My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 034083546x Global Overview for this book
Registered by Annodyne of Sale, Cheshire United Kingdom on 7/8/2006
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6 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Annodyne from Sale, Cheshire United Kingdom on Saturday, July 8, 2006


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Journal Entry 2 by Annodyne from Sale, Cheshire United Kingdom on Monday, July 31, 2006

Posted to rosiewhippet today.

Journal Entry 3 by rosiewhippet from Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Thursday, August 3, 2006
Thank you so much for sending me this. I really appreicate it. It is for my Birthday RABCK patner who's birthday is in Sep, so that was good timing!!

Thank you

Rosiewhippet. x

Journal Entry 4 by rosiewhippet from Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Sending onto my RABCK Birthday Patner

Sending on as part of 'The 2006 Keep Them Moving Challenge'

Journal Entry 5 by rosiewhippet at Dododumpling in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 5, 2006

Released 17 yrs ago (9/5/2006 UTC) at Dododumpling in St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom

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Happy Birthday for the 8th Sep.

Hope you enjoy the book.

Rosiewhippet. x

Journal Entry 6 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Friday, September 8, 2006
Thank you, thank you!

It was lovely to unwrap my parcel this morning and find this book, along with a fab handmade card. I sneakily read the first few pages before going to work, and I think I'm going to enjoy it a lot.

I'm having a good birthday; in addition to lovely presents, it's a Friday and the weather is just gorgeous. :)

Journal Entry 7 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 2, 2007
My first read of 2007 (well, I started it in 2006 but finished it yesterday!) I read through this book very quickly – it really had me hooked. The storyline was really thought-provoking and I felt the method of telling the story through different voices worked well. I have to admit I found some of the dialogue a little stilted, though.

I found it hard to feel much sympathy for Sara – possibly because Anna "spoke" first? – but also found myself thinking that I hope I’m never in that position myself. And the ending … well, there’s a twist and I don’t want to give anything away, but ... gosh, what a situation ...

There’s a reading guide here, which poses some interesting points to ponder.

This was my first Jodi Picoult novel, but I will be looking out for more.

(The image shows Jodi Picoult).

Journal Entry 8 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Saturday, January 6, 2007
I've decided this book deserves a wider audience, so it's becoming a
Bookray

Some brief "rules"
* Journal the book when you receive it.
* PM the next person on the list for their address when you receive it so as to try to avoid hold-ups later on.
* If you don't hear from the next participant within a few days, PM them again. If after a few more days you still haven't heard from them, PM me to let me know, and move on to the next person on the list.
* Read (and hopefully enjoy!) Please read within a month or so of receipt if you can.
* Journal again when you've read it to let us know what you think of it!
* Surface mail is fine for international postage. Please include this info (if relevant) in your journal entry.

Participants
1. anthonybairdis, UK (post UK or Europe)
2. Frangipani04, Portugal (post Europe)
3. bruehwuerfel, Belarus (post Europe)
4. mafaldaQ, Greece (post internationally)
5. princess1984, Canada (post Canada/USA)
6. Shawna, USA (post USA)

The person at the end decides what to do with the book!

Journal Entry 9 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 9, 2007
I sent this book on its travels yesterday. I'm very jealous - it's going to be visiting six different countries!

Journal Entry 10 by anthonybairdis from Hebburn, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Monday, January 15, 2007
Received the book in the post today. I look forward to reading it, and will pass it on as sson as I have finished. I already have Frangipani04's address.

Journal Entry 11 by anthonybairdis from Hebburn, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Saturday, February 3, 2007
I don't remember reading a book that has affected me so much. I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried for the last 20 or so pages of the book.

It tells the story of Anna, a 13 year-old girl who is suing her parents for medical emancipation so that she doesn't have to undergo major surgery to donate a kidney for her sister Kate, who is terminally ill with a rare form of leukaemia. It tells the story from many differnt first person perspectives including Anna, Sara (her mother, who gives the back story in flashbacks, where we gradually see how her family mamabers developed into who they are in the present time), Brian (her father, a firefighter), Jesse (her brother, who feels ignored by the rest of the family), Campbell Alexander (the lawyer that Anna asks to represent her, who has a secret of his own), and Julia (the guardian ad litum, who is asked by the court to determine whether Anna is capable of making these decisions by herself). Wisely, I feel, Kate doesn't get to be heard until the very end. Each voice brings a different view to the stroy, higlighting different moral questions that are applicable to the case.

I was particulaly impressed by the medical accuracy of the book. It is clear that Jodi Picoult has done an awful lot of research into APL, the type of cancer that Kate has, and the development of different tratments through the years. This really adds to the realism of the book. This is one that will stay with me for a long time after having read it.

I already have Frangipani04's address, and I will post it later today. I hope the rest of you on the bookring enjoy this book as much as I did.

Journal Entry 12 by Frangipani04 on Thursday, February 8, 2007
It's with me now! I'm going to start reading it this weekend! Thanks for sending it anthonybairdis!

Journal Entry 13 by Frangipani04 on Monday, March 5, 2007
Another excelent page turner! I really loved this books, as almost every other from Jodi Picoult I've read so far. It's a really sad story, that makes us question a lot of important issues about life and people. The last pages were really a big surprise...

It will go to bruehwuerfel this week.

Thanks for sharing it dododumpling!

12/03 - sent today.

Journal Entry 14 by bruehwuerfel on Friday, March 23, 2007
I got the book yesterday.Thanks for sending!
I will read it as soon as possible.

Journal Entry 15 by bruehwuerfel on Sunday, September 9, 2007
I am really sorry that it took me so long.I will send the book on as soon as I have the address of mafaldaQ.

Journal Entry 16 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Thursday, May 22, 2008
Appears to have stalled. Sorry, folks.

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