Book #8 of 2007 - The Pact

Title: The Pact
Author: Jodi Picoult

This was a pretty good book. At first, say the first half of it, I didn't think I'd like it, but the last 150 or so pages had me so engrossed that I didn't want to put it down.

It is a love story, but not a typical love story. Its about a 2 families that are neighbors, their children are born months apart, grow up together, and so on.

The story starts at the end, in the present, with the shot (Emily's suicide.. or is it?). The story is then told both in the present, and then flashback style. So you get to read about the 2 families meeting, the children growing up together, their relationship and so on.. intermingled into the story of what happend on the night of the gun shot and the time after until the end of the book. I don't want to give away any more of the "now" part in case someone hasn't read it that may be reading this (highly unlikely, but you never know).

Interesting writing style, good story, all in all a good book.

This was another book club book.

Book #7 of 2007 - The Killing Game

Title: The Killing Game
Author: Iris Johansen

This book was OK. I have to say that she is a good writer, but the style of book just isn't something I enjoy reading. I read it as part of a book club, and was determined to finish it. I hate leaving a book unread. It wasn't un-readable, it was just, like I said, not my cup o' tea. :)

It is a murder mystery book where a woman who is a.. now I forget her exact title, but she reconstructs faces from skulls or skull fragments.. is being stalked by the killer that killed her young daughter. The daughter's bones had never been found. The killer sends her on a search for other victims, has her watching over a young girl in foster care threatening to kill this young girl. So the woman and a friend of hers from the fbi work together, along with the police, to find this guy before he kills the girl and her.

Its interesting at parts, the end has the expected twist, and the "oh we got him!... oh no.. its really.. HIM!" lol but it was a well written story. I won't be reading any of her other books, not because they aren't well written, just because murder mystery isn't my thing.

This entry is waay late, I read this in April. :)