Im not a bookworm but from time to time i read novels (does that make me a "seasoned reader"?). My earliest recollection of reading was, i think, Sweet Valley High, because my sister had a collection of it so i gave it a try... I never got hooked.
Fast forward... read lots of chiclit books, then the twilight and hunger games series + novels i forgot the titles already. :p and yes archie comics too. lol. NO Harry Potter. My imagination couldnt handle the complicated texts. Poor me. :p
Downloaded one of Jodi Picoult's books months ago but i just stored it in iBooks. Was just recently that i decided to read it cuz i was "thirsty of words" (chos!) and since there's was no more tv series to watch.
Keeping Faith
Synopsis:
Somewhere between belief and doubt lies faith. For the second time in her marriage, Mariah White catches her husband with another woman and Faith, their seven year old daughter, witnesses every painful minute. In the aftermath of a sudden divorce, Mariah struggles with depression and Faith seeks solace in a new friend… a friend who may or may not be imaginary.
Faith talks to her "Guard"constantly; begins to recite passages from the Bible— a book she's never read. Fearful for her daughter's sanity, Mariah sends her to several psychiatrists. Yet when Faith develops stigmata and begins to perform miraculous healings, Mariah wonders if her daughter-- a girl with no religious background-- might indeed be seeing God. As word spreads and controversy heightens, Mariah and Faith are besieged by believers and disbelievers alike, caught in a media circus that threatens what little stability they have left.
What are you willing to believe? Is Faith a prophet or a troubled little girl? Is Mariah a good mother facing an impossible crisis— or a charlatan using her daughter to reclaim the attention her unfaithful husband withheld? As the story builds to a climactic battle for custody, Mariah must discover that spirit is not necessarily something that comes from religion, but from inside oneself.
Fascinating, thoughtful, and suspenseful, Keeping Faith explores a family plagued by the media, the medical profession, and organized religion in a world where everyone has an opinion but no one knows the truth. At her controversial and compelling best, Jodi Picoult masterfully explores the moment when boundaries break down, when illusions become reality, and when the only step left to take is a leap of faith. -source
I LIKED IT SO MUCH! I was entertained. I can relate so much in the story maybe because i am a catholic and yes, i do believe in miracles. :)
Change of Heart
Synopsis:
Shay Bourne - New Hampshire’s first death row prisoner in 69 years – has only one last request: to donate his heart post-execution to the sister of his victim, who is looking for a transplant. Bourne says it’s the only way he can redeem himself…but with lethal injection as his form of execution, this is medically impossible.
Enter Father Michael Wright, a young local priest. Called in as Shay’s spiritual advisor, he knows redemption has nothing to do with organ donation – and plans to convince Bourne. But then Bourne begins to perform miracles at the prison that are witnessed by officers, fellow inmates, and even Father Michael – and the media begins to call him a messiah. Could an unkempt, bipolar, convicted murderer be a savior? It seems highly unlikely, to the priest. Until he realizes that the things Shay says may not come from the Bible…but are, verbatim, from a gospel that the early Christian church rejected two thousand years ago…and that is still considered heresy.
Change Of Heart looks at the nature of organized religion and belief, and takes the reader behind the closely drawn curtains of America’s death penalty. Featuring the return of Ian Fletcher from Keeping Faith, it also asks whether religion and politics truly are separate in this country, or inextricably tangled. Does religion make us more tolerant, or less? Do we believe what we do because it’s right? Or because it’s too frightening to admit that we may not have the answers? -source
Then immediately after Keeping Faith I decided to read another Jodi Picoult novel. Fortunately, she didn't fail me with Change of Heart. I LOVED it so much. A thought provoking thriller about religion, death penalty, family and a bit of romance.
The last 150 pages of Change of Heart i kept on crying. Lech! Will not read Jodi Picoult works anytime soon cuz reading another book of hers might just give me a heart attack. :p
In general i love Jodi Picoult. I like her style of writing. I like her genre - legal thrillers, mysteries and just a right amount of romance (at least for these two novels). YAY!
Oh and btw... today, April 2, is International Children's Book Day!!! :)
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