The Notebook for this generation of ‘kids’ is what Titanic was for mine….a sob story, a chic flick, an over the top ‘greatest love story of all time’ movie. So at that point I decided to watch The Notebook….which was a good movie, though I don’t know that I agree with EVERY girl on the planet that it is the greatest love story known to man and no I didn’t cry at the end. Well apparently The Wedding comes AFTER The Notebook and follows the lives of Noah and Allie’s grandchildren….so here I am thrown into this fifty year generational romance with only a small bit of background material….of COURSE I have no idea what’s going on :). I confessed I had no idea what was going on! There were references to various characters and past stories that I just felt like I wasn’t getting. Half way through the book, I felt a little lost, like I was missing a huge piece which made me kind of drag my feet reading it. Romance as a genre in general has never been one that I am particularly into though I do like Para-Romance books (I’ll swoon for Eric Northman any day!)….I just don’t understand the draw for romance novels like those by Sparks, and I REALLY don’t understand the draw for books like Danielle Steele, or some of the harlequin romance novels….though I am willing to give Sparks a shot. Now, in general I too fancy myself a jaded cynic so Nicholas Sparks has never really had any appeal to me what-so-ever….he seems a little too over the top sappy. However, at the behest of one of my friends, I decided to cave and read ONE Sparks novel.
I am just not into Nicholas Sparks, and I had no interest in watching The Notebook let alone reading a Nicholas Sparks novel.
I think I must be the only girl on earth who hasn’t seen The Notebook.
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