Novel Whore

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Since Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, I thought it would be fun to think back on the best love stories that have been captured in novels, at least according to me. Whether you have found your true love, are still searching, or having finally decided true love doesn’t really exist, these novels are sure to pull at your heart. In no particular order:

1. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks – Who hasn’t dreamt of a love like this? And the ending? Tear my heart out Mr. Sparks, go ahead, do it again. Even the movie makes me cry, and if I pass it while searching for something I MUST stop and watch it. Sigh. Let’s just go ahead and add A Walk to Remember and Message in a Bottle for those days when you really feel hopeless.

2. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon – Another fabulous time travel novel with Claire (what is with Claire’s in time travel novels?) who is torn between her husband and lover, separated by a century. (more…)

“Where were you when I was 18?” he asked me.

“I was 10,” I replied as I wrapped my legs around him.

Yes, I’m in love with an older man, but I can’t imagine having met my future husband when I was just 6 and he was 36. Clare and Henry meet under extenuating circumstances as he time travels through life at unexpected times in The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. They develop a relationship despite Clare’s age and the expected problems of a man who disappears as suddenly as he appears, and always naked at that.

Niffenegger is able to grasp the complexities of many relationships that deal with one partner waiting on the other, all while knowing that Henry will never be able to stay in the here and now with Clare. Henry of course must deal with the guilt and issues that arise while trying to find a cure that will stop him from time traveling. (more…)