I quit.. I am not reading a book that I do not enjoy at all. I really need a good read to help soothe me after taking down the Christmas tree. I love being in my family room with the tree lit up and some candles going. It is such a great place to sit and read. I need to find a new happy place now. I am thinking that maybe this book will be the one.
I love Jodi Picoult. She has not let me down yet. The premise of this book is:
HOUSE RULES is about Jacob Hunt, a teenage boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, and like many kids with AS, Jacob has a special focus on one subject – in his case, forensic analysis. He’s always showing up at crime scenes, thanks to the police scanner he keeps in his room, and telling the cops what they need to do…and he’s usually right. But then one day his tutor is found dead, and the police come to question him. All of the hallmark behaviors of Asperger’s – not looking someone in the eye, stimulatory tics and twitches, inappropriate affect – can look a heck of a lot like guilt to law enforcement personnel -- and suddenly, Jacob finds himself accused of murder. HOUSE RULES looks at what it means to be different in our society, how autism affects a family, and how our legal system works well for people who communicate a certain way – but lousy for those who don’t.
I am so excited to start this book. I have to get my kids to bed early!!!
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