Plain Truth- Jodi Picoult

Plain Truth is a fascinating portrait of Amish life rarely witnessed by those outside the faith. A young Amish teen hides a pregnancy, gives birth in secret, and then flatly denies it all when the baby's body is found, urban defense attorney Ellie Hathaway decides to defend her. But she finds herself caught in a clash of cultures with a people whose channels of justice are markedly different from her own… and discovers a place where circumstances are not always what they seem.

Ratings: 6/10

Nineteen Minutes- Jodi Picoult

In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old high school student Peter Houghton has endured years of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of classmates. His best friend, Josie Cormier, succumbed to peer pressure and now hangs out with the popular crowd that often instigates the harassment. One final incident of bullying sends Peter over the edge and leads him to commit an act of violence that forever changes the lives of Sterling’s residents.

Even those who were not inside the school that morning find their lives in an upheaval, including Alex Cormier. The superior court judge assigned to the Houghton case, Alex—whose daughter, Josie, witnessed the events that unfolded—must decide whether or not to step down. She’s torn between presiding over the biggest case of her career and knowing that doing so will cause an even wider chasm in her relationship with her emotionally fragile daughter. Josie, meanwhile, claims she can’t remember what happened in the last fatal minutes of Peter’s rampage. Or can she? And Peter’s parents, Lacy and Lewis Houghton, ceaselessly examine the past to see what they might have said or done to compel their son to such extremes. Nineteen Minutes also features the return of two of Jodi Picoult’s characters—defense attorney Jordan McAfee from The Pact and Salem Falls, and Patrick DuCharme, the intrepid detective introduced in Perfect Match.

Rich with psychological and social insight, Nineteen Minutes is a riveting, poignant, and thought-provoking novel that has at its center a haunting question.

Ratings: 10/10

Testing Kate

By: Whitney Gaskel
Ratings: 8/10


Writer takes us to University days (or in the States, they call it college), whereby Kate meets 5 friends in her law class. Lexi- beautiful and flirtatious, Jen- married and settled (or so it seems), Dana- youngest, smartest, quietest and the first to tremble after final results from first year was out, Addison- cute and crazy and finally, Nick- gorgeous, goes for anything walking and in skirts. He is also her neighbour, who suddenly finds himself attracted to her. Problem is, Kate has a fiance'. Who is secured, stable, handsome, and a doctor.

Kate has other problem. One of her professor is out to fail her. Simply because she was late and was not prepared for his first class...

This "college" story reminds me a whole lot about my university days. Who is dating whom, who is married, who is shagging whom and who likes to flash their bits off when their drunk.

Its not funny "har har" type, but its smooth flowing, easy read and some part of it puts a smile to my face as writer managed to take me back to my university days effortlessly.

Queen Of Babble

By: Meg Cabot

Fresh out of the Univ. of Michigan with a B.A. in history of fashion, Lizzie Nichols sets off across the pond to spend the summer with British boyfriend Andrew, whom she barely knows. When Lizzie learns that Andrew isn't the man she imagined, she changes direction and heads for France, where her best friend Shari is working at Château Mirac in the Dordogne wine country. En route, she meets Jean-Luc de Villiers, a French-American hottie whose father owns the château, and who would be so easy to fall in love with if he weren't already taken. Lizzie discovers sixteenth-century wineries, kir royals and vintage Givenchy dresses stored in the attic, while matching wits with Jean-Luc's ambitious girlfriend. Although blunt dialogue about oral sex adds a titillating edge, the book is sweet to the core.

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Ratings: 5/5

Memoirs are made of this

By: Swan Adamson

Very similar to "Devil Wears Prada". The writer is typical wicked and very hilarious novel brought me to the world of journalism, badly behaved girl who is funny and sometimes heroic. :)

She not only did fantastical work for her Sex column writer boss, she even made a name for herself by keeping the biggest secrets in journalism and revealing it at the most perfect timing.

But it took me too long to finish it, therefore this is one book I read while waiting for my doctor's appointment.

Ratings: 3/5