Nicholas Sparks Life

Since this is the final entry of this blog, the oly topic that has not been covered yet is the biographical information on Nicholas Sparks, so then... i must end with tha

Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Patrick Michael Sparks, a professor, and Jill Emma Marie (née Thoene) Sparks, a homemaker and optometrist's assistant. He was the middle of three children, with an older brother Michael Earl "Micah" Sparks (1964–) and a younger sister, Danielle "Dana" Sparks (1966–2000), who died at the age of 33. Sparks has said that she is the inspiration for the main character in his novel A Walk to Remember. Sparks was raised as a roman Catholic and is of German, Czech, English and Irish ancestry.

He graduated in 1984 as valedictorian from Bella Vista High School, then enrolling at the University of Notre Dame, having received a full track and field scholarship. In his freshman year, set his team a record for the 4 x 800 relay. Sparks majored in business finance and graduated with honors in 1988. He also met his future wife that year, Cathy Cote from New Hampshire, while they were both on spring break. They married in July 1989 and moved to Sacramento, California.

Sparks currently resides in New bern, north Carolina whith his family, where he continues to write. Sparks has donated a track to New Bern High School and contributes to local and national charities. Nicholas Sparks has touched the heart of millions across the United States and may continue to do so.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Sparks#Early_life

http://media.photobucket.com/image/nicholas%20sparks/pscdj/sparks.jpg?o=4

Sparks "spark"

"North Carolina novelist Nicholas Sparks is "publishing's reigning king of sticky sentiment," according to Publishers Weekly contributor Jason Anthony. From his first solo effort, 1996's The Notebook, Sparks has crafted a novel a year--usually a romance--and his books have successively topped the bestseller charts. They have also been adapted as several successful motion pictures, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, and The Notebook."



"Nicholas Sparks's romance-heavy novels have spent weeks on the best-seller lists and have earned him a reputation as one of the few men to write successful love stories for a popular audience. His second foray, Message in a Bottle, became a 1999 motion picture starring Kevin Costner, while others have been optioned for the big screen as well. A film adaptation of Sparks's A Walk to Remember was released in 2002."

All of this and much more other awards and motion pictures have been awarded for Nicholas Sparks fenomenal and sentimental writting, and yet there is still much more to come!
Sources:
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Dear John

Nicholas Sparks grew up in a family of low income, he wrote his first novel while still in high school, tho it was never published. Dear John is a story about a young girl and a young man who meet while they are both in their summer vacations. Savana the main character of this novel spends his summer building houses for families who do not have any and cant afford one. John the young man on the other hand is just spending his vacation with his dad before he has to go back to the military, John has dificulties relating to his dad and he spends most of his time at the beach where he meets Savana.

John never intended to find any kind of relation ship while on break from the military, but there was just such a conection between him and savana that neithe one could help it. when analized more thoroughly, Bhavya Dabas says.. "inspite of the fact that some of the twist and turns in the story are rather predictable, the story comes across as a touching tale of love and human emotion. The author ensures that his readers relate to his characters and feel what they are feeling. He describes everything that the characters go through in just such a way."





Sources:

Bhavya Dabas. Dear John-Book Review, a touching story by Nicholas Sparks.

http://americanfiction.suit101.com/article.cfm/dear_john_book_review

A Blog to Remember

"Love is always patient and kind, it is never jealous, love is never boastful or conceded, it is never rude nor selfish, it does not take offense and it is not resentful"... this is the quote to which Landon Carter and Jamie Sulivan were joined together in marrage. "A walk to remember" i think is one of Nicholas Sparks most touching and sad story of all. "A walk to remember" main character Jamie Sulivan was inspired by Nichola's sister Danielle Sparks (1966-2000) who died at age 33.
I chose to write about Nicholas Sparks because all of his stories are very interesting and touch the hearts of millions. With this blog i hope to inspire all to experiense first hand the writing style of this author, and also give some biographical informaton and critique some of his most famous works like "The notebook", "Dear John" and his longest novel yet "The Last Song".