Nicholas Sparks is one of my favourite authors, I love reading his novels and watching the visual versions in his films; so many books of his are now being made/have been made into movies which is great.
One of my favourite is The Last Song- I bought the book in a sale a few years after the film had been released to give it a go, I fell in love with the beautiful imagery and story lines. I've been scouting charity shops and book stores to make a larger collection and now have 9 of his books with many more to collect!
BOOK OF THE MONTH: THE LUCKY ONE by NICHOLAS SPARKSI had 'liked' Nicholas Sparks on facebook and was really glad to see another film was due to be released- The Lucky One - and when I found out Zac Efron was going to be in the movie I decided I'd have to read it and go see it. I was so glad I had!
The book is all about Logan who was on a military tour and found a photograph of a woman- he asked around to see if it belonged to anyone and when nobody claimed it he kept it in his pocket for the rest of the tour- events began to happen and gradually a pattern of safety began to emerge from Logan carrying the photograph- friends told him it was lucky and all about fate, that he should find the girl and thank her when he got out. Logan gradually starts to believe this and travels to find who 'E' (the inscription on the back of the image was 'Keep Safe Love E) is and walks many miles to find her. As they meet he decides to take a job where she works at some kennels and a relationship begins to build between them. However, as with any love story there are complications of an ex-husband and as the story unfolds tensions grow high between them both.
I wouldnt hesitate to recommend the Lucky One to anyone of any age- the novel is stunningly beautiful and equally is the movie- although I favour the novel slightly more!
Ellie xx
Sunday 6 May 2012
Tuesday 1 May 2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Pinch punch first of the month...
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday is a compelling and beautiful novel about an idea to put salmon in the Yemen. Dr Jones is convinced it won't work but when he becomes blackmailed into taking the job he begins to embrace it along with his boss (the Sheik) and co-worker Miss Chetwode-Talbot a.k.a Harriet. The novel is made up of a series of diary extracts, letters, emails and interviews that tell the story of events through the eyes of 5/6 characters. As the project is underway the novel tackles some serious issues of loss, stress, divorce and romance but proves that there really is something called faith!
I also recently went to see the film which was also very good but I found as it progressed it differed from the novel entirely! Despite this I would still recommend it- just read the novel first if you are going to!!
Let me know which you prefer/your thoughts on either :)
Ellie xx
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday is a compelling and beautiful novel about an idea to put salmon in the Yemen. Dr Jones is convinced it won't work but when he becomes blackmailed into taking the job he begins to embrace it along with his boss (the Sheik) and co-worker Miss Chetwode-Talbot a.k.a Harriet. The novel is made up of a series of diary extracts, letters, emails and interviews that tell the story of events through the eyes of 5/6 characters. As the project is underway the novel tackles some serious issues of loss, stress, divorce and romance but proves that there really is something called faith!
I also recently went to see the film which was also very good but I found as it progressed it differed from the novel entirely! Despite this I would still recommend it- just read the novel first if you are going to!!
Let me know which you prefer/your thoughts on either :)
Ellie xx
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