the notebook

As so many of the female gender before and I'm sure after me, I too have fallen completely in love with Noah and his complete and loving devotion to Allie.

This is not the first time I've read The Notebook, and I'm sure not the last. Every single time I read this book I need to be sure to have a box of tissues. Without fail I will cry. But while reading this book I learned that crying over an ereader is not the same as with a real physical book. There is something about the way the tears stain the page that is magical and sends your emotions to the characters. Splotches on the screen just seem alien and pitiful, but that didn't stop me from shedding tears all the same.

This is one book that once I start I can't seem to put down, and lots of tears and a few hours later I'm longing for a Noah of my very own. Hoping that someday someone will love me, and stick by me through thick and thin. Someone to sit in a rocking chair on an old porch with. Someone to inspire me and encourage me to do things greater then I knew I could.

Each time I read this book I'm always surprised by the simplicity of it. There is really nothing overly showy about the story, it's all about how sometimes young love can be the truest of all, if given the chance. How some love can endure even the worst, and how love will conquer all.

True love. Faithful love. Patient love. Forgiving love.
Just thinking about it makes me want to read the book over again.

the foundation

I think this was my third time reading through the The Foundation. I know, it's a rather odd book to have read multiple times. I think the reason for the multiple reads is two fold. One being I have a slight obsession with remembering as much of something as possible. That means I re-watch and re-read pretty much everything I enjoy. I know, strange obsession. The second reason is that it is the first science fiction book I'd ever read and enjoyed. Trust me, I read it kicking and screaming, but I did and fell in love with Asimov. Since I have read The Foundation Trilogy and many of his short stories. I'm hoping that maybe this year I will read another Asimov book or two. 

So, what are some of the things I love about this book. Oddly, it's fun that it reads a bit like a history book. But it's as if you are reading an historical account of an alien world, which, I guess you kind of are. 

I'll be entirely honest. There are some parts of this book that I don't understand. Maybe it's more I loose my attention span a bit, or it just gets too technical or something. But I understand the gist of the story and enjoy it. 

I think of The Foundation Trilogy this first book is my least favorite, but I think it's important to review what had happened, before reading the next two books. If I remember correctly, the next book in the Trilogy, The Second Foundation, is my favorite. I can't wait to re-read that one in a bit, but first for a new book or two.