( S ) Books

The Lucky One

Nicholas Sparks

Amazon Price: $14.99 List Price: $24.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Grand Central Publishing Amazon Marketplace: 84 new & used starting at $9.98

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Sparks, Nicholas
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> World Literature -> United States -> General
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> World Literature -> United States -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 89 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

the lucky one 2 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Not as good as other Sparks books. Just personal opinion.
It did hold my interest.

LOVED this book! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

The book was written at a good pace, it kept my interest the whole time I was reading it.

I have been busy being "Mommy", it's been a long time since I read a book for pleasure and this was a great one to get me back into the swing of reading for fun! GREAT GREAT book and I look forward to reading ohter Nicholas Sparks books.

Great book! 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This was my second Nicholas Sparks read. I read 'The Wedding' first after watching and LOVING 'The Notebook' movie. The wedding was okay, the last bit of it, but it took a while to get good.

I bought The Lucky One because it had better reviews on here and I liked Nicholas' writing style.

And it was hard for me to put down, great book, highly recommend it!

Editorial Review:

In his 14th book, bestselling author Nicholas Sparks tells the unforgettable story of a man whose brushes with death lead him to the love of his life.

Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero of Nicholas Sparks's new novel believes he's found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he's never met, but who he comes to believe holds the key to his destiny. The chain of events that leads to him possessing the photograph and finding the woman pictured in it is the stuff of love stories only a master such as Sparks can write.

Testimony: A Novel

Anita Shreve

Amazon Price: $17.15 List Price: $25.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Little, Brown and Company Amazon Marketplace: 69 new & used starting at $10.98

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Shreve, Anita
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Contemporary
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 40 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Read anything else by Anita Shreve. 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Anita Shreve is one of my favorite authors. With great anticipation I waited for her new book. This story, however, is not even close to her best work. As you read, you come to realize that you are witnessing a tragedy without survivors. The story is told through the voices of 21 different individuals involved and the style is distracting. The description of the actual sex scandal is graphic and revolting. This book was a major dissapointment. Read anything else by Anita Shreve.

Editorial Review:

At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.

Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers in TESTIMONY a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellinglyexplores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.

The Notebook

Nicholas Sparks

Amazon Price: $7.99 List Price: $7.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Warner Books Amazon Marketplace: 1609 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Sparks, Nicholas
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Contemporary
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1489 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

The Notebook 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

What a compelling love story. Anyone in love would want to endure this kind of everlasting relationship with someone.

Noah and Allie, two teens unbidden to love one another, do so heart and soul. A summer fling leaves these two devoted to one another, deep within the heart. Allie's parents take her back to her hometown, leaving Noah behind. Noah writes to her for fourteen years, and Allie never returned a single letter. When Allie finally finds her mate, something brings her back to New Bern. Instantly, when she looks at Noah, the feeling are brought into reality. They both realize how much they love one another and cannot be without one another. However, Allie still loves her fiance and does not want to disappoint her parents because they do not approve of Noah.

Then, we are taken to a nursing home where Noah resides. Down the hall is a very special woman that he reads to daily. We then, find out the story about Allie and Noah, how their relationship started and how much they truly love one another. This story is so special and unique, that it will stay with you for a lifetime.

Editorial Review:

"Somewhere," muses Noah Calhoun, while sitting on his porch in the moonight, "there were people making love." The Notebook, a Southern-fried story of love-lost-and-found-again, revolves around a single time-honored romantic dilemma: will beautiful Allison Nelson stay with Mr. Respectability (to whom she happens to be engaged), or will she choose Noah, the romantic rascal she left so many years ago?

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Amazon Price: $11.19 List Price: $13.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Back Bay Books Amazon Marketplace: 114 new & used starting at $6.70

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Salinger, J.D.
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Classics -> General AAS
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> General -> Classics

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2789 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists. It begins,

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them."

His constant wry observations about what he encounters, from teachers to phonies (the two of course are not mutually exclusive) capture the essence of the eternal teenage experience of alienation.

Nights in Rodanthe

Nicholas Sparks

Amazon Price: $11.19 List Price: $13.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Grand Central Publishing Amazon Marketplace: 142 new & used starting at $3.72

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Sparks, Nicholas
Subjects -> Mystery & Thrillers -> Thrillers -> Suspense
Subjects -> Romance -> Contemporary -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 288 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

An outstanding audio acquisition 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Nicholas Sparks' NIGHTS IN RODANTHE receives JoBeth Williams' fine narrative style as it provides a novel of heartache and new love. After her husband abandons her for a younger woman, Adrienne flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe in North Carolina to tend a friend's inn there to find a major storm and a mid-aged man change her life. Their weekend together will make a big difference in this warm romance of love between very different people. An outstanding audio acquisition.

Editorial Review:

At 45, Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. Reeling with heartache and in search of a respite, she flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. But when a major storm starts moving in, it appears that Adrienne's perfect getaway will be ruined-until a guest naed Paul Flanner arrives.At 54, Paul has just sold his medical practice and come to Rodanthe to escape his own shattered past. Now, with the storm closing in, two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort-and in one weekend, set in motion feelings that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.

The Choice

Nicholas Sparks

Amazon Price: $11.19 List Price: $13.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Grand Central Publishing Amazon Marketplace: 79 new & used starting at $5.72

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Sparks, Nicholas
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> World Literature -> United States -> General
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> World Literature -> United States -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 200 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Have tissues... 3 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life -- boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies -- he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite his attempts to be neighborly, the appealing redhead seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him...and the presence of her longtime boyfriend doesn't help. Despite himself, Travis can't stop trying to ingratiate himself with his new neighbor, and his persistent efforts lead them both to the doorstep of a journey that neither could have foreseen. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage and family, The Choice ultimately confronts us with the most heartwrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?

I really like Nicholas Sparks as a writer. I think he creates very believeable characters. The plots can sometimes be a little schmaltzy, but then sometimes that's not a bad thing either. His books are definately character driven. I found Gabby a little bit hard to connect with. The introduction made her somewhat unlikeable, and while she grew throughout the book, some of her choices and attitudes left me shaking my head a bit. The conflict that our man Travis faces at the end of the book is heartwrenching though and really made me question what would I do in that situation. While I didn't like this book as well as some of his other books, Nicholas Sparks delivers another good read and I enjoyed it.

Editorial Review:

#1 New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sparks turns his unrivaled talents to a new tale about love found and lost, and the choices we hope we'll never have to make.


Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life - boating, swimming , and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies -- he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage and family, THE CHOICE ultimately confronts us with the most heartwrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?

Beware, The Snowman (Goosebumps)

R L Stine

Amazon Price: $4.99 List Price: $4.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Scholastic Paperbacks Amazon Marketplace: 29 new & used starting at $1.82

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 9-12 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 9-12 -> General AAS
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Authors & Illustrators, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Stine, R. L.

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 28 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

BEWARE,THE SNOWMAN!!!!by Rugellloodffgedvgfdjjyujyumyu 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This Book is about a girl going to a place called Sherpia.Its Snow land there and its always cold.There is a snowman that is a monster.The girls parents were Wizards and created it.The snowman tried to trick the girl that he was her father.Does she get caught in the snowmans icy trap??Find out.

must read 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

my son wasn't big on reading until this book. Everyday he was reading this book without me telling him to read. After this book he ask to buy her other books. He's hooked on reading now.

goose bumps 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

These books are helping my grandson learn the enjoyment of reading. He was having a hard time, but these books hold his attention and he really looks forward to getting a new one in the series.

Editorial Review:

No melting allowed! Jaclyn used to live with her aunt Greta in Chicago. But not anymore. They've moved to a place called Sherpia. It's a tiny village on the edge of the Arctic Circle. Jaclyn can't believe she's stuck out in Nowheresville. No movie theaters. No malls. No nothing. Plus, there's something really odd about the village. At night there are strange howling noises. And in front of every house there's a snowman. A creepy snowman with a red scarf. A deep scar on his face. And a really evil smile. . . .

The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)

John Steinbeck

Amazon Price: $11.05 List Price: $17.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Penguin (Non-Classics) Amazon Marketplace: 148 new & used starting at $3.99

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Steinbeck, John -> General
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Steinbeck, John -> Paperback
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Steinbeck, John -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 592 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Get ready to relive these times soon! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

The second Steinbeck book that I've read as an adult, and probably one of the best books I've ever read. I had no idea California was so messed up until I read it. Unlike some modern readers who may complain about the alternating chapters, one dealing with plot and the other with seemingly irrelevant information, I thought that they added a lot to the book and gave it the feeling that there was more to it than just the story of one family. Everyone needs to read this book. The movie's also great, and I can't say that either one is better than the other.

[Good] required reading 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Yup, I'm one of the freaks who actually likes this book, despite my roommate's information that it is highly melodramaticized. I don't care. I think it's great writing, and I love the interspersing stories that have nothing to do with the plot, and yet are so insightful.

Sorry, but I was actually touched.

Editorial Review:

Forced from their home, the Joad family is lured to California to find work; instead they find disillusionment, exploitation, and hunger.

Goosebumps: The Haunted School (Goosebumps)

R L Stine

Amazon Price: $4.99 List Price: $4.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Scholastic Inc. Amazon Marketplace: 49 new & used starting at $1.81

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 9-12 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 9-12 -> General AAS
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Authors & Illustrators, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Stine, R. L.

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 28 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

The Haunted School will give you-- goosebumps! 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 10 people found this review helpful.

"The Haunted School" is the first Goosebumps I ever read, even though I have gathered quite a collection of books in the Goosebumps series for the library. I am the librarian in a small elementary/middle school. The Goosebumps books are the most checked out books in our collection. Now that I have read one, I know why!

Children as young as Kindergarten and as old as middle school read Goosebumps. What appeals to both age groups? Key words: An exciting story hooks them and keeps them all the way to the end. That the story is framed with good writing is another key component. I was most pleasantly surprised with the writing quality. It's not great literature, but it is strong writing. In fact, the series is an excellent way for early readers to transcend the chapter books into regular novel reading.

The story is really a bit frightening for Kindergarten and first grade. I am amazed parents let them read these books because the story is really chilling (even for a veteran thriller reader). I'll not forget this particular story line for a long time. Even though I am giving away a bit of the story, basically here is the scary part. Two middle school children disappear from a dance into an alternate reality called the Grayworld, where everything is gray. It's what happens here that is so creepy. How the two try to get back into their world brings more goosebumps and I'm not revealing that!

Mystery solved! Now I know why children love this series! It is delicious, scary fun!

Editorial Review:

He's hearing voices . . . from another world!Tommy Frazer's dad just got married. Now Tommy's got a new mom. And he's going to a new school -- Bell Valley Middle School.Tommy doesn't hate school. But it's hard making friends. And his new school is so big, it's easy to get lost. Which is exactly what happens.Tommy gets lost -- lost in a maze of empty classrooms. And that's when he hears the voices. Kids' voices crying for help. Voices coming from behind the classroom walls. . . .

Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)

John Steinbeck

Amazon Price: $10.40 List Price: $13.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Penguin Amazon Marketplace: 84 new & used starting at $3.93

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Steinbeck, John -> General
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Steinbeck, John -> Paperback
Subjects -> Literature & Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> ( S ) -> Steinbeck, John -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1104 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

too sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I read this book and OMG it was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HATE IT WHEN GEORGE SHOOTS LENNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would rate this book ages 12+.
there are lots of cuss words like damn, hell and bitch!
its too violent and inappropriate for you if you are young!
(DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
(CAUTION If YOU DON'T LIKE SAD ENDINGS DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

One of the most popular books in American Literature-and for good reason! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This wonderful book is one of the most popular books written by Nobel prize winner-John Steinbeck.

It is also probably one of the most popular books in American Literature.

Set during The Great Depression,The story is about two migrant farm workers-George Milton(who is a cynical man) and Lennie Small(who is very big,strong but mentally disabled and reliant on George to look after him) and how they dream of owning their own piece of land.

Due to something Lennie has done(which was actually sort of a misunderstanding),the pair must go to a ranch in Soledad,California, to make money and escape the trouble they are in.

The book is an amazing tale of friendship and the heartbreaking thing George must do at the end to save his friend Lennie is so touching.

I first read this book for GCSE and it is now one of my favourite's.

It is a definite 'must read' and I would recommend it 100%

Editorial Review:

Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries to protect him. With illustrations from the movie starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.