Thanks For The Memories - Cecelia Ahern

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     A few months back, I caught a glimpse of this book at the book store and from the title I thought it was going to be another romantic novel, and decided not to read it. Now that's a big mistake, I don't usually judge a book by its title and cover so I decided to get over that and suddenly took the risk. Considering my reading preferences after reading Mitch's books, I was hoping I'd find something similar, something you'd get life lessons from and would crave reading over and over again with not regrets. Thinking of it now, I think that risk was one of the best things I've decided to do. This is what made it special actually. I mean the cover, the font, the title, and the brief description at the back does not reflect the content which is on the contrary just fabulous. That folks adds as one of the other reasons why Cecelia happens to be a great writer. 

     So this book was amazing, I gave it a 5 star rating on GoodReads because every single line was carefully written and the tension and excitement was carefully managed till the very last page!!!  I got hooked from the minute I read the "Prologue". I had to read it like three times before actually carrying on and reading the book. The humorous scenes with her father, then Doris and Al, everything was amazing, I have never really laughed out loud and read such snippets for a million times!! Additionally, I got very excited while reading the parts where both Joyce and Justin finally met and decided to talk to their families about what's been going on and it's kind of fascinating really. It gets you to think and makes you look more into the idea of "transfusions" and what it really is all about. Throughout the book, you get to picture yourself as that third party watching what's going on and screaming in the background  hoping things would go on the other lane, not all writers out there make readers feel that way.  Although, the entire story might seem quite fictional, but it gives you an insight about what two different families go through when losing loved ones. I really loved it, every bit of it. 

   The title itself could give you different ideas as to what it reflects. When reading the title for the first time, one could imply a love story and a possible break up. It's nothing like that as I said, its all about taking the chance and actually figuring out what the title is all about. You only get the real meaning of the title when you read the book. Thanks for the Memories simply describes the gracefulness and appreciation of having the honour to live in the shoes of a very precious person to someone...and that someone was working very hard to move on. Its like meeting the other person that simply completes the one you really love. That was nice, the idea of transfusion is where everything fits. It was just a matter of blood transfer, but no one knew through that blood transfer, precious memories were transferred as well. Memories to people are heavenly possessions. 

    The bottom line is, this book is not what it looks like and not what it sounds like. This book gets you to think, get emotional, laugh, and excited all at the same time!! I was literally cracking up while reading the parts where Joyce and her father cameo at the antique tv show, her father was marvellous. He has to be my favorite character in this entire goodie of a book.