I looked up some statistics about lying, and here is what I found on the Bright Futures Ny website:

1. An average person lies 1-2 times a day.
2. 60% of people lie at least once in a 10-minute conversation.
3. Men lie 6 times a day on average, while women lie 3 times a day on average.
4. 40% of people lie on their resumes.
5. 90% of people lie on their online dating profiles.
6. 80% of women admit to lying to their partner about their spending habits.
7. 50% of teenagers admit to lying to their parents about their whereabouts.
8. People are more likely to lie over the phone than face to face.
9. 81% of people lie about their height, weight or age online.
10. Politicians lie on average once every five minutes during a debate.

It seems that if we were all like Pinocchio, we would have longer noses. Do you lie? Honestly, I think we all tell lies. The questions should be to what degree and about what?

Looking through my book lists, it seems that I am also attracted to books with lying in the titles.

Amber Reynolds gains consciousness in a hospital. She cannot open her eyes, move her body, or communicate with those around her, but she can hear them. She cannot remember how she got there, but she has a nagging feeling that her husband has something to do with it.

The book alternates between her paralyzed present, a week prior to her accident, and some childhood diary entries to fill in the gaps in her memory and what happened to her.

This was a quick read. Feeney provides us with so many twists that readers won’t see coming.

Told in split perspective, the book follows two main characters 40 years apart. In 1940, Anna Dale, an artist from New Jersey, won a national contest to paint a mural in the Edenton Post Office. She finds herself in a town full or secrets and prejudices. Being different in Edenton could cause one to be murdered. 40 years later, Morgan Christopher finds herself in jail for a crime she didn’t commit when a stranger offers her the opportunity to get out of prison to restore a mural in the Edenton Post Office. Restoring the mural, Morgan discovers the town’s past and secrets. The clues hidden in the mural may solve some old cases.

Another fabulous read. I so enjoyed the redemption element of the story.

This YA novel by Karen McManus kept me up most of the night because I could not put it down. Five students from Bayview High School walk in to detention on Monday afternoon. Bronwyn, the Brain is Yale bound and generally a rule follower. Addy, the Beauty, is the stereotypical homecoming queen. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is an all-star pitcher. Simon is the outcast and creator of a gossip app (think Gossip Girl). At the end of detention, Simon is dead, and it was no accident. Everyone in the room had motive to kill Simon because he planned on Tuesday to release some juicy gossip about each of his detention mates. Did one of them kill Simon, or are they the perfect set up for someone else?

And don’t forget Never Lie by Freida McFadden a book I mentioned before in this blog.