticipation for the next book. That being said, I am now going to read Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult. (I was at Kroger and found this they have about 5 different books of hers that I haven't found anywhere else). This novel gives the reader a glimpse of Amish life - something not normally witnessed by outsiders. When a young Amish teen hides a pregnancy, gives birth in secret, and then flatly denies it all when the baby's body is found, defense attorney Ellie Hathaway decides to defend her. However, she finds herself caught in a clash of cultures with a group of people whose sense of justice are markedly different from her own. Sounds good, doesn't it? I'll let you know.