Remember, Remember the Fifth of November - James Sharpe

Advantages: Short - Good Plot
Disadvantages: Predictable

...Remember when you rang me up and I got on my knees and begged you not to go because I'd go berserk? Well. You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now I've gone completely mad. AND… (All together now) They're coming to take me away ha, ha. They're coming to take me away ho ho, he he, ha ha… Menley Nichols and her husband Adam arrive on Cape Cod with their young daughter Hannah. What is supposed to be a holiday for them soon turns into an ever increasing nightmare. Some years previously Menley was involved in the accident which tragically claimed the life of her young son. Consequently her marriage nearly collapsed and she suffered Post Traumatic Stress. Upon finding out she was pregnant with baby Hannah both Menley and Adam realised they still loved one another and had been granted a second chance together... Read review

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Advantages: Very easy to read
Disadvantages: Can't put it down once you start!

...Jenny Colgan is a great author and has written many novels and short stories, including Amanda’s Wedding, Talking to Addison and Girl’s Night In. Do You Remember The First Time? Is a very funny and charming story of a 32-year old woman called Flora who is living a pretty average mundane life. While things are not terrible in her world, she has settled down with a job and a man because they “will do”. Her parents had split up when she was younger because her dad had had an affair and her mother leans on her heavily for support. At Flora’s best friend Tashy’s wedding, she bumps into her ex-boyfriend, Clelland, from when she was sixteen and begins to question her life. Her boyfriend Olly suddenly gets down on one knee, much to Flora’s dismay, but she is rescued when it is time to cut the cake. Flora always mistakenly believed... Read review

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Advantages: Hard to put down, Heart-warming
Disadvantages: It is not the same as the film

...A Walk to Remember is one of those books that can be very hard to put down, it has to be said that this is a trait for all of Nicholas Sparks books. I was initially disappointed with A Walk to Remember, having been a big fan of the film it seemed a shame that the book is quite different. However this was no longer an issue once I got in to the story. The story is heart-wrenching and very capable of producing tears from even the most cold hearted of people. A Walk to Remember follows the story of Landon and Jamie, two teenagers from a small town. Jamie is a Baptist whose father is the local minister, she is a very understanding and forgiving person. Landon is a bit of a 'rebel' getting into lots of trouble, he and Jamie do not see eye-to-eye. Slowly throughout the story they begin to get closer beginning a heart-warming romance... Read review

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