The Notebook

I own this book and I must say that I really enjoyed this book so much that my family caught me re-reading it over and over again!Though it might not be my favorite book I see myself doing this with eery single book I read from Sparks.He hs been my favorite author for as long as I could remember,though I am still young lady I never found myself never not reading any of his books.And so it is with...more

I own this book and I must say that I really enjoyed this book so much that my family caught me re-reading it over and over again!Though it might not be my favorite book I see myself doing this with eery single book I read from Sparks.He hs been my favorite author for as long as I could remember,though I am still young lady I never found myself never not reading any of his books.And so it is with a heavy heart that I must say that Nicholas Sparks is not everyone's favorite author,but at least he is widely known and I will never ever read any other books than his until he resigns from his writing.But 'til then I hope he will make the most of his special skill.   hide

Loved this book

its all about...an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a...more

its all about...an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, then, with her love for Noah still alive, stops by Noah's 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.and it was the very touching book i ever read...T_T   hide

O Caderno é uma história épica história de amor centrado em torno de um homem mais velho que lê em voz alta para uma mais velhos, inválidos mulher a quem ele regularmente visitas. A partir de um notebook desbotada, o velho homem As palavras de trazer para a vida da história sobre um jovem que está separado por II Guerra Mundial, e é então apaixonadamente reunificada, sete anos mais...more

O Caderno é uma história épica história de amor centrado em torno de um homem mais velho que lê em voz alta para uma mais velhos, inválidos mulher a quem ele regularmente visitas. A partir de um notebook desbotada, o velho homem As palavras de trazer para a vida da história sobre um jovem que está separado por II Guerra Mundial, e é então apaixonadamente reunificada, sete anos mais tarde, depois de terem tomado caminhos diferentes. Embora ela tenha memória desbotada, suas palavras dar-lhe a chance de reviver sua turbulenta juventude eo inesquecível amor a eles compartilhado.Na adolescência, Allie e Noah whirlwind começar um namoro que floresce em breve concurso intimidade. O jovem casal rapidamente é separado por Allie's de classe superior pais que insistem que Noah não é certo para ela. Vários anos passam e, quando se reunirem novamente, a sua paixão se reacendeu, forçando Allie a escolher entre a sua alma-gêmea e classe ordem. Este belo conto tem um especial significado especial para um cavalheiro mais velhos que periodicamente lê o atemporal história de amor ao seu envelhecimento companheiro .   hide

Notebook by Nicholas Sparks It will tear a hole in my heart… I will cry. These were the warnings. Hole in my heart!!! That would be the biggest news for all my friends from school, college and all those who knew me. I had doubts, when my friend suggested this book saying that if I write a story about my life it would be something similar. We had a bet. Now who won? Well that’s the story. A...more

Notebook by Nicholas Sparks It will tear a hole in my heart… I will cry. These were the warnings. Hole in my heart!!! That would be the biggest news for all my friends from school, college and all those who knew me. I had doubts, when my friend suggested this book saying that if I write a story about my life it would be something similar. We had a bet. Now who won? Well that’s the story. A copy for me was sent across oceans. Last lazy Sunday afternoon, I started reading this story of two people who were destined to be together till eternity. This was one of the most poignant and compelling stories I have ever read. Like a symphony from the master, the story develops and casts an irresistible spell. Two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks fall in love. Spending one idyllic summer together in the small town of New Bern, Noah Calhoun and Allie Nelson do not meet again for 14 years. Noah has returned from WWII to restore the house of his dreams, having inherited a large sum of money. Allie was engaged to powerful attorney Lon Hammond, who she cared a lot. Lon was also a nice man who loved Allie deeply. When she reads a newspaper story about Noah's restoration project, she shows up on his porch step, re-entering his life for two days. Will Allie choose Lon or Noah? Who are the two old people? Read and discover. I can spill the beans here but I will not. By the time I finished I could find my cheeks wet and I knew that I had lost the bet. I was planning to read this book while traveling on Sunday during my 10 hour journey. Due to some critical work at office I slept very late on Saturday (or Sunday morning) and so it saved me from some blushes in a public place. It is a one night read story. The language is simple with no complex twists or sub-plots. It is the simplicity which I liked the most. It will evoke so many different emotions as you continue to read. It is worth reading. Now why would somebody have a bet with me? This story goes back almost a decade. (I have just started writing. I don’t know the climax. Even I am not sure whether anybody will publish it or not but maybe after another decade it may be the best seller:) , might be another notebook or wings of fire). It was a debate where young teenagers like me were airing their views on love in digital age. When my turn came I narrated a story almost similar. I lost narrowly (got the second place). But I believed every word I said. It was possible to keep the mind and body pure for one. It is difficult but not impossible. Notebook also portrays the purity, simplicity and truthfulness. For being happy you don’t need enormous wealth. It is the few other wonders like books, music and such small things which are more precious. This is a story, which almost everybody wants in their life, but is afraid to work for it, ask for it. So friends get a copy for yourself, you will read it again. http://zoomview.blogspot.com/2009/02/notebookwhen-i-cried.html   hide

it is simply one of my favourite books. What I love about this book, and also other books Nicholas Sparks has written, is the way he writes. The feeling he gives to us through his books. He makes you fall in love with the characters and the love they share. You feel as though you are the one falling in love and experiencing all the hardships. If you enjoy a good love story with a happy ending,...more

it is simply one of my favourite books. What I love about this book, and also other books Nicholas Sparks has written, is the way he writes. The feeling he gives to us through his books. He makes you fall in love with the characters and the love they share. You feel as though you are the one falling in love and experiencing all the hardships. If you enjoy a good love story with a happy ending, this book is perfect for you. All of his books are great; they’re one love story after another. However, a lot of his books don’t have this happy ending everyone expects in the beginning. You actually get really surprised in the end, something that’s happening really rare in romance stories. Nicholas Sparks depicts a deep passion in his characters that you think they are real. After reading “The Notebook”, you may have a new favourite author. That’s what happened to me. "The Notebook" is easily written. You get into the story right away. He writes passionately and makes the reader really understand the feelings the characters have and the emotions between the protagonists. He also beautifully describes the scenery and nature. Sparks often uses long sentences in his writing, but they are never stilted and difficult to read. In addition, he writes in a beautiful way that is very engaging and goes right to your heart. I have read this book 5 times or so, but still it amazes me. It is simply an amazing book.. read it! I fell in love with the book after only reading the first page. It is such a beautiful love story and the author writes amazing. I cannot describe it. the way he writes just grabs you and touches you in a way nobody have done before. it was like that for me at least. This is a must read I promise you all.   hide

Men have a hard time writing romance novels that I can get behind. Chalk it up to a personal preference for female authors in this particular genre, but I think it's because men have a hard enough time understanding the female psyche, let alone putting it to words. What is meant to be sensual and deep turns out sounding more like a cheesy soap opera script. ("Oh, John."...more

Men have a hard time writing romance novels that I can get behind. Chalk it up to a personal preference for female authors in this particular genre, but I think it's because men have a hard enough time understanding the female psyche, let alone putting it to words. What is meant to be sensual and deep turns out sounding more like a cheesy soap opera script. ("Oh, John." "Oh, Jane.") The contents of the actual notebook from the title is the story of soul mates Noah and Allie -- two modern star-crossed lovers who, after 14 years of leading separate lives, manage to find their way back to one another. That part of the story -- the bulk of Nicholas Sparks' 213-page novel -- is the cheesy soap opera. While it is merely the characters' back story, it's not nearly as moving or interesting as their present day positions, which is where Sparks begins. By keeping Allie's final choice between two suitors a mystery, Sparks can keep readers' attention easily enough. In the end, however, Allie's choice is predicable and left me wondering why I bothered reading the whole thing when I already knew how the story would end.   hide

For all my fellow romantics out there, "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks is a must read. I believe all of us, man or woman, dream of having the kind of love in our lives as in this love story. This short novel tells the story of Noah and Allie and the love they shared that could not be shattered. The book begins with Noah as an old man describing his routine as he awaits to visit...more

For all my fellow romantics out there, "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks is a must read. I believe all of us, man or woman, dream of having the kind of love in our lives as in this love story. This short novel tells the story of Noah and Allie and the love they shared that could not be shattered. The book begins with Noah as an old man describing his routine as he awaits to visit someone to read to them from his notebook that holds a story from his life. The next chapter jumps to when Noah is a young man, recently home from fighting in WWII, at his newly refurbished house in North Carolina. I have yet to come across another author that romanticizes about the South, especially North Carolina, as much as Nicholas Sparks. In every story I have read there is always a lovely house with a front proch to sit out on on summer nights with a glass of sweet tea while listening to crickets and watching fireflys dance in the yard. But I digress.... While Noah is sitting on his lovely front porch thinking about the girl he met as a teenager and has always loved, who should come up his driveway? Yup, you guessed it, Allie, the girl he has always loved. Allie is engaged to be married to another man- big city, lawyer type guy, nothing like Noah- but feels something is missing in her life. So she decides to take a trip back to her hometown of New Bern and finds Noah. Through a lot of sexual tension and kind words, Noah and Allie can't help falling in love with each other again. This section of the book comes down to Allie's fiance coming down to New Bern where she has to choose either him, who has always been good to her, or Noah, the man she has always loved and awakens new feelings within her. The story then jumps back to Noah as an old man, closing his notebook as he finishes reading the story. You find out that he is now 80 years old and is living in a nursing home with his wife, but they have to sleep in separate rooms. It's hard to go into this section of the book without giving much away, but all I can say is that in the end love conquers all.   hide

Its a romantic love story that is too much enmeshed in love. The story is not radically different from what can be found in Mills & Boons, but its difference lies in the fact that it shows the life of the protagonists even after they get each other. Normal love stories evolve around the courtship days, and once the hero manages to get the heroine or vice versa, the story ends and we assume...more

Its a romantic love story that is too much enmeshed in love. The story is not radically different from what can be found in Mills & Boons, but its difference lies in the fact that it shows the life of the protagonists even after they get each other. Normal love stories evolve around the courtship days, and once the hero manages to get the heroine or vice versa, the story ends and we assume that they "LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER". This book, on the contrary, remains with them till their old age, when they are no longer young, dreamy, passionate lovers, but are geriatrics and live in a old age home. Its at this part, when their love overwhelms us and one can't help but ask the question "Is it possible to love someone with the same intensity and passion after so many years?". This story fills us with hope, that maybe such a love exists in which we love more with every passing day and that love renews itself as we grow old and its capable of achieving the impossible!   hide