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Post by trueloverawks on Jul 7, 2004 21:40:44 GMT -5
I just heard today that Nicholas Sparks wrote a lot of books besides The Notebook... He wrote... A Walk To Remember, Bridges of Madison County, The Wedding, A Message in the Bottle, etc... I heard he has a new book out called The Rescue... Has anyone read any of these books, are they good at all?? Just wondering because I am planning on buying them to read them for myself...
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jul 7, 2004 23:36:13 GMT -5
Nicholas Sparks wrote many books. The Notebook was his first published book. So far, he have nine books published. The titles are listed below:
The Notebook Message in a Bottle A Walk to Remember The Rescue A Bend in the Road Nights in Rodanthe The Guardian The Wedding Three Weeks with My Brother (co-writes with his brother)[/center] I think his latest release was Three Weeks with My Brothers or The Wedding. One of those. The Rescue was published in 2000. [/color]
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Post by katryna on Jul 7, 2004 23:39:39 GMT -5
He didn't write Bridges of Madison County...that was another guy.
Personally, I really don't like many of Nicholas Sparks' books. I loved A Walk to Remember and The Notebook...but I HATED Message in a Bottle, and found A Bend in the Road and The Rescue generic and boring. If you're looking for great literature, don't look to Nicholas Sparks, lol. They're sweet books, but very unrealistic and cliche. they're great for a quick read though.
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Post by Angela0556 on Jul 8, 2004 1:48:28 GMT -5
Nicholas Sparks is amazing. I have read all of his bigs, and own a few. His books are realistic (sorry katryna) because most of them are inspired by real life stories. The Notebook was inspired by his grandparents-in-law; A Walk To Remember was inspired by his sister; I think it was The Rescue was inspired by his son and his learning disability; and I know that A Message In A Bottle was inspired by his father. Nicholas is amazing, and he has a memoir (Three Weeks With My Brother) which he wrote with his brother while on a trip to see the world. That was his latest book. Besides that, The Wedding, and then The Guardian was the latest, which are both really good. I recommend all of his book! -Angela
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jul 8, 2004 1:52:27 GMT -5
I never tried Three Weeks with My Brothers. I'd heard lots of reviews saying the book was amazing and interesting. Maybe bounce off to give it a look. ;D Would anyone recommend that book?
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Post by Angela0556 on Jul 8, 2004 3:36:32 GMT -5
I do! I do! I do! Read all of his books! -Angela
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jul 8, 2004 3:50:43 GMT -5
Thanks Angela... I might as well give it a try since I'm done with The Wedding. His books never stop to amazes me. So maybe Three Weeks with My Brothers will be as interesting as all this. Thanks for your recommendation.
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Post by katryna on Jul 8, 2004 8:20:58 GMT -5
Nicholas Sparks is amazing. I have read all of his bigs, and own a few. His books are realistic (sorry katryna) because most of them are inspired by real life stories. The Notebook was inspired by his grandparents-in-law; A Walk To Remember was inspired by his sister; I think it was The Rescue was inspired by his son and his learning disability; and I know that A Message In A Bottle was inspired by his father. Yes, I knew that, but there's a very slim chance of that type of love happening to many people. It obviously happens to the lucky few, haha...but generally you can't find a man who will rebuild a house for you or pay for all of your health care while you're dying of leukemia. I love some of Nicholas Sparks books...but sadly we can't all have relationships like the ones in his books
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jul 8, 2004 12:17:55 GMT -5
Yes, I knew that, but there's a very slim chance of that type of love happening to many people. It obviously happens to the lucky few, haha...but generally you can't find a man who will rebuild a house for you or pay for all of your health care while you're dying of leukemia. I love some of Nicholas Sparks books...but sadly we can't all have relationships like the ones in his books Yea... It's like those kind of love only exist in fairytales... But this certainly happens to a rare few. But... I guess when you're in a long term relationship, your boyfriend/girlfriend would do that for you. However, it's rarely that instantly they would do all that for a short summer romance or a short term relationship.
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Post by Hope on Jul 8, 2004 19:56:34 GMT -5
right now i'm reading the gardian...meh it's okay. a bend in the road was pretty good, but i think awtr and the notebook will be my top favorites. i have yet to read message in a bottle, but i have it.
i think nicholas sparks is a good writer, but sometimes i'm just not in the mood for his type of writing. i can't explain it. most of his books are easy reads, and others are harder to get interested in. meh. =/
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jul 8, 2004 20:13:13 GMT -5
A Bend in the Road, The Rescue, The Guardian seems to differ from A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Message in a Bottle. Somehow... it just seemed different to me. AWTR, The Notebook, Message in a Bottle caused me to tear a little and about rare love. The others, it is about love, but it doesn't have a powerful love. I only get teary eyes for The Rescue when (forgot his name. It is Taylor's best friend) died in the fire. It's hard to explain.
AWTR, Notebook, Message seems to have more of a powerful love than the others. Which I think is the reason that it was made into motion pictures instead of the others.
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Post by trueloverawks on Jul 8, 2004 22:05:58 GMT -5
Wow.. a lot of replies and opinions... Mmm.. I want to read his books but I yet have... Im def going to buy the books now that everyone told me they liked them.. Um... I was just wondering a lot of his books were made to movies.. Like A Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, and The Notebook.. Im just curious if they wld make movies of his other books.. that wld be cool!
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Post by Sollip on Jul 9, 2004 15:40:45 GMT -5
I find that I like his earlier books more than his recent ones. I absolutly loved The Notebook, Message In a Bottle, and A Walk To Remember but all of his books written after those just seem average. I still enjoyed reading them but I just find that his earlier stuff was just better.
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Post by SimplyLuscious on Jul 9, 2004 16:35:10 GMT -5
Wow.. a lot of replies and opinions... Mmm.. I want to read his books but I yet have... Im def going to buy the books now that everyone told me they liked them.. Um... I was just wondering a lot of his books were made to movies.. Like A Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, and The Notebook.. Im just curious if they wld make movies of his other books.. that wld be cool! I don't think his other books would be made into movies. Those story line are kind of normal and doesn't not really capture your heart like AWTR, Notebook, etc. Blah... if you read it, you might understands what I mean. Hehe...
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Post by katryna on Jul 9, 2004 22:15:13 GMT -5
don't mean to offend anyone...but most of his other books (not AWTR or the notebook) have made me extremely bored. As someone said, they just don't captivate you like, for example. the notebook. the "everlasting love" thing gets me every time
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