Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult is a book that both my sister, Maggie and my mother read and recommended. Interestingly, it is about a kid who goes to school one day and kills nine kids and one teacher within the span of 19 minutes. The book then delves into the trial that follows, the recovery of the small town in which this happened and the role that the people in this town actually played in "allowing" such a thing to happen. Jodi Picoult hasn't failed me yet so I have high expectations for this book. However, I'm sure it's going to freak me out about being a teacher and what I'm actually, probably, inadvertently doing to my own students. Ugh!

Update:  19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult. Good, good, good. Remember, it's about a school shooting and the aftermath as well as what led up to the incident. It delves into the effects of bullying and has made me listen a little harder about what I hear in the halls at school. Scary. Picoult usually has some "twist" in her books at the end. This one didn't disappoint but it wasn't anything that you didn't think could have happened and it wasn't a huge "shocker". I think the things I expected to happen, happened which is okay because that just means that all the loose ends were tied up at the end. A definite recommendation.

K - I'm going to go run a bath and start my book. Later.