Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
I do no know why I am having such a hard time finishing this book!! I've never had a problem with Jodi Picoult books, she's easily one of my favorite authors.  This is the second time I've tried to read this book and each time I get more frustrated. My sister tells me to keep going, that it'll get better, but I've yet to find that place and I'm 243 pages into it.  I've read quite a bit of it today just to be done with it but I feel like I'm going nowhere. I want to know what happens, but I think it would be easier on my brain if someone would just tell me what happens.

From bn.com: When the marriage of Mariah White and her cheating husband, Colin, turns ugly and disintegrates, their seven-year-old daughter, Faith, is there to witness it all. In the aftermath of a rapid divorce, Mariah falls into a deep depression -- and suddenly Faith, a child with no religious background whatsoever, hears divine voices, starts reciting biblical passages, and develops stigmata. And when the miraculous healings begin, mother and daughter are thrust into the volatile center of controversy and into the heat of a custody battle -- trapped in a mad media circus that threatens what little stability the family has left.

Ian is a huge athiest and goes around the world telling people why they shouldn't believe in God and why he doesn't exist, etc. I wasn't brought up this way so it's hard for me to swallow. He's also such a liar that I get frustrated every time I see his name at the beginning of a paragraph. There was a time where I saw a glimmer of hope that I'd like him, but then he became the same old Ian so now I hate him again.  I also was raised Baptist, a lot of the stuff in this book is Catholic so I have a hard time understanding and processing things that are going on.

About the only thing I like about this book is Faith White, the main character. I like her character as a whole, her innocence, her insight.  I'm taking a break from this book and I'm going to read something else for a little while. I may go back to this one, or I may just skim it and see what happens.