Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I truly enjoyed reading this book. A story of two girls, Kate and Tully, who meet at 14. Definitely polar opposites. Kate is a good catholic girl and Tully is quite the rebel. Kate come from a nice family with loving parents, while Tully is the daughter of a druggie mother who could care less about Tully. But thru 30 years of friendship, they make it work. They have vowed to be best friends no matter what. However, like all friendships, they have their ups and downs and even moments of not speaking to each other. Kate decide's to be a stay at home mom while Tully takes the world by storm as a news reporte and then evnetually, has her own talk show. Tully obliviously embarasses Kate on live television and Kate had had enough. However, despite the feud, when on of them is treated with a serious diagnosis, they put the past aside ends their days together as best friends like before.

This book is quite the emotional roller coaster. It pulls every emotion out of you. Guilt, sadness, happiness, anger, etc. It's the last few chapters where a box of kleenex needs to be near by.

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Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel by Lauren Weisberger


My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I got yo page 102 of this book and could not make myself go any further. I just was not intrigued by the story line and where the story was going. Three women who have all made resolutions to change one thing in their lives. Sounded interesting at first, but the book just moved to slowly for me. It just was not a page burner for me.

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The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I truly enjoyed reading this book. I found it very endearing and tender. Ronnie goes to live with her dad, a former teacher at Julliard and her former piano teacher, for the summer and is determined to hate every minute of it. Especially the piano and her dad's constant need to play. Until something from her past is brought up and prevents her leaving Wrightsville Beach, NC. She decide's to make the best of her stay.

She starts to develop a relationship with her dad that has been put off for 3 years and decide's he isn't such a bad guy after all. She find's a turtle nest that she determined to protect from wild animals. And she falls in love with Will who comes from one of the wealthiest families in the area, but loves Ronnie no matter what anyone says.

Ronnie goes from rebellious teenager to a strong and beautiful young woman who decide's to give her talent at playing the piano another go. She learns that her father is one of the most unselfish man she has ever met and that she can truly be happy.

As much as I loved reading the love story between Ronnie and Will, I especially enjoyed reading about the relationship between Ronnie and her father.

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Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I really quite enjoyed reading this book. The story about to best friends from childhood, Alex and Rosie who are seperated at the age of 18. Alex moves to Boston with his family while Rosie stay in Dublin, Ireland. They both move on with their lives but still stay close by telephone, through email, letters, and instant messaging. Along the way, they are there for each for weddings, divorces, births, funerals, etc. But they never seem to quite get it right. They're in love with each, but don't dare to tell the other. Instead allowing each other to live their lives and not taking that next step for fear of ruining the relationship. However, all their friends and family can tell it's only a matter of time.

There were so many times that I just laughed out loud and I could not put this down. I found very tender and heartwarming.

This novel was written in such an interesting way. It was written in they way that you were reading their instant message's, their emails, and the letters. That's how all the conversations are written in this book. It was really fun to read it that way.

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Dear John by Nicholas Sparks


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
***This review contains spoiler alerts.***

Savannah and John meet at the beach in Wilmington on John's leave from military duty. It's love at first sight. They spend every day together and their love grows stronger. They promise to write each other when he is away and they write regularly. On his next leave they spend those two weeks inseperable. He goes back and is 6 months away from an honorable discharge when 9/11 hits and he decides to re-enlist. Savannah doesn't take this well and their relationship starts to falter. However, the relationship he has had with his father become's stronger. I found this part of the book very heart-warming, because as an adult, John starts to realize why his father is the way he is and learns to love him unconditionally and realize's his father was a good father to him. Later Savannah realize's she can't handle the distance any longer and break's everything off. Hence, 'Dear John'.

Years later, John goes back to visit Savannah and finds that she has married. This the part that really got me. Savannah's husband is in the hospital, dying, and she and John are going over when they first met and all their memories and admit how much they still love each other. And the whole scene become's way to intimate for a married woman and an ex-lover. However, John realize's, as much as he wants to, he can't destroy a marriage. So the book ends half-way decently.

What I did get from this book, though, was that when you love someone unconditionally, you put their happiness before your own. Also, some people come into our lives when we least expect but when we need it the most, even if we don't realize it.

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