Readin' Queen

One more book down - the last of my Nicholas Sparks books that was in my stack:

I think I have seen the movie based on this book and didn't much care for the movie. The book also wasn't the greatest Sparks I have read either. Funny, considering it was one of the first ones that he wrote, following  The Notebook and A Walk To Remember. Both of those books are on my "for keeps" shelf at the moment. 

From the website:

Thrown to the waves, and to fate, the bottle could have ended up anywhere. Instead, it is found just three weeks after it begins its journey. Theresa Osborne, divorced and the mother of a twelve-year-old son, discovers it during a seaside vacation from her job as a Boston newspaper columnist. Inside is a letter that opens with, “My Dearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together….” For Garrett, the message is the only way he knows to express his undying love for a woman he has lost. For Theresa, wary of romance since her husband shattered her trust, the message raises questions that intrigue her. Challenged by the mystery, and driven to find Garrett by emotions she does not fully understand, Theresa begins a search that takes her to a sunlit coastal town and an unexpected confrontation. Brought together either by chance or something more powerful, Theresa and Garrett’s lives come together in a tale that resonates with our deepest hopes for finding everlasting love. Shimmering with suspense and emotional intensity, Message in a Bottle takes readers on a hunt for the truth about a man and his memories, and about both the heartbreaking fragility and enormous strength of love. For those who cherished The Notebook and readers waiting to discover the magic of Nicholas Sparks’s storytelling, here is an achingly lovely novel of happenstance, desire, and the choices that matter most.

I also found it interesting that there is a "Did You Know" section about his books on the website:

Did You Know...

Theresa was named after Nicholas’s agent, Theresa Park?

The novel was sold to Warner Brothers when it was only half complete?

The first draft of the screenplay was finished on the same day the novel was finished?

So that is what the book is about. It is going into my Swap Pile though - not a book that I need to keep around any longer. 

I feel like I might be in a reading funk at the moment. 

I got through this book to get through it. At times it held my attention, and it was a pretty easy 300-ish page read to go through on my commute. I do have to say, it is enjoyable to have the option to spend about 40 minutes in a book on the way to/from work every day if I want.

Next on the docket is:

The Heroines by Elieen Favorite

Come to think of it, I have accumulated quite the stack of books under the desk in the office, waiting for the right swapper to request them from me. The more I see them sitting there, the more I want to build one of these at my parent's lake place:

A Little Free Library. Check it out, I think it's an awesome idea!

And how perfect would that be right at a cabin?! I think it would be a great place - especially since there are people around my parents' cabin who stay year-round, and I am sure there would be some great books that show up there from time to time - and I could stock it with my stack of books right now!

-Happy Reading!

LD