Salman Rushdie: Midnight's Children

This is a hard book to read. Trying to document the history of India as it transitions from the Raj to Independence. Structured in 3 parts possibly before, during and after independence - not sure cos I couldn't get past the first part.
Not entirely sure why I gave up, since I almost enjoyed the first part. When the action moved to Bombay it seemed to lose something, perhaps the surviving characters lost their appeal and the prose seemed to get a bit bored with itself.
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Jodi Picoult: Songs of the Humpback Whale

This is absolutely appalling; how on earth can this author be "best selling" anywhere.
This would give story-tellers and authors a bad name.
Avoid like the plague.
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