Preview and GIVEAWAY of The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

Posted 14 January, 2010 by Molly(Cover To Cover Cafe) in Book Reviews / 74 Comments

About the Book:
Seventeen year old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father…until her mother decides it would be in everyone’s best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie’s father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.

About the Author:
Nicholas Charles Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 31, 1965. As a child, he lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska, finally settling in Fair Oaks, California at the age of eight. He lived in Fair Oaks through high school, graduated valedictorian in 1984, and received a full track scholarship to the University of Notre Dame.

After breaking the Notre Dame school record as part of a relay team in 1985 as a freshman (a record which still stands), he was injured and spent the summer recovering. During that summer, he wrote his first novel, though it was never published. He majored in Business Finance and graduated with high honors in 1988.

He and his wife Catherine, who met on spring break in 1988, were married in July, 1989. While living in Sacramento, he wrote his second novel that same year, though again, it wasn’t published. In 1990, he collaborated on a book with Billy Mills, the Olympic Gold Medalist and it was published by Feather Publishing before later being picked up by Random House. (It was recently re-issued by Hay House Books.) Though it received scant publicity, sales topped 50,000 copies in the first year of release.

He began selling pharmaceuticals and moved from Sacramento, California to North Carolina in 1992. In 1994, at the age of 28, he wrote The Notebook over a period of six months. In October, 1995, rights to The Notebook were sold to Warner Books. It was published in October, 1996, and he followed that with Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), and Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), Three Weeks with my Brother (2004), True Believer (2005), At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), and The Lucky One (2008). All were domestic and international best sellers and were translated into more than 40 languages. His newest book, The Last Song will be made into a movie starring Miley Cyrus, in theaters in 2010.

The movie version of Message in a Bottle was released in 1999, A Walk to Remember was released in 2002, and The Notebook was released in 2004. The average domestic box office gross per film was $56 million — with another $100 million in DVD sales—making the novels by Nicholas Sparks one of the most successful franchises in Hollywood. The film version of Nights in Rodanthe was released in the fall of 2008 and starred Diane Lane and Richard Gere. Forthcoming movie adaptations of Nicholas Sparks’ books include Dear John, The Lucky One and The Last Song.

Nichols Sparks is an avid athlete who runs daily, lifts weights regularly, and competes in Tae Kwon Do. He attends church regularly and reads approximately 125 books a year. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually.

He lives in North Carolina with his wife and children.

The Giveaway:
Thanks to Valerie and the Hachette Book Group I have 5 copies of this AMAZING book to giveaway!!! All you have to do is leave a comment WITH an email address so I can contact you if you win. NO EMAIL=NO ENTRY!!!!

Remember: NO PO Boxes!! Open to US and Canada residents ONLY!!!

Good luck!
**Giveaway ends February 8th at 6pm**

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74 responses to “Preview and GIVEAWAY of The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks”

  3. Book Crazy Jenn

    Nicholas Sparks has always amazed me with his amazingly beautiful stories I would love to be entered to win this book! 🙂 Thank you so much!

    Jenn@ book-crazy.com

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  4. Michelle V

    Count me in! Thanks for the chance to win.

    Blessings
    Michelle V
    m.vasquez[at]grandecom[dot]net

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  7. Kim

    Hi,

    Love Nicholas Sparks and saw the preview for this movie. Looks great, but I have a policy never to see a movie before reading the book. The book is always so much better. Please enter me in your contest.

    Thanks, Kim

    Kimdotmolinaroatboedotcadotgov

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  10. Margaret

    Sounds like a wonderful book to read, I’m waiting for the movie too! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Margaret

    maggie965 at yahoo dot com.

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  13. Merry

    I’d love a chance to win The Last Song, please add me to the drawing!

    worthy2bpraised[at]gmail[dot]com

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  23. Carole

    I am unashamedly a Nicholas Sparks fan, Molly. Thanks so much for the chance to win a copy of The Last Song.

    cjarvis [at] bellsouth [dot] net

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  26. Michelle

    I would just love to win this book!! Thanks for entering me, Molly!

    Blessings,
    Michelle
    scraphappy71 at sbcglobal dot net

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  27. susan

    Please enter me. I love Nicholas Sparks. this is on my wishlist as well! The bend in the road was his best book.. this might be better!

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  29. Kelly

    I’d love to win this! It’s funny; I love to read his books, but have never liked any of the movie adaptations! 🙂

    krtrumpet [at] aol [dot] com

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  31. Winning Readings

    Count me in! I haven’t read many, but I love the couple of Nicholas Sparks books I’ve read.

    janemaritz at yahoo dot com

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  40. Linda

    Haven’t read any books by Nicholas Sparks. Please enter me. Thanks.

    desertrose5173 at gmail dot com

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  41. The Book Vixen

    I would love to be entered! I am a huge Nicholas Sparks fan and have been wanting to get my hands on this book!

    thebookvixen at gmail dot com

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  42. Anonymous

    Would love to read this… Please accept this as my entry. Thank you!

    Aliya D.
    aliyadaya(at)shaw(dot)ca

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  43. Sandee61

    I would love to be entered in your giveaway for Nicholas Sparks book, I love his writing. Thank you!

    Blessings,
    Sandee

    Muzzley56[at]aol[dot]com

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  44. Sandra K321

    I would love to read this book. I have seen many reviews of Nicholas Sparks’ books but never seen a biography of him before. Thanks for including it.
    seknobloch(at)gmail(dot)com

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  45. LittleEagle

    I enjoyed reading the bio and look forward to reading the book. Thank you for hosting this giveaway. sharonaquilino at hotmail dot com

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  48. wmmahaney

    I would love to win a copy of this book. I love Sparks and any book based in my home state of NC.
    wmmahaney(at)att(dot)net

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  51. Deedles

    I haven’t read anything by Nicholas Sparks yet. I would love to read this.
    djeanq(at)gmail(dot)com

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  55. Tea

    One of my favorite Nicholas Sparks’ novels is “Message in a Bottle.” I just love his books. I would love to win and read The Last Song.

    teakettle58atyahoodotcom

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  57. sweepmom

    I have read several Nicholas Sparks books and really enjoyed them. I would really like to read this one.

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  61. Rebecca Graham

    Would love to win this. I read Dear John and I am looking forward to seeing the movie too.

    rhoneygtn at yahoo dot com

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  63. Marianna

    Thanks for the chance – I’ve always wanted to read one of his books
    mannasweeps (at)) gmaildotcom

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  65. Bani

    I’ve been wanting to read this one. Love Nicholas Sparks books. Nice giveaway, quite a few copies available. I’d love a chance at one.

    wakeupangel at gmail dot com

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  69. Anita Yancey

    Sounds like a wonderful book. I would love to win a copy. Please enter me. Thanks!

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

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  71. MaMa

    I heard such good buzz about this book & really want to read it. Thanks for hosting…enjoy your blog!
    Lisa
    mistyfuji (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  72. photoquest

    Nicolas Sparks is one of my favorite authors !!! I would love to win a copy of this book!
    photoquest(at)bellsouth(dot)net

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  74. Valeen

    I really enjoy books by Nicholas Sparks. I would love to read this! Thanks for the great review.

    sweepyhead at gmail dot com

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