This book is apparently a continuation of True Believer. i'd better read it soon before I forget what happened in the previous book.

I didn't like this book as much as some of his others. It is a sequel to True Believer and part of the book I just felt annoyed at the petty quarrels that Jeremy and Lexie seemed to be continually having. But it did get better before the end.

I am setting up a bookray for this book. Valentina1209 has a ray going right now for True Believer which precedes this book. You might want to read that one first. I don't have many people interested as yet but will hope for a few more. Meanwhile, in no particular order as yet, we have Mamikaem,Fungirl503,Valentina1209 Missprisy and Thegoaliegirl

I plan to get the book in the mail next week in this order.Edited to make a slight change in the shipping order.This could change again if more join.

fungirl503.....Finished.
thegoaliegirl...Finished.
valentina1209...Finished

missprisy......Finished.
momx3lovesbooks...Asks to be skipped.
mamikaem......Finished
kennie2775.... Book is here
hobbit
clawdette
sleepymom
tostle

I sent the book on it's journey yesterday by Canada Post to Fungirl503. Please journal when it arrives and when you send it on its way again. Thanks ,everyone for joining my bookray.

the book got here today..safe and sound..well read as soon as I am done with the book I am reading right now. Should be in a day or two :)

this story had me thinking. Wow what words to put into the story the end is not what I wanted to happen with out given anything away. The last 27 pages were very sad and I can see how jeremy would feel about what happen. The ending is sweet, but still I wanted to cry.

the beginnning of the book I was getting bored thinking humm nicholas sparks has written better books. But he did turn the book around and made it good. I think a movie would be good from this story...I would think it to be a teary story.
I don't like the way Alvin a friend of Jeremy did to Jeremy that was so wrong and mean. No more said...read the book but make sure you have tissue near by towards the end.
This book is going to goaliegirl.

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this book is going to goaliegirl

Received the book yesterday. Need to finish my current book (about halfway through) and then I'll start this one. Thanks for sending it my way. Looking forward to reading it!

Didn't love this book. I loved True Believer but found this one to be lacking in that. It wasn't the same as the rest of his books. So far, I think that this is my least favorite book of his that I've read.

Mailed to valentina1209 today.

Book arrived safely in New York today. I didn't particularly care for True Believer but I have faith in Nicholas Sparks's brillance, so I am hoping this follow-up story is more like his previous books, in that they were more emotionally moving and evoke a stronger connection to the characters than True Believer.

What happened to Nicholas Sparks? :( Like True Believer, this book moved along quickly and superficially, without supporting details to add depth and interest. It didn't draw me into an emotional connection to the characters, and I didn't grow to care enough about them to be moved or saddened by what happened to them in the end. I am not convinced that Jeremy and Lexie were truly in love and belonged together. They seemed so wrong for each other, unable to get along at all. He was unhappy and depressed throughout the story while she was uncompromising and not very likable. It made their relationship and everything else seem meaningless and pointless. I totally understand what compelled Alvin to go to the extremes he did to try and knock some sense into his friend because I found myself just as exasperated with Jeremy.

I am very disappointed. This book, and the one before it, doesn't live up to the high standard Nicholas Sparks set with his previous masterpieces, which moved me to tears and evoked very powerful feelings. The ending of this story came as a relief.

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Release #81 in the Keep Them Moving Challenge to read and release books received from other bookcrossers.

Book was sent to missprisy today.

Received today. I currently have one other ring in front of this one. I'll read this one after I've finished the other book.

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Overall a good book, sad in the end though. Off to mamikaem.

Received this last week when I was out of town. Thanks so much! Will get to it as soon as I can.

UPDATE: 11/01/06 - starting this at last!

11/09/06 - I'm about halfway through this. After reading so many bad reviews on this, I decided to lower my expectations from Nicholas Sparks. He's a good writer, but the plot and characters really lack depth. However I am being persistent in finishing this book!

I'm so mad at myself for ending up liking this book! LOL It really dragged through the first half and I almost gave it up. Because I'm a writer, I could relate to Jeremy's writer block so I stuck through with it to see where that story line would go. I'm also mad at myself for crying at the ending! I haven't cried at a Nicholas Sparks book since The Notebook.

Mailed on 11/21/06.

got the book today and can't wait to read it. will pass on to next person as soon as possible.

I think that I might as well give up on this book ever moving forward. In spite of PM's and a message in the forums, I have had no reply from Kennie2775 .She posted that she recieved the book on Nov 30/06 so I know that it was not lost in the mail.
I'm sorry, Hobbit,Clawdette,Sleepymom, and Tostle.