Book worm

For the longest time I avoided jumping on the Twilight wagon. I was not going to join the fad. A book about vampire love, really? It doesn't sound that great... I'm officially a hypocrite. I read and loved Twilight. I'm 25 and have a crush on the character Edward, and I know I'm not alone. How did this happen? I don't even know. I started reading, expecting to be disappointed. The opposite happened. I sacrificed sleep to read. Overdosed on coffee the next morning and afternoon. Ambitious to go home and do it all over again. Eager to read more. Now that I'm done with the first book I look forward to reading New Moon with hesitation. Knowing that it will take over my life and I will be disposed until finished.

 

Over the fourth I started to read My Sister's Keeper thinking it would not consume my time as much as Twilight had. Wrong. So very wrong. Medical conditions and law have always tugged at my heart. Jodi Picoult has an incredible gift with symbolism. The book is beautifully written. Each chapter is a different character's perspective, but they all melt together. It's insightful to have so many views of the family. There is a lot to think about as far as what would I do or how I would feel as the parent, the sick kid, the rebel brother or the daughter who was a designer baby. I'm not sure. Again, the symbolism that bonds these characters is beautiful. Especially with Brian's relation to Anna. 

Brian is the father and Anna is the designer baby, created to save her sister, Kate who has leukemia. Brian is a firefighter. Anna has never been given the option to not donate blood marrow for Kate and now she is expected to give her a kidney. Anna is suing her parents for medical emancipation. Basically the right to decide what happens to her body. Knowing that a kidney won't 'save' Kate forever. At one point when rescuing someone from a fire Brian says, "the safety of a rescuer is of a higher priority than the safety of the victim. Always." That line still resounds in my head. 

I know I'm not doing the book justice so please go and read it for yourself.