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The Richburg Colonial Library Book Club meets every 3rd Monday night @ 7:00pm September through May. The club will meet at a home of a club member and the doors are open for anyone to attend. In November the club read House Rules by Jodi Picoult. This book is about a young man named Jacob Hunt who is brilliant at math, has a wicked sense of humor, extraordinarily organized, but hopeless at reading social cues. Jacob has Asperger syndrome.  He is locked in his own world - aware of the world outside and wanting to make a connection.  Jacob tries to be like everyone else, but doesn't know how. When his tutor is found dead, all the hallmark behaviors of Jacob's syndrome - not looking someone in the eyes, odd movements, inappropriate actions all start looking a lot like guilt to the police. And Jacob's mother must ask herself the hardest question in the world; is her child capable of murder? 

We thought the topic of Asperger's was very interesting, but the concensus of the club was that the book was too predictable and was not one of the author's better books. If you are interested in the subject of Asperger's another book you might like is  Look Me In The Eye, My Life With Asperger's, by John Elder Robinson

Thank you to this book club for a review.