I have been able to read 3 books this week - no that's not all I do but I don't watch TV, I read fast and I read at lunchtime :) One I didn't enjoy this week was `My Sister's Keeper' by Jodi Picoult. This was about a 13 year old girl who was conceived with the purpose of saving her older sister's life, the sister has Leukemia. Anyway when the parents decide it's time to harvest a kidney from the younger daughter she finally cracks and decides to sue them. A very topical theme but the characters didn't ring true for me and the ending seemed contrived. Everytime I read a Picoult novel I am seduced by the storyline and then I get frustrated with it half way through, read the last chapter and swear to never read another. This time I am definitely not going to read another.
I have also been reading a fascinating non-fiction book called `The Roses of No-Man's Land' about the life of Nurses - mainly young volunteer workers during World War 1. Lots of interesting oral history and letters written at the time bring this era to life with all its horror and bravery.
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