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Eadie!! Thank you so much for my birthday surprise! These are my favorite candies especially the pumpkins🎃 ! Love the bookmark 💀 can‘t wait to read the books!! Thanks again my friend 🤗🧡

This was okay, not the best & not the worst.

Such a good book- cried so much at the end. Definitely recommend to any romance novel lover!

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As usual, Sparks brought tears to my eyes. As she is dying due to cancer, Maggie meets a young man who becomes a close friend. He persuades her to share her life story and in the process she shares an extremely romantic love story. He, too, has a gift for Maggie. The entire story is told with Christmas as a back drop…so still part of my Christmas binge.

Here I was , all settling in for a cosy festive read for December, and then this was…underwhelming. For what should have been a very emotional story there was just, well, no emotion. Guessed the ending early on. (Also, descriptions of pregnancy making someone “fat” were intensely irritating). I must have a cold heart as everyone seemed to love this. And I spent so much time balancing those baubles for the picture too 😆

I flew through this book. It was very easy to get sucked in. I figured out the little twist at the very beginning and it only took away from the story a little. I thought it had some sad parts but I didn‘t shed any tears. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I wait to read Nicholas Sparks when I am in a slump and I know that a good story is coming my way. Every time I read one, I feel it. Cancer, adoption and a love story. Maggie and Bryce forever.

I have quite the stack of unread thrifted NS books. They are kind of cheesy and predictable- I was pretty sure after the first flashback how this was going to end.
I liked well enough it but I think I was supposed to be more sympathetic to Maggie‘s 15 yo self as told by her 38 yo self.

“Love is always stronger than fear. Love saved me, and I know it will save you, too.”

I enjoyed this one better than the last 2 I read by him, The Return (which I didn‘t care for) and See Me (which was pretty good, kinda different). This one was sweet! I loved Maggie! I was rooting for her until the very end. I was kind of mad Maggie wasn‘t more angry with her parents throughout the book, I felt like she never truly stood up to them, called them

“Love is always stronger than fear”

Not the best book, but good for a travel day! My #bookspin for May @TheAromaofBooks

My picks for May! @TheAromaofBooks

A beautifully written story about one teenage girl‘s seemingly normal coming of age journey. Told as a flashback, it holds the reader‘s Interest as it bounces between timeframes. But this extraordinary young woman‘s story is presented in the most tender and emotionally intimate way with unexpected but lovely turns. I don‘t like romance novels, but this is a more… soooo much more.

Enjoyed this book, the ending brought a tear to my eyes

Nicholas Sparks is a consummate story teller. Grabbing our attention with his story weaving ways. Although the twist in this particular book was super obvious (unlike the majority of his other books, imo), it was a satisfying end to a very sad, and poignant love story.

Enjoyed the read the same way I have enjoyed his first book .. I wonder how Nicholas finds love in different wavelengths in such beautiful manner .. and for a Xmas read it did make a beautiful read ! Loved Aunt Linda and Bryce !

11/10. Quite possibly the best book Nicholas Sparks has ever written. A story of love, family, personal growth, and life, The Wish has it all! If you're looking to be completely captivated by and transported into a book as if you're witnessing it unfold before your very eyes, this is the book for you!

"But never forget that love is always stronger than fear. Love saved me, and I know that it will save you, too." - Nicholas Sparks

I like it how Nicholas Sparks stories have a boat in most of them ! He definitely likes beaches and boats !

𝐈‘𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 “𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤” 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞.

𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞. 𝐈‘𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈‘𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝.

What a gut punch!!! WOW! Sparks know how to pull on every emotional string. Maggie and Bryce had an incredibly joyous and heartbreaking journey. I total sob-fest in the last few chapters. Aww Maggie!

December Book 5/25 #LitsyLove #bookspinbingo

Pretty slow and one of the two twists was obvious from the very beginning. Okay for Sparks lovers.

I have been punched in the heart with this book.

First up from the unnecessary pile of library books:
The Wish by Nicholas Sparks

This was one of two holds i was picking up. See my last post for what actually happened! 🙃

All the feels!! This book reminds me of his earlier works. I couldn‘t put it down!!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3861193256?book_show_action=false&from_rev...

How I ❤️ Nicholas Sparks. This book was so good and had me feeling all the feeling and of course it left me ugly crying 😭 as always. Another 5⭐️ for him!

Getting ready to start this lovely book.

5/5⭐️. In typical Nicholas Sparks form there was Love, death and it all came together beautifully. I‘m still on the high from getting to meet him and get this autographed copy.

Initially, I was going to rate this so-so because for the first time ever Sparks has written a YA book whether he intended to or not. Also, I guessed the big twist WAY EARLY on which makes me sad. However, the last 10 pages were incredible and made up for everything else. Probably will remain my leaat fav Sparks though.

Almost done! Im dying to start a spooky book!

Y‘all this was a dream come true for me. My absolute favorite author is Nicholas Sparks and I got to meet him last night and get an autographed copy of the newest book. I am over the moon excited!!!

Such a nice day to sit out and read on my break

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Nicholas Sparks is one of my favorite author. I always buy is books on release date. Can't wait to read this one. It will be an emotional one.

Look what came early!!