This is my last blog! I am still coming up with a format for my presentation on Jodi Picoult. My Sister's Keeper had so many cliff hangers and i was unable to put the book down. This book explores the modern advances in genetic engineering. It shows the long term consequences on a young girl who has been brought into this world genetically perfect to save her sister from a rare leukaemia. It is very American, which is Picoult's style.

Jodi Picoult has been busy traveling through America, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and South Africa. "I finally returned home last summer...not quite sure if my children would even remember who i was," says Picoult about her long world tour. I have been viewing Picoult's own newsletter page for her fans and find it very interesting and helpful for my own research. Picoult basically blogs about whats new with her writing and talk about future books that she is in the process of writing. She recently discussed her latest film news. My Sister's Keeper continues to inch along in development at New Line Cinema. A script has been written and got excellent coverage meaning everyone pretty much liked it. Also, another one of her novels, Keeping Faith has been optioned by Lifetime television. They are also looking to replicate the success of the book, Plain Truth, their most watched movide of 2004. This news is exciting for Picoult and she is definitely gaining more readers as a result. I plan to watch these movies and incorporate them to my final project.

The research paper is due on thursday and I am almost finished completing it. It took me a while to come up with a research topic and i finally decided to base it around teen suicide mostly because The Pact's plot centers around a suicide. This is such a sensitive subject and i've never really explored the subject in depth. The Pact's author, Jodi Picoult, purposely chose to involve suicide in the book's plot because of her own experience as an English teacher and knowing a suicidal student was among her class. Picoult felt responsible to help this young teen girl overcome her depression and suicidal thoughts.

Many of Jodi Picoult's novels run a similar theme of love and compassion. Once people start reading her novels, they cannot seem to stop. Her writing style is addicting and seems to touch other people's lives because it can relate to people in so many ways. Picoult is a page turner type of writer and she writes with a fine touch. After reading many reviews on Picoult's novels and even reviews on the writer herself, I have read numerously that "Picoult is a rare writer who delivers book after book, a winning combination of literary and the commercial." I feel like Jodi Picoult really digs deep into the complexity of human relationships and she targets popular issues of today's society which graps so many people's attention. She forces me to think. I am constantly thinking about what is right and wrong. Her novels are definitely ones that move me which makes it such an easy read. Her novels center around themes such as family, relationships, and love. She has published 15 books, all which have been a huge success. The Pact brings to life "a familiar world" that forces me to keep reading.