I’m currently at page 238 of 541. And if I may — who’s gonna cook dinner? — I want to finish the book tonight itself. That’s how Picoult got me hooked onto her books each time, without Fail.

I bought Salem Falls two months back at MPH’s Stock Clearance Promotions. Books were allegedly going as low as RM2.00! This is one of the reasons why I would never step into a bookshop again to buy a full priced book. Just imagine the Ringgits you can save! *bedazzled* And with the savings, I can invest in a — Some, preferably — good looking bookshelves. A win-win situation I Like!

So why did Salem Falls?

Synopsis

Jack St. Bride was once a beloved teacher and soccer coach at a girls’ prep school – until a student’s crush sparked a powder keg of accusation and robbed him of his career and reputation.

Now, after a devastatingly public ordeal that left him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job, Jack resolves to pick up the pieces of his life. He takes a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody’s diner and slowly starts to form a relationship with her in the quiet New England village of Salem Falls.

But just when Jack thinks he has outrun his past, a quartet of teenage girls with a secret turn his world upside down once again, triggering a modern-day witch hunt in a town haunted by its own history…

I’m now at the part where Jack got arrested — again! — for a crime he did not commit. I know this is a work of fiction, but I can’t help but believe that there’s really such misfortune and mis-justice in this world. It’s quite disturbing and Sad. How many Jacks are there out there?

Looking forward to finish the book, hopefully by the end of this weekend. After that I’ll take a breather before taking another bait of Picoult brilliance. Which should it be?…

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