I've been devouring Jodi Picoult novels recently. Anyone else reading them?
It's all media based storylines, like child abuse in the church, babies conceived to provide cell donation for older siblings, teenage suicide pacts gone wrong etc etc, it all ends up court based and has twists and turns all over the place with lots of surprises.
She's an excellent novelist and really bites hard into the subject and creates some amazing fiction around newsworthy ideas.

Never heard of her but she sounds really good!

I've been devouring Jodi Picoult novels recently. Anyone else reading them?
It's all media based storylines, like child abuse in the church, babies conceived to provide cell donation for older siblings, teenage suicide pacts gone wrong etc etc, it all ends up court based and has twists and turns all over the place with lots of surprises.
She's an excellent novelist and really bites hard into the subject and creates some amazing fiction around newsworthy ideas.

ive never heard of he either to be honest. Ill have a look at some of her books thanks for the recommendation.
Have u read any Martina Cole books. Really gripping:)

Ive just read Tainted Lives Mandasue Heller excellent book !

I read The Pact by Jodi Piccoult in the summer (teenage suicide pact one). I enjoyed it immensely but have to say I felt a bit let down at the end - won't say anymore than that cos I wouldn't wish to ruin it for anyone. Haven't tried any of the others - what are the titles?

try www.jodipicoult.com for a full back catalogue and info on forthcoming releases.
I enjoyed the first I read so much I bought the lot while on holiday in America last september!

I've had all but the most recent 3 but since I finished Keeping Faith last night I shall be ordering the others sharpish.
For other readers:
From Publishers Weekly
The difficult choices a family must make when a child is diagnosed with a serious disease are explored with pathos and understanding in this 11th novel by Picoult (Second Glance, etc.). The author, who has taken on such controversial subjects as euthanasia (Mercy), teen suicide (The Pact) and sterilization laws (Second Glance), turns her gaze on genetic planning, the prospect of creating babies for health purposes and the ethical and moral fallout that results. Kate Fitzgerald has a rare form of leukemia. Her sister, Anna, was conceived to provide a donor match for procedures that become increasingly invasive. At 13, Anna hires a lawyer so that she can sue her parents for the right to make her own decisions about how her body is used when a kidney transplant is planned. Meanwhile, Jesse, the neglected oldest child of the family, is out setting fires, which his firefighter father, Brian, inevitably puts out. Picoult uses multiple viewpoints to reveal each character's intentions and observations, but she doesn't manage her transitions as gracefully as usual; a series of flashbacks are abrupt. Nor is Sara, the children's mother, as well developed and three-dimensional as previous Picoult protagonists. Her devotion to Kate is understandable, but her complete lack of sympathy for Anna's predicament until the trial does not ring true, nor can we buy that Sara would dust off her law degree and represent herself in such a complicated case. Nevertheless, Picoult ably explores a complex subject with bravado and clarity, and comes up with a heart-wrenching, unexpected plot twist at the book's conclusion.
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I've read My Sister's Keeper, The Pact and Salem's Lot. Would love to read the others though. Are the ones that aren't out in the UK yet going to be, does anyone know?

You could order them from Amazon .com and they'll ship to the UK.
And, it's Salem Falls :) Someone will think you mean Stephen King and tell ya he never wrote My Sisters Keeper

I read my sisters keeper thought it was really good :thumbsup:

I read my sisters Keeper and thought it was really good, but then I read the pact and just felt it was the worst book I had read. It was so unbelievable and the ending, well it should have ended different. I don't read her books now as the pact just put me off.