This book was a great read.

A man with a faded well -worn notebook open in his lap . A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. Until he begins to read to her. The Notebook is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love, a story of miracles that will stay with you forever. Set amid the austere beauty of coastal North Carolina in 1946. The Notebook begins with the story of Noah Calhoun , a rural Southerner returned home from World War LL. Noah thirty -one , is restoring a plantation home to its former glory , and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met fourteen years earlier, a girl he loved like no other. Unable to find her, yet unwilling to forget the summer they spent together, Noah is content to live with only memories... until she unexpectedly returns to his town to see him once again. Allie Nelson , twenty-nine is now engaged to another man, but realizes that the original passion she felt for Noah has not dimmed with the passage of time. Still, the obstacles that once ended their previous relationship remain, and the gulf between their worlds is too vast to ignore. With her impending marriage only weeks away, Allie is forced to confront her hopes and dreams for the future, a future that only she can share.

This book is so packed with information and history. Why do Americans do the things we do and think the things we think in relation to race? This book breaks down racist ideas and explains their origin. Showing who benefited from the ideas over the years.

The story was about a girl named Madeline who slipped and fell. One dog came to help her in the water After the dog rescued Madeline. So the whole school wanted to keep the dog. That is what the story is mostly about

it keeps you involved and reading. A suspenseful mystery thriller.

life of a couple (and friends) from the city for the summer to Montauk during the summer of 1938

An angry revel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the army, not knowing what else to do with his life until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah. Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who has captured his heart. But 9/11 changes everything. John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else.

In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope Book by Rana Awdish It is always an experience when we get the experience of living on the other side of the tracks. The author did an excellent job of expressing what her experience was like when she wore the robe of a patient instead of that of a doctor. She had the experience of lying in a hospital bed and watching and hearing the treatments that patients get from their medical team. She was able to experience the coldness, insensitivity, the mistakes, the delays, nasty attitudes and the attitude of being treated as a subject, as a bed #. She saw and heard, ego, self-satisfaction, received nonchalant attitudse from the medical team caring for her. This was an eye opener for her and made her determine in her heart that she would not display these attitudes in her practice.

Two divorced women start dating now that they are empty nesters. Both are not sure that they are ready to let love in. What happens to change their minds. Fast reading.

Raoul Nicolson is a serial killer who strangles,cuts out eyes & tongue of his victims. Then sets them on fire. He escapes from prison. Psychologist Kiernan Finnegan & her fiance, FBI Craig Frasier, are both involved in recapturing him. The day Raoul escaped other dead bodies start piling up & it looks similar to Raouls work. The story was good until the end. It wound up to be 2 minor characters not even appearing to be connected who framed Raoul for the murders for money. It was so disappointing! It was like reading one story & it switched to something different.