Jodi Picoult

So I'm reading Jodi Picoult's Vanishing Acts. And while I'm not finished with it quite yet, I am driven to post on it today. A few observations...

• Most of Jodi's books are quite long compared to most that I read. This one is 416 pages.
• I love how she entertwines stories and characters and makes everything mesh.
• However, every chapter is from a different character's viewpoint and sometimes it gets confusing.
• I HATE how she provides a history lesson with each novel. This time it's about the history of Native Americans. Once it was about Alaskans. If I want to know about their history, I'll google it. I usually skip these parts.
• I love how her books make you straddle the fence. There is a crime (usually) and while you'd think you would be completely against it, that gray area in the middle exists and makes you think. Not everything is black and white.
• There's always some kind of court case. Were you a lawyer in a former life, Ms. Picoult?
• This book tells you how to make meth. METH, people. I mean, yes, you can google that too, but why would it explain the whole process?!?!?! I'm a little disturbed by this.
• Completely off the radar, but sometimes I am curious about how to make things. Like drugs or whatever. Curious, because I'm so ignorant when it comes to drugs. I don't want to make them, but just wonder how they are made. Anywho, I never google because what if someone finds out in some strange way and thinks I'm interested??? Can't have that happening. No sir-eee.

----Edit----- I finished the book, and it was great. Of course there were some surprises, but Ms. Jodi, you did not disappoint.

I've read several books by Picoult, and like pretty much all of them.  Have you read a Picoult? What do you think??

Who is your favorite author? What's your favorite book?

Please comment so that I can get some new ideas.