MY SISTER'S KEEPER (Jodi Picoult) - June 23/09

Though it's often bogged down in superfluous elements and overly descriptive passages - which admittedly does seem to be Picoult's M.O. - My Sister's Keeper is an extremely engrossing novel that moves at a brisk clip and even got me choked up a few times. The ending is... weird, but I guess I don't have that big a problem with it, although it would've been nice if Anna had given the kidney AND survived, but oh well. ***1/2 out of ****