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For those who are looking for funny novels, can take a look at “This is Where I Leave You” by Jonathan Tropper. This novel is a family drama that will make you laugh out and shed tears. The story is about love and and forgiveness.

Judd Foxman is an unemployed man who is about to have a divorce with Jen, his wife, who has left him for his boss. Then, Judd lost his father because of cancer. Before he died, his father has a request that his family sit seven days of Shiva. So, Judd and his siblings return to his parent’s house for seven days with his dysfunctional family including his mom, his older sister with her husband and kids, his older brother and his wife, and his youngest brother.

During the seven days of mourning of his father, the intricate things happen. The first is about the relationship between Judd and Paul, his older brother that is dominated by old resentment. Further, Judd’s sister who takes the opportunity to contact her past love. And also Phillip, his younger brother, who brings home his much older fiancé. This novel will bring up the emotion of the readers. It hits the market on August 6, 2009 with list price of $25.95.

If you are about to search for a novel that could give you some excellent story, you must get this one, the Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. This is the story of a man that has a gift from the God. He has the ability to leap between times to another time. You shouldn’t expect for a futuristic story, because you wouldn’t be able to find it in this novel.

This is the combination of science fiction, a realistic character and a very excellent love story. The book tells us about a man named Henry De Tamble. He works a librarian. He has a gift that called as the Chrono Displacement Disorder. Sometimes, he could suddenly disappear without warning into the past or the future. Off course, this would create some unique story of Henry De Tamble life, and love.

He has a wife named Clare. According to Henry, he met his wife when he was 28, and his wife was 20. But according to his wife’s version, they have met for long time ago. She said that she has already known Henry as long as her life. When he was 40s, suddenly Henry leaps to Clare’s childhood, and that’s the moment that he gets the answer why Clare said that she has already known him for long ago. This is absolutely an interesting novel to be read.

A novel that tries to reveal a mystery is always interesting to read. Therefore, Stieg Larsson writes the topic into an amazing novel entitles The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. The setting of the novel is in Sweden and it tells the readers about a journalist that tries to reveal the mystery of a murder.

The story of this novel is about family, love, and murder mystery. This is a perfect combination that will make everyone willing to read the whole story. It’s all about murder mystery of Harriet Vanger. She comes from a wealthy family in Sweden. Harriet disappeared forty years ago and her disappearance left a mystery. A journalist named Mikael Blomkvist is hired to investigate this case. However, his investigation is not an easy task. He even spends a year to make a research. This difficult situation doesn’t take longer time since he is helped by a great person.

The person is Lisbeth Salander. She is a very talented person that accompanies Blomkvist in finishing his task. She is a very genius person that has incredible ability. It surely makes Blomkvist much easier than before. The two of them then make a research that reveals some big secrets of Vanger Family.

Friendship will be everlasting topics for novel. This time, Mary Ann Shaffer writes about friendship that grew after the war in 1946. She writes the story into an amazing novel entitles The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society. This novel is about an author that grows friendship with a unique community and finally she also finds her world there.

The author’s name is Juliet Ashton and she is a 30 years old single woman. She has written many articles on the newspaper during the war. And now, she is trying to find another idea to write. She sitting in her flat and suddenly she receives a letter from an unknown man. She opens the letter and lately she finds out that the man’s name is Dawsey Adams. He is a man who lives in Guernsey and he is the member of Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society. She replies the letter and she gets much information from him. The man tells Juliet about the community formation when Germany occupied Guernsey.

She keeps in touch with the man and everything is getting more interesting. Juliet receives many letters that tells her the uniqueness of the community. The man even tells Juliet each member character. She finds the great personalities in them and finally she decides to visit them.

Love story also happens in the vampire world. It becomes an interesting novel entitles Eclipse (The Twilight Saga). The book is written by Stephenie Meyer and it’s all about love story between a human and a vampire. A beautiful girl named Bella Swan loves a vampire named Edward. When Bella realizes that Edward is a vampire, her love is deeper and she cannot leave him.

A young man named Jacob also loves Bella. Jacob is a werewolf; at first he is Bella’s best friend. They have a good friendship and finally she realizes that she is trapped between two loves. This is a difficult situation for Bella. However, she has to make a decision. She knows that whatever her decision, it will lead a battle between vampire and werewolf. Meanwhile, there are some mysterious murders in Seattle. Bella believes that the murders are committed by Victoria. Victoria is a newborn vampire who hates Bella. She comes to make revenge.

The werewolf realizes that Victoria’s action should be stopped. Then, they decide to have a battle with her. Edward, Bella, and Jacob hide in a secret place in the mountain during the battle. Finally, the werewolf can destroy Victoria and her army. Jacob knows that Edward and Bella will marry. He is disappointed and almost kills himself but Bella stops him.

A story of love and family will always be interesting. “That Old Cape Magic” is a book that tells you a lot about a middle-aged man that has problem with his parents, family and life. The man’s name is Griffin, and he married a woman named Joy. They married thirty years ago. Now, he and his wife are coming back to the Cape to celebrate his daughter’s wedding. Cape is the place where Griffin and his wife had honeymoon.

Griffin was actually a writer in Los Angeles. However, he left that profession. He moved to London and now he is teaching at New England College. He moved there with his family and has an old house to live in. For Griffin, coming back to the Cape is just like back to the past. This is a place where he built a dream for their life. His parents have a fail marriage. Griffin has been driving with his father’s ashes in the trunk, but his mother keeps contacting him even now she is in Cape.

A year later, his daughter married. This is an important wedding in Griffin’s life. However, he is driving around with two urns of ashes. This is the day where his life starts unravel. This novel is an amazing family novel that everyone can learn from. The moments in someone’s life are written in a great way that impresses the readers.

For those who love saga novel, this book may not be missed. The book titled An Echo in the Bone is the seventh volume that is written by Diana Gabaldon. This is a story of the eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his twentieth-century time-traveling wife Claire Randall. This is an extra ordinary story which collaborate imagination, science fiction, and off course history.

This book tells the story of Jamie Fraser that facing the American rebellion. He and his wife believe that Americans will win in that rebellion, but they do not prepare about the ultimate price may be. It will affect their happiness.

The story then jumps to the twentieth century. This is a journey of Jamie and his daughter and her daughter’s husband in revealing Claire’s love for battle-scarred Jamie Fraser. They try to unfold the clues of Claire’s faith and the future of MacKenzie family in Highlands. There is a mystery of those different centuries which are tangled irrevocably and intimately with the life and death in war-torn America.

This book feels so real with the cameos of historical characters from Benedict Arnold to Benjamin Franklin. This really flies up your imagination back to the eighteenth century and then jumps it and links it with the twentieth century.

The Last Song is the new novel of Nicholas Sparks. This is another Nicholas Sparks’ novel that tells us about so many ways of love can do to both break our heart and heal them. This book is a compelling family drama and poignant tale of young love.

This book tells a story of seventeen years old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller whose life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced. She lives with her mother while her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. This book unfolds how Ronnie heals her anger and alienated from her parents by spending summer with his father after three years get separated from him.

Ronnie’s father is told as a former concert pianist and teacher. He lives a quiet life in the beach town. He dedicates his life to create a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. As well as other Nicholas Sparks’ novel, this book tells the unforgettable tale of love. This book unfolds a great story of first love and also love between parents and children. Reading this book will automatically bring tears to your eyes. You will experience a unique moment of a heart breaking and its healing at once.