There are a million things to be thankful for this year, as with every year. I have the best family in the world. I've been blessed with many things that others do without on a daily basis: job, house, car, clothes. It's not something I take lightly or advantage of on any occasion. I thank God for it all every single day.
And on that note, let's get back to books! :)
So I had to pick a book for Book Club. This was a decision of great importance seeing as how I did not like a single book we have read so far this year. My book club consists of other professional women my age, so I figured they wouldn't appreciate my love for YA paranormal fiction. It turns out, maybe I should have tried to sell them on it any way. I ended up choosing Jodi Picoult because her books have been made into many Lifetime movies and I figured I couldn't go wrong. Well guess what??? I did.
Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
This book is about a woman who catches her husband in bed with another woman and ends up going through a divorce. It seems as though that isn't the worst it could get. Mariah's daughter then begins to talk to an imaginary friend, it turns out that her imaginary "guide" is actually God. I find absolutely nothing wrong with talking to God, I do it on a regular basis. However, Faith, the daughter, not only talks to God, but she heals people too. She heals them of disease, depression, autism, death. Yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking. So was I. Second coming??? Could have been, but the book just played it off into part of the melodrama that the mother was dealing with in the divorce. As if that was more important. Hello???? Crazy woman??? Your daughter is talking to God AND raising people from the dead. No one cares if your husband is a loser! So needless to say, this was another Book Club book on my "thumbs down" list. Wait until I have to explain this to the girls!
