Author of the week: Nicholas Sparks

Born December 31, 1965 is an internationally-bestselling American novelist and screenwriter. He has 17 published novels, with themes that include Christian faith, love, tragedy and fate. Six have been adapted to film, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song.




Interesting facts:

1.Raised Roman Catholic and is of German, Czech, English and Irish ancestry.

2.In October 1995,secured a $1 million advance for The Notebook from Time Warner Book Group. The novel was published in October 1996and made the New York Times best-seller list in its first week of release.

3.He is a black-belt in Tae Kwon Do.

4.After selling The Notebook, the first thing he bought was a new wedding ring for his wife.

5.Nicholas Sparks and J.K. Rowling (of Harry Potter fame) are the only contemporary authors to have a novel spend more than a year on both the New York Times hardcover and paperback best-seller lists.

6.He was selected by People Magazine as the "Sexiest Author."

7.His first book was never published.

8.He still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame.

9.He is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame.

10.He writes possibly the best Romantic novels which mostly reduce you to tears.He is the best.

Books to read( if you havent):

Hello!!!

Hi my name is Erica and this is my teen book reviews blog. Today i will start with two books i read recently and i would review them.

This are the books:

1. Fallen by Lauren Kate


This book i found in Borders like two weeks ago. The cover is amazing and so the story. This is the description:

There's something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.

Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price's attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He's the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.

Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce--and goes out of his way to make that very clear--she can't let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.

Dangerously exciting and darkly romantic, Fallen is a page turning thriller and the ultimate love story.

Overall, I think this book was really good, a very interesting story. There were not many suprise factors about it. Also I found the story a little confusing especially the parts about the angels and demons. The main character has a bit of an edge but still very confuse about her past. Overall it was a good book. I think i was suprised to find that this book is nothing like twilight after reading too many vampire books.A good read, no regrets. The supernatural aspect was interesting and I loved how it brought the biblical proof of angels into the book. I'd like to see where the rest of the story goes, because it ends abruptly. There are bazillions of unanswered questions.


2. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon





This is not a book you will find in the young adult section but i still recommend teens to read it. This is the description of the book:

Barcelona, 1945—A great world city lies shrouded in secrets after the war, and a boy mourning the loss of his mother finds solace in his love for an extraordinary book called The Shadow of the Wind, by an author named Julian Carax. When the boy searches for Carax’s other books, it begins to dawn on him, to his horror, that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book the man has ever written. Soon the boy realizes that The Shadow of the Wind is as dangerous to own as it is impossible to forget, for the mystery of its author’s identity holds the key to an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love that someone will go to any lengths to keep secret.

This is a beautiful book to read. The setting(Barcelona)is amazing and you feel like you were actually there in that time. Also is so romantic and some of the characters are very funny and familiar. The book was originally written in spanish but i find the english to very good also.

But most important of all is that Shadow of the Wind is true. It's one of those rare books where you don't just hear 'their' story, it becomes your story as well. To loosely quote Caráx, "it holds up a mirror and a window to your soul," because it teaches us about who we are--about the communities that bind and define you.

And every single moment Fermín Romero de Torres was 'on screen' I had the biggest grins on my face, truly one of the great characters of literature.

I've not a single criticism or reservation about this book.

BOOKS TO READ:

1.Linger (Wolves of Mercy Falls)Book 2 by Maggie Stiefvater




2.Unearthly by Cynthia Hand




3.Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)by Suzanne Collins



4.Switched (Trylle Trilogy, #1) by Amanda Hocking



5.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak



6.Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks




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