GreatMarta In reply to CougarHearted [2024-01-12 08:13:33 +0000 UTC]

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GreatMarta In reply to CougarHearted [2020-06-10 07:41:39 +0000 UTC]

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GreatMarta In reply to Phoenix2718 [2020-03-26 09:08:24 +0000 UTC]

It was the very first book of Jodi’s that I read. I think I was 15 at that time. My mother recommended it to me. It was the first book I read that featured first person POV from multiple characters, and I loved it. Much later, I even wrote my Bachelor’s thesis on the translation of double entendre in two of Jodi’s books ^_^

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Phoenix2718 In reply to GreatMarta [2020-03-26 16:50:56 +0000 UTC]

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GreatMarta In reply to Phoenix2718 [2020-03-27 08:08:18 +0000 UTC]

Nineteen minutes seems to be the most “thorough” of her books. Reading it, I felt that every aspect of the problem that could potentially be addressed has been addressed. Up to the letter that Peter received in jail. I remember being very satisfied when I finished it. Definitely one of the most impressive ones in the collection.

I feel that Jodi is capable of painting full-fledged characters in a few words. A couple of times, I found myself liking the opposing lawyer (in Perfect Match and Salem Falls – those were such enjoyable-to-read characters, the prosecutors).  

After a while, Jodi’s books become a bit predictable – she obviously has a pattern when it comes to trials and moral issues – but it’s still a good read. 

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Phoenix2718 In reply to GreatMarta [2020-03-27 19:47:48 +0000 UTC]

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GreatMarta In reply to Phoenix2718 [2020-03-27 20:16:13 +0000 UTC]

If you liked My Sister’s Keeper – which features a family with a disabled child, a neglected sibling, and a trial – then the most similar ones to this would be House Rules (boy with Asperger’s obsessed with forensics is accused of murdering his tutor) and Handle With Care (parents of a girl with brittle bone disease sue their OBGyn to give her a comfortable life).

If you prefer books that do not follow Jodi’s usual pattern – the most non-standard one is Second Glance (guy struggling with beloved’s death tracks ghosts and discovers secrets about prosecutions of Native Americans many years prior).

If you’d like a book where a character commits a crime, but for the right reasons – like in Nineteen Minutes – try Perfect Match (woman kills pedophile – this one features Patrick Ducharme from Nineteen Minutes), Mercy (guy kills his wife, who is dying of cancer and asked him to do it), or Tenth Circle (girl accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape, he denies, trial happens).

If you ask for my personal favorites – I have a hard time picking, but I’d say Sing You Home, Small Great Things and A Spark of Light – the most recent ones – were satisfying. Not as much as Nineteen Minutes, but they were very thorough. I also quite liked Salem Falls.  

If you are looking for a different author than Jodi, I most definitely recommend Khaled Hosseini – the guy who wrote the Kite Runner and a Thousand Splendid Suns. Amazing books showing the life in Afghanistan, with vivid descriptions and gracefully presented cultural elements. Reading him is like learning culture and history through plot and character interactions in an engaging family saga. I can’t recommend him enough.

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Phoenix2718 In reply to GreatMarta [2020-03-27 20:25:17 +0000 UTC]

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GreatMarta In reply to Phoenix2718 [2020-03-27 20:32:19 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome ^_^. It feels good to support the authors I like. Also, Jodi has an official website. It has extracts from all of her novels, new on the upcoming novel, and some other stuff:  www.jodipicoult.com/

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GreatMarta In reply to Doctor-Why-Designs [2020-01-10 11:47:22 +0000 UTC]

thanks!!!

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Doctor-Why-Designs In reply to GreatMarta [2020-01-11 07:37:49 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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GreatMarta In reply to RTNightmare [2020-01-10 11:47:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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RTNightmare In reply to GreatMarta [2020-01-10 22:01:26 +0000 UTC]

You’re welcome.

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GreatMarta In reply to WeraHatake [2020-01-10 11:47:52 +0000 UTC]

Dziękować

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GreatMarta In reply to KalahariMeerkatfan [2019-05-08 18:08:05 +0000 UTC]

I'm afraid you posting this coincided with my very emotionally demanding and staining family time. I honestly can't think of anything appropriate to say. Sorry. And thanks.

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GreatMarta In reply to Iron-Lyons [2019-02-01 19:28:14 +0000 UTC]

Okay. I've had a period of addiction to a bubble shooter, but it's cooling down. I also turned 30 last month and went to London to see the musicals Wicked and Hamilton to celebrate the occassion. So yeah, I'd say I'm doing well ^_^ Thank you for asking.

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Iron-Lyons In reply to GreatMarta [2019-02-04 23:43:13 +0000 UTC]

I've wanted to see Wicked for awihle now, so good on you for being able to! But what's a bubble shooter?

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GreatMarta In reply to Iron-Lyons [2019-02-05 16:46:08 +0000 UTC]

A game in which ou shoot colorful bubbles/balls against a mass of other colorsful bubbles/balls. When you get 3 of the same color together, they pop/disappear. Every now and then new bubbles appear. You have to clear them all. The one I currently play is called Bubble Cloud, and I like it, because it has the bubbles grouped around a circle in the middle of the screen, instead of dropping from the top.

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Iron-Lyons In reply to GreatMarta [2019-02-05 18:41:58 +0000 UTC]

Huh never heard of that! Cool! 8D

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GreatMarta In reply to Madness-Made-Fresh [2019-01-14 20:17:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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GreatMarta In reply to JYNFury14 [2019-01-14 20:17:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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