I spent last summer working in an office, playing baseball, coaching little kiddy soccer and going for long walks on the Boardwalk. Since the fall, I have been trying to keep up with the every day planning and marking of a full time contract teaching courses I'd never taught before at a local high school and trying to maintain some kind of a social life.
During Christmas, I tried to make it through a book (Divergent!), but the busy holiday schedule just wouldn't let me and then came exams, report cards.... *sigh* Excuses, excuses...
Long story to say that recently, I was able to take a short break from it all and go to the lovely Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. While I was there, I started a nice beach read - "The Choice" by Nicholas Sparks. Though I wasn't able to finish it on my trip, this morning I took an hour after I woke up way-too-early-for-a-weekend and finished it off.
As it's stated on his website, the book is truly about "How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?"
I loved reading about the early stages of Travis and Gabby's friendship and their chance encounters in the small town. I found it was very true to what people often go through when first meeting someone and want to discreetly spend more time with that person. By part two of the book, I wasn't so sure that I wanted to continue reading about their story since the book took quite a turn - don't want to give away any spoilers other than that. By the end of Part Two, I didn't even know if I wanted to read the Epilogue because I was feeling so much hate towards a decision that was made. However, I really did feel some good closure by the end of the book.
I would recommend this book to those who love an occasional Nicholas Sparks book and to those who want to read another love story. This book was perfect for the beach read I was looking for during my trip!