House Rules is about a teenager who has Aspergers Syndrome (form of Autism) and is a fanatic of Crime Scene Investigations. However, life gets tricky for him and his family when he suddenly becomes the main suspect of a murder. I was a little disappointed with this book...as it became somewhat predictable (which is unusual for Jodi Picoult).
Handle with Care was an amazing read (I rate this book and My Sister's Keeper as Jodi Picoult's best books). It tells the story of a family torn apart from the consequences of having a daughter with brittle bone disease. I could not put the book down...and needless to say...I shed a tear or two at the end.
At the moment I am reading Tim Shadbolt's autobiography (one of them) called Mayor of Two Cities. I was at Bishopdale Library very briefly and in my rush...this is what I ended up with (well...that is my explanation for choosing such a book anyway). It hasn't been a bad read. I had no idea that Tim Shadbolt (somewhat of a national icon here in New Zealand) used to live on a commune, used to pour concrete for a living...he is a real grass roots kind of guy...he really gets stuck into the causes of the working class...has a real understanding of what life is for the majority of us.
...it might explain why Jim Anderton is getting my vote in October!
