The first of the #SixtyBooks I read for 2016 was See Me by Nicholas Sparks. After finishing this book, I realized that I've been reading Sparks' books for nearly twenty years -- twenty years! Two decades! (Where has the time gone?) The first was The Notebook, and I can remember reading it on a warm … Continue reading See Me by Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Sparks
“I like to think of life in terms of…”
Ironically, I made time for myself to read for a little while yesterday - following my own advice from the previous post - and what I ended up reading related exactly to the "out of control circumstances" that I referred to the day before. Â This is a long passage from Nicholas Sparks' Three Weeks with … Continue reading “I like to think of life in terms of…”
There’s a storm…
There's a storm approaching the New York area. Â I think the news said that it would hit New York City around 5pm and it seems to be right on schedule. Â I can hear the thunder rumbling every so often and the sky has gotten dark pretty quickly in the last half an hour or so. … Continue reading There’s a storm…
New book by Nicholas Sparks
I have been a huge fan of Nicholas Sparks since his first book, The Notebook, was out in paperback. Â It was funny how I learned about the book because I was actually given a free copy from a book vendor who sold books to pharmacies. Â (I think that I also got a reference book about … Continue reading New book by Nicholas Sparks
Brackish
Brackish - Nicholas Sparks uses this word a lot. Â I think it appears at least once in each of his first several novels. Â And, I love that it does! Â When I first read it in The Notebook, I fell in love with it right away. Â It is used to describe water that is slightly salty, … Continue reading Brackish