Thanks to Yellojkt I have been dedicating the month to reading novels. Thanks to Sage I chose to read The Notebook.
Sage, thank you. This book was wonderful. It was my first Nicholas Sparks book and I am so glad that I chose to read it. Had it not been for your review I would not have bothered. For a summary of the book go visit Sage.
For me, this was one of the most touching stories. After spending the last two years reading literature related to American historical analysis I have enjoyed my month of novels, reading what I call brainless reading. . .or as Sage calls it “chic lit”. I have read a lot of novels this month. Most I would not admit to if called out on it. 
The Notebook was so touching. It really makes you think about what is important and how the choices we make in life are so important for the future. It also touches the heart. The characters in the book followed their heart. They shared a love that most people only dream about. They were meant to be together and knew it. The story line through most of the book is as Sage described, chic lit. The end though, the end was enough to make a grown man cry. Many of the comments on Sage’s blog refer to this work as a very sad one. I can see where it was, but the tears that fall are also happy ones. Happy for the love that these two individuals shared right up ’til the end…but sad in the tragedy of Alzheimer’s and the way it steals one’s life. This was an amazing story. I do wonder if there is an element of truth to the methods used by Noah. The main point I received from this book…live life, follow your heart, and love with all you have. Do not let the one you love drift away without knowing how much they mean to you. And finally, devotion. How many reading this, who have read The Notebook, can say that they would endure the daily pain that Noah had to endure while trying to grasp the memory of his wife Allie?
Warm and fuzzies, two thumbs up.
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