The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)

Ya’ll this is an AMAZING book. I know so many people who have read it, and a friend of mine even bought me the book because I kept coming up with excuses not to read it. That was two years ago, and I finally picked it up. I think I kept putting it off because I find that movies and books that people hail as grand and glorious, never seem to reach the expectations I have set for them in my mind. The Lovely Bones hit all the marks. I read it within the week. (This is record breaking for me.) Such a lovely, lovely story. The book is narrated by a 14 year-old girl who has been murdered by an unsuspecting neighbor. She watches from Heaven as her family, friends, and even her murderer cope after her death. A brilliant and well-written novel--like nothing I've read before! You MUST put it on your summer reading list. (My only complaint is that there are numerous missing commas--Eek! Why can’t I read a book without subconsciously editing it?)