My Vote

My vote for next year’s book is “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult. Although I did enjoy many of the other books presented b other groups, I think that a class would gain the most from reading this novel. There is much to discuss regarding the mechanics of the writing, along with infinite discussion about the plot. There are so many ethical questions raised by this text, and I feel like they are more applicable to the students than the questions raised by “My Year of Meats.” My group personally had enough discussion to fill 3 class periods, and that was only with 6 people talking. The book was also a very easy read, which I think many of you in the class would enjoy. I do admit that I am a total procrastinator. I didn’t begin reading the novel until the Monday following Thanksgiving break, and I had finished it by the following Saturday. I also wasn’t reading at breakneck speed because I had many things to do such as prepare for a piano performance. The book kept my interest throughout which is difficult for a book to do. In that aspect it is a lot like Water for Elephants. Also, it was good to have a definitive ending unlike “Happiness,” even if it was a very sad ending. I know that it isn’t good to toot one’s own horn, but I am voting for my own book because I honestly think that the next class stands to gain a lot from reading it.