#16: House Rules

Jodi Picoult does it again...writes another can't-wait-to-get-to-the-next-page novel.  House Rules educated me about Asperger's Syndrome and truly changed my perspective about the effects of this disease on all those involved in caring for such special needs persons.

Picoult tells the story in first-person through the various main characters in her novel....Jacob, his mother, his brother, his lawyer, the police detective investigating the murder of which Jacob has been accused.

As I read, I felt the frustrations of all these characters as they deal with a legal system not designed to care for special circumstances.  Anger.  Disappointment. Sadness.

Then, the twist at the end.  DO NOT READ THE END OF THIS NOVEL FIRST.  Just in case you are tempted.  Resist!

#11-15: Selections by Colleen Coble

Spring Break arrived!  On Friday evening I picked up the next novel in one of Christan author Colleen Coble's series and began to read...until I had read four of her novels!

• Lonestar Secrets
• Lonestar Homecoming
• The Lightkeeper's Daughter
• Anathema

I enjoy Coble's writing style and the messages she embeds within her novels:  strong women taking stands.

Light reads, these novels become an evening's entertainment...or a great way to wake up for a non-morning person such as myself.   These novels proved to be a great way to relax after a very intense third-nine-weeks of work.

#10 C. S. Lewis: Creator of Narnia (Heroes of the Faith)

A brilliant man!  I read this biography about the life of C.S. Lewis in preparation for a presentation I was doing at church as background for watching movie the The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, combining two of my passions:  church and teaching.  (I almost felt sneaky in church teaching our attendees what an allegory is!)

A quick, easy read that I read in one day (just did not want to put it down!), I found myself mesmerized by this man's initial struggle with faith and then the stand he took for his faith.

As I read, I annotated the book with tidbits that I shared with my church family and other examples to share with my students.

This is one those books that I bought some time ago and it sat and waited...and waited...on me to choose it as my next read.  My only regret?  It sat too long!
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Side note:  As I was looking for the above book cover, I found this one...look familiar?