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Thanks for the Memories

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How is it possible to know someone you've never met?

With her marriage already in pieces, Joyce Conway nearly lost everything else. But she survived the terrible accident that left her hospitalized--and now, inexplicably, she can remember faces she has never seen, cobblestone Parisian streets she's never visited. A sudden, overwhelming sense of deja vu has Joyce feeling as...more

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Published January 8th 2008

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Feb 24, 2012 Simcsa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012, read-in-english, good-start-bad-ending, chick-lit

How is it possible to know someone you've never met?

With her marriage already in pieces, Joyce Conway nearly lost everything else. But she survived the terrible accident - and now, inexplicably, she can remember faces she has never seen, cobblestone Parisian streets she's never visited.

Thanks For The Memories is like a bubble gum, it stretches until it bursts. And unfortunately my patience stretched and burst with it and then I wasn't interested in what was to happen next, not at all. I indeed w...more

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Feb 07, 2012 Mansi Sharma rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favourites, books-i-will-keep-coming-back-to, cecelia-ahern

"Sometimes we need all the glue we can get, just to hold ourselves together." This is one book that I just didn't want to have an end. It taught me so much. Specially the things that I knew but couldn't quite come one to. Thanks for the Memories has two parallel stories looking for one common destination. An Irish woman Joyce has just had a tsunami of troubled times in her life. She's going through the loss of her unborn child, a failed marriage and has to face all those sorry faces that she cou...more

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Apr 02, 2011 Oria rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If anybody asked me what three things I'd like to take with me on an island, I would say 2 books and a sunscreen lotion. I had two books with me on my trip to Koh Chang (Elephant Island), and one of them was Thanks for the Memories.

The reason I bought this book was P.S. I Love You, the movie. I just loved that movie (I must confess Gerard Butler helped a lot in that regard) and even though I haven’t read the book this movie was based on or any other book by this author for that matter, I decide...more

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Jul 25, 2010 FreshGrads .Sg rated it 1 of 5 stars

Thanks for the Memories is the latest book by Cecelia Ahern, acclaimed author of bestseller PS I Love You as well as the youngest daughter of former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. The 28-year-old seems to have all going well for her: Her third novel, If You Could See Me Now, will be the second novel adaptation hitting the screens soon while her fourth novel, A Place Called Here, is to be made into a US TV series.

After a devastating miscarriage which also spells the last of her fast falling a...more

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Sep 05, 2010 Meghan Cooper rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I finished Thanks For The Memories last night at about 10.30. I read a full 300 hundred pages in the evening. Maybe slightly obsessive, but It was a rather addictive story! It’s really hard to judge this book by its cover, it is so pretty and the colours are just lovely!
Thanks For The Memories by Cecelia Ahern is her fifth book to be published and is definitely my favourite so far.

It follows Joyce as she comes to term with the loss of her unborn baby due to an accident falling down the stairs....more I finished Thanks For The Memories last night at about 10.30. I read a full 300 hundred pages in the evening. Maybe slightly obsessive, but It was a rather addictive story! It’s really hard to judge this book by its cover, it is so pretty and the colours are just lovely!
Thanks For The Memories by Cecelia Ahern is her fifth book to be published and is definitely my favourite so far.

It follows Joyce as she comes to term with the loss of her unborn baby due to an accident falling down the stairs. She feels this strange connection though with a random man she meets in a hairdressers. She is also remembering some one elses memories. She dreams of a little girl with blonde hair and of places she’s never been. She miraculously learns italian overnight. She follows her heart and finds out what’s behind all of these strange happenings.

I really enjoyed this book because I loved the whole idea and concept that Ahern came up with. Also I enjoyed the romance between them even though they only speak two or three times in the book. I can imagine them marrying and everything, Ahern gave you enough just to let you imagine what happens next. My favourite part of this books concoction of good points was the humor. With Cecelia Ahern’s other books I didn’t laugh at all, it was more crying related, with Thanks for the Memories I laughed so much. I loved the whole excursion to London with her father. Her crazy, funny and sweet father is what made this novel colourful for me. He added the extra dimension.

On the other hand it would have been nicer if the book had of had more time of the two main characters together. It felt almost unfinished. There were lots of circles in the plot, but this is quite like Ahern’s style of writing and it has been apparent in her other books. I was quite confused at the beginning as to what had happened to Joyce, I thought she had been in a car accident and I think that it would have worked without her having to lose her baby. I didn’t really understand how she would need a blood transfusion from that…. Also the beginning prologue didn’t really grab my attention.

Overall this novel was full of funny characters, hilarious jokes, romantic sections and the novel was fast-moving. To make it better Ahern needs to add more bulk to her storylines. It was an excellent idea though.

My Favourite Part: When Joyce and her father visit the antique roadshow and steal a bin and get on television for it! Never laughed so much. Also when they go on the viking bus!

Saddest Part: When she moves in with her father and sees the blood stain on the carpet from when she fell and lost her baby…

Cutest Part: When Justin chases after Joyce’s Viking Bus. Ah and then he calls out her name even though he doesn’t know it.(less)

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Nov 05, 2008 Jackie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit, work-review-related-reading

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Ahern, queen of the "soul mates will find each other" chic lit fairy tales, has another winner on her hands. There's always a bit of magic involved in her tales, but this one has the biggest dose yet. Protagonist Joyce takes a tumble down some stairs, losing her baby (and ultimately her marriage) and needing a blood transfusion. While still in the hospital, she discovers she has all sorts of new knowledge--architectural, artistic, historic, a grasp of languages--tha...more

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May 08, 2008 Alaine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: women-s-fiction

What a wonderful book!!!! This book was one of those rare books that grabbed me from the first chapter, one that you can't put down, you just have to keep reading to find out what is going to happen to the characters and you read as fast as you possibly can.
This was such a beautifully told story from the first page to the last. I loved the diversity of the characters, the pain, the relationships, I laughed until I nearly cried and then I cried when I felt their pain.
The story is set mainly in Ir...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Harini rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit, i-own, simply-brilliant, contemporary-romance

This is the second book of hers that I have read, 1st ofcourse being ‘PS – I Love You’. The book is true to Cecelia kinds… starting from a tragedy and having a happy ending... a perfect happy ending. This book is about Joyce Conway whose marriage is at a breaking point and the loss of her baby is the final nail in the coffin. After her accident and loss of her child, she starts to see and know things that she didn’t know before. She dreams of a blonde girl and feels a weird connection to an Amer...more

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Jan 27, 2013 Randi rated it 3 of 5 stars

I love her writing style and found myself laughing out loud quite often with this book. It was a fast read and kept me interested through out. Could have easily have been a four or five star if the one scene I waited for had not been on the very last page. I felt like I was deprived of a great love story when it ended. I wanted more....much much more.

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Feb 04, 2009 Jamieson rated it 5 of 5 stars

After a horrible accident, Joyce Conway is trying to put her life back together.

Her life and her marriage are in pieces, but Joyce tries to get back to living a normal life, despite advice from others. But something is stopping her.

She keeps having dreams of a beautiful blond haired girl, of places she has never been. She knows things that she shouldn’t about art, about architecture. She sees a beautiful woman in her dreams.

Joyce sees and knows things she should not know. And it all started aft...more

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May 02, 2013 Life Between Coffee Spoons rated it 2 of 5 stars

While I was captivated by Love, Rosie, saddened by PS, I Love You, charmed by If You Could See Me Now, encouraged by The Book of Tomorrow, and amused by There's No Place Like Here, my strongest adjective for Thanks for the Memories would be bored disappointment.

The book starts with introducing Justin and Joyce as he makes the decision to donate blood and she is recovering from a devastating miscarriage. It was slow getting into it, but by 40 pages in, I felt the familiar Ahern style coming throu...more

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Apr 19, 2013 Truehobbit rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Picked this up from an open bookshelf at an adult education place I work - I knew how famous the author is, so was vaguely curious about what she's like, even though I expected it not to be exactly my thing - which is why I couldn't pass up a chance of reading one in English without having to buy or keep it.

Ahern cannot be entirely unskilled at keeping the story going - there must have been something there that kept me reading, even though the main 'mystery' of the plot was clear less than a th...more Picked this up from an open bookshelf at an adult education place I work - I knew how famous the author is, so was vaguely curious about what she's like, even though I expected it not to be exactly my thing - which is why I couldn't pass up a chance of reading one in English without having to buy or keep it.

Ahern cannot be entirely unskilled at keeping the story going - there must have been something there that kept me reading, even though the main 'mystery' of the plot was clear less than a third into the book (and, even though I guess it might have been meant to be something of a fairy-tale, it was really too impossible), the writing is daft, full of absurd similes and pointless switches in narrative perspective (the story is told in the 1st person when it's about the heroine and the 3rd when it's about the hero and switches between present and past tense at a frightening rate) and the characters are boring (the heroine being a bit of a blank and the hero a complete jerk - how that was supposed to be romantic was beyond me). Some of the minor characters were nice, though. And I guess the actual events themselves were interesting enough to keep you going, esp when you're on the train or waiting at the doctor's - I mostly happened to read it at the latter places, so I suppose it's good reading for when your mind is not quite there.

The ending was curious (spoilers!). Knowing it's a love story, it was clear where it was heading before it had even begun. But when the romance seems to be failing ten pages before the end of the book, I had some hopes that it would not end with the couple happily united, and so be at least somewhat original - but after spending 270 pages describing each and every footstep the characters are taking, we are left at the end with an entirely unsatisfactory summary of what led to the hero's surprise return and his apparent (yeah, sure!) change of attitude. The 'helplessly overwhelmed with the presence of the male' type of response of the heroine also left me feeling a stale taste in my mouth that made the ending quite devoid of romantic feelings to me.(less)

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Feb 16, 2013 Silvana rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Obrigada pelas recordações foi o primeiro livro que li da autora Cecelia Ahern, desta forma parti para a leitura do livro sem expectativas criadas pela leitura de livros anteriores. É um livro com estória marcada por momentos de reflexão, momentos cómicos, momentos de romance, momentos de tristeza... É um livro que nos leva numa viagem pelas emoções do seu humano, mesmo aquelas que nos são estranhas e para as quais não obtemos nenhuma explicação.
Confesso que foi um livro que não me cativou no in...more Obrigada pelas recordações foi o primeiro livro que li da autora Cecelia Ahern, desta forma parti para a leitura do livro sem expectativas criadas pela leitura de livros anteriores. É um livro com estória marcada por momentos de reflexão, momentos cómicos, momentos de romance, momentos de tristeza... É um livro que nos leva numa viagem pelas emoções do seu humano, mesmo aquelas que nos são estranhas e para as quais não obtemos nenhuma explicação.
Confesso que foi um livro que não me cativou no inicio... Aliás, demorei muito tempo a lê-lo porque os primeiros capítulos eram um pouco aborrecidos e a temática que servia de base a todo o desenvolvimento da narrativa, não fazia nenhum sentido para mim.
Joyce é uma jovem mulher que sofre um queda e perde o seu bebé. Na sequência deste pequeno acidente, recebe uma transfusão de sangue que muda radicalmente a sua vida! Passa a ter os conhecimentos da pessoa que doou o sangue, assim como passou a ter os gostos alimentares desta pessoa que ela não conhece, mas desde a primeira vez que a vê se sente fortemente atraída por ela. Esta pessoa é Justin um senhor que é responsável pelos grandes momentos cómicos que aparecem ao longo do livro.
Apesar de não acreditar nada neste tipo de possibilidades devo considerar que foi um tema original e foi muito bem estruturado pela autora. Na minha opinião, este é o grande ponto positivo da história. Contudo, Joyce irá demorar demasiado tempo para ter o tão aguardado encontro com Justin. Foi este pequeno pormenor que me fez arrastar a leitura do livro... Por várias vezes estiveram quase a enfrentarem-se, mas tal só acontece muito no final do livro o que não possibilitou, um desenvolvimento do relacionamento entre eles. Acho que a narrativa ficaria mais completa se o relacionamento de Justin e Joyce tivesse um desenvolvimento. Assim sendo, considero este aspecto como o ponto menos positivo . Não o classifico como negativo, porque a autora poderá desenvolver esta história num livro seguinte ou para deixar a mente e a imaginação do leitor divagar para o futuro das personagens.
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Feb 16, 2013 Paperback Princess added it Recommends it for: Myself love the author

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Joyce Conway awakes at the hospital. She has had an accident, she tripped on her stairs and she's lost her baby, the one she has been trying for, for the last ten years. She wants to start a new life and she decides to separate from her husband and moves in with her father, Henry.

Justin is a recently divorced Professor who has moved to London to be with his daughter. He's also a guest speaker at St Trinity College a...more Originally posted at Paperback Princess to view in it's entirety pls click here.

Joyce Conway awakes at the hospital. She has had an accident, she tripped on her stairs and she's lost her baby, the one she has been trying for, for the last ten years. She wants to start a new life and she decides to separate from her husband and moves in with her father, Henry.

Justin is a recently divorced Professor who has moved to London to be with his daughter. He's also a guest speaker at St Trinity College at Dublin. Whilst at St Trinity he is forced to donate blood by an attractive Doctor.

Justin and Joyce's lives collide before they meet. Joyce receives the blood that Justin donates. On the way home from the hospital Joyce and Justin meets at a hair salon as they were both feeling the urge to get a haircut. When they meet they feel a force drawing them together and they feel like they've known each other all their lives despite never having met. They leave and go their separate ways.

Then Joyce starts remembering memories that aren't hers, she also starts doing things unlike her eg. eating meat when she's a vegetarian. She also starts speaking languages she never knew how to speak eg. Latin, French and knows about things that she has previously not known about eg. historical buildings and architecture and art. Joyce tries to solve this mystery.

This book is a light and enjoyable read. It's one of those frustrating books though because they keep meeting and missing each other, one of those so close and yet so far kind of situation. However, through the book I sometimes found it a bit slow going, which I've never found with Ahern's previous books. Also whilst the ending is a happy ending, I was unhappy that they didn't put say another chapter to say what they ended up doing together, but I suppose that's what most book endings are like so I can't really complain. Apart from that, like I said, it's a typical Ahern book which is a sweet love story with a bit of magic thrown in. Anyone that has read other Ahern books would love this one as well. (less)

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Nov 17, 2012 Shonna Froebel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Finished this audiobook on the way home from work. It's a light romantic comedy of a book, leaving you with a happy aftertaste.
Joyce Conway of Dublin has had an accident leaving her in the hospital for a few days, and now she finds she has memories that seem to be from someone else. She also has knowledge and skills she never had before. She puzzles over these strange occurrences and begins to get back to her changed life. She moves in with her elderly father temporarily, and looks to her friend...more

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Oct 27, 2012 Leigh Herondale rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

As some of you might or might not know I am a fan of Cecelia Ahern and I’ve recently stumbled upon a copy of Thanks for the Memories which was published almost 4 years ago. The novel is told in alternating POV’s between the two protagonists, Joyce Conway and Justin Hitchcock.

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To start with there’s Joyce Conway. She’s 33, married (but it’s falling apart)and has just had a miscarriage. Yeah, life sucks for her. She is treated in a hospital and everything that comes with a miscarriage. She feel...more As some of you might or might not know I am a fan of Cecelia Ahern and I’ve recently stumbled upon a copy of Thanks for the Memories which was published almost 4 years ago. The novel is told in alternating POV’s between the two protagonists, Joyce Conway and Justin Hitchcock.

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To start with there’s Joyce Conway. She’s 33, married (but it’s falling apart)and has just had a miscarriage. Yeah, life sucks for her. She is treated in a hospital and everything that comes with a miscarriage. She feels helpless and somehow everything around her sucks but she goes on and survives. She walks out on her marriage and house and ends up staying with her father, Henry, who is absolutely adorable. Anyway, I didn’t exactly warm up to Joyce during the first few pages because I felt like she blamed everything that happened to her to everyone and everything.And yes, I do get the fact that she was in denial at that time so yeah that’s were I got the”not warm up to her during the first few pages” line.Anyway, I did start liking her as the story progressed. Especially towards the end.

Then there’s Justin Hitchcock. He’s 43, American, divorced, good looking, a curator, a university professor with a PhD blah blah.Oh yeah, he’s Mr. Dreamy and all.Anyway, he ends up donating blood and that’s when his and Joyce’s lives cross. I love Justin. He’s adorable and he’s such a doting daddy. I love books with doting fathers since I really don’t have one in my life.My father tends to leave me alone most of the time. Yeah,I know it sounds good but sometimes a girl just needs a little doting from time to time.Anyhoo, enough drama. I honestly love Justin even if he was kinda’ stupid for doing what he did towards the end of the book but he did redeem himself int he end so yeah, I still love him.

Anyway, I have to say that I really love this novel and that it’s my first Chic Lit after being stuck in the YA genre this year. The writing was excellent. I honestly could not put it down. I love Cecelia Ahern. Her novels never fail to surprise me since she always seems to have different styles when it comes to her writing. She doesn’t repeat her themes or writing style instead she constantly evolves as the years go by. I love the fact that her stories are something that people can actually relate to. Normally, romance between middle aged people don’t make me feel giddy but somehow Justin and Joyce made me feel like a teenager in love. Anyway, I loved this book as much as her other novels. I love the side characters as well and I can’t wait to read more of Ms. Ahern’s works. She is definitely at the top of my ”Favorite Chic Lit Authors” with Sophie Kinsella.

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Oct 17, 2012 S rated it 5 of 5 stars

I have read all of Cecelia Ahern's books and thoroughly enjoyed them all, this one was no exception. The story follows Joyce through a miscarriage and a separation from her husband. Joyce receives a blood transfusion after her miscarriage and she received the blood that Justin has recently donated. Justin is a lecture of Art and Architecture and Joyce suddenly begins to know an awful lot about the local buildings and paintings. The storyline between Joyce and Justin is accompanied by the storyli...more

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Aug 18, 2012 Selenis rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Uma autora que está a chegar rapidamente ao meu top de preferidos.
A forma como Cecilia Ahern escreve é no mínimo envolvente. A história, sempre com um toque de magia, faz-nos pensar. As personagens traçam os seus caminhos, enfrentam dificuldades, e têm-nos como espectadores atentos, a torcer para que tudo, por favor!, corra bem :)
Mais um livro que adorei, a história de Joyce, acabada de sair de uma situação muito dolorosa a nível pessoal e emocional, e Justin, que sem saber lhe salva a vida e lh...more

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Aug 14, 2012 Caleb Abel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010

**BOOK CLUB ROUND 5**

For obvious reasons, I’ve never read much “chick lit” in my lifetime. Prior to this year, 90% of my reading revolved around either Michael Crichton-penned suspense or, at my geek-peak, Star Wars novels (particularly the young Han Solo trilogy). Love stories were best left to the silver screen as far as I was concerned. It was much easier to give them a solid 90 minutes of attention rather than devoting 10-20 hours of reading to them (I’m a sloooow reader).

Last year I lost my...more **BOOK CLUB ROUND 5**

For obvious reasons, I’ve never read much “chick lit” in my lifetime. Prior to this year, 90% of my reading revolved around either Michael Crichton-penned suspense or, at my geek-peak, Star Wars novels (particularly the young Han Solo trilogy). Love stories were best left to the silver screen as far as I was concerned. It was much easier to give them a solid 90 minutes of attention rather than devoting 10-20 hours of reading to them (I’m a sloooow reader).

Last year I lost my chick-lit V-card to Stand-In Groom – a Christian romance novel by my cousin Kaye Dacus that was recently nominated for a Christy (apparently a major Christian Fiction award). I took my second shot at the genre in March with Kaye’s second book, Menu for Romance. If you fall into her target audience that wants squeaky clean romance with a helping of God on the side, it’s rather excellent based on the adoring reviews I’ve read by people that DO fit that market. If you don’t fall in, I’d stand beside it as a highly amusing read considering both Laura and I had a very enjoyable time reading it out loud to each other, but I still prefer my entertainment without a filter on it.

In Thanks for the Memories, Justin, an art and architecture historian, donates blood that goes on to save the life Joyce after she has an accident. Joyce then begins to have flashes of memories that aren’t her own as well an inexplicable knowledge of historical buildings among other tastes and trivia she can’t quite place. The book continues from there to become an interesting mixture of Return to Me and Sleepless in Seattle without ever letting itself become too predictable.

As I stated, most of my girl-targeted entertainment experiences come from movies, and Thanks for the Memories was able to keep a PG-13/R rated vibe similar to When Harry Met Sally. It’s not too crude, but it doesn’t hold back when the opportunity for perfect comedic timing arises. The dialogue is razor-sharp and the monologues help make the characters as three-dimensional as possible. Cecilia Ahern’s ability to paint a picture is excellent, and she does a great job of keeping new scenes coming as the book is almost timed exactly like a movie would be.

The characters are colorful, yet flawed enough to be believable; Joyce has major life-altering personal issues she’s going through and Justin is kind of prick (think Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally or Tom Hanks from You’ve Got Mail). Joyce’s father is puppy-dog cute – an old Irish man with a heart of gold and a complete lack of understanding when it comes to modern ways of doing things. No one involved exactly sets a new precedent by which all rom-coms should be measured, but the way Ahern brings you into their heads insures the book never gets dull.

By the time we reached the final page, I was damn near close to considering myself a romance convert. It’s still not going to become my favorite genre, but I’ll definitely never hesitate against any of Laura’s recommendations again.

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Jul 20, 2012 Aggy rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Jul 06, 2012 Jilly rated it 2 of 5 stars

I was never overly enthralled by this book but it was interesting and at times funny and entertaining. My major issue with this book is the seemingly long and drawn out discovery of each other the characters partake in. Joyce's life becomes more about a man she's never met but feels a connection to because of a blood transfusion, all the while not really dealing with the death of her baby or the break-up of her marriage (though you suspect that was a long time coming).

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Jun 26, 2012 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars

This adorable book, by the author of P.S. I Love You explores the relationship of two people connected by blood, but not in the way you might think. Justin is an architecture and art critic, guest lecturing in Dublin and talked into giving blood by a woman he wants a date with. Joyce receives a blood transfusion after she loses her baby and begins having memories and knowledge of art, architecture, and Justin's life. They are coincidentally drawn together, going through a series of near misses b...more

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May 29, 2012 Cathy Heathcliff rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm just gonna spurt random thoughts about the book since I'm too tired to do a proper review.
1. It kept me up last night, but not the whole night, the reason I'm now tired and can't right a cute review;
2. I laughed a lot, really. People were looking at me funny all day at school;
3. Cecelia Ahern has definitely done better, and I'm not even talking about "P.S. I Love You", both "There's No Place Like Here" and "The Book of Tomorrow" had better stories, characters, everything;
4. I don't know if...more

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May 28, 2012 Yola NY rated it 3 of 5 stars

seperti novel2 cecelia lainnya, ini novel berasa bikin penasaran di awal, deg2an di tengah, dan menyebalkan akhirnya.
owh,maksudku menyebalkan solusinya..

joyce, seorang ibu sekaligus istri yang mengalami kecelakaan malang sehingga kehilangan calon bayinya dan berdampak yang buruk pada pernikahannya sendiri. kehilangan banyak darah, dan menerima transfusi darah. sjk itu dia ngerasa dapet kilasan memori yang bukan milik dia, tahu segala ttg seni, dan merasa dejavu di tiap tempat yang padahal baru...more

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May 21, 2012 VaultOfBooks rated it 3 of 5 stars

By Cecelia Ahern. Grade: B+
After a horrible accident, Joyce Conway is trying to put her life back together. Her life and her marriage are in pieces, but Joyce tries to get back to living a normal life, despite advice from others. But something is stopping her.
She keeps having dreams of a beautiful blond haired girl, of places she has never been. She knows things that she shouldn’t about art, about architecture. She sees a beautiful woman in her dreams.
Joyce sees and knows things she should not k...more By Cecelia Ahern. Grade: B+
After a horrible accident, Joyce Conway is trying to put her life back together. Her life and her marriage are in pieces, but Joyce tries to get back to living a normal life, despite advice from others. But something is stopping her.
She keeps having dreams of a beautiful blond haired girl, of places she has never been. She knows things that she shouldn’t about art, about architecture. She sees a beautiful woman in her dreams.
Joyce sees and knows things she should not know. And it all started after her accident. Wanting to get to the bottom of things, to discover the reason for her newfound knowledge, Joyce tracks down her blood donor,
Justin Hitchcock is a lonely man. He hasn’t dated since his marriage broke up. Instead, he contends himself with touring universities, talking about art, about the only thing he has passion for in life. He knows he’s lonely, knows that he needs to heal. What he doesn’t know is that his life is about to change.
When a beautiful woman convinces Justin to give blood for the universities blood drive, Justin has no idea that giving away a few drops of his blood will change his life forever. He has no idea that by giving something from his heart, he may receive the very things he needs to heal it,

Firstly, you have to give Ms Ahern credit for her imagination. Her real life fairy-tale stories are very different from the norm, and do interest you. Sometimes she pulls them off brilliantly, like in If You Could See Me Now, but sometimes, she can’t.
The plot for this has a hint of fantasy, which is not entirely believable, but that is the whole point. The fact that transfusion of blood could result in transmission of memories was an interesting concept to explore. I liked it.
However there were many things I didn’t. The characters in this story were okay, I personally did not find them to be particularly special or unique. I neither loved Joyce nor loathed her – I felt quite indifferent to her. I admit I was annoyed with some of the choices she made and felt she often did things for the wrong reason. Ms. Ahern could have delved deeper into her grief, and not in an entirely depressing way: like she did in her debut novel P.S. I Love You. I would have liked that. Comparatively, here she has just scratched the surface.
Justin, her love interest, was not much better and I just found I could not warm to him at all. I felt she did not go into enough detail (the characters were sketchy at best) and it all felt very one dimensional to me.
Yes, there are touching moments and particularly the dad is a great character but overall I was reading it just to finish because I don’t like not finishing a book. The plot didn’t really go anywhere and a lot just seemed contrived. The constant near-misses started becoming irritating after a while. It was too artificial, too made-up, like in Where Rainbows End. After a while, you just want them to meet and discuss the whole thing aloud.
It would have been nicer if the book had of had more time of the two main characters together. It felt almost unfinished. There were lots of circles in the plot, but this is quite like Ahern’s style of writing and it has been apparent in her other books. Even the humor was a little duller, as compared to her other books.
All in all, the book delivers far less than expected – characters show much promise with fun-loving, vegetarian Joyce and a geeky-cute architecture lecturer of a love interest. Interestingly, the supporting cast, Joyce’s father, proves much more entertaining to read instead.

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Apr 22, 2012 Vilzan Momin rated it 5 of 5 stars

I've just finished reading this book this evening and it took my whole weekend just to flip to the very last pages.. I could somehow finish it in less than 24 hours but I must admit that I got other things to settle as well..

This is a rather good and light chick-lit.. Cecilia Ahern has sorted the story line beautifully in a perfect order.. She indeed represents some individuals to express their theories and hypotheses as to whether there might be an emergence of special connection between the d...more I've just finished reading this book this evening and it took my whole weekend just to flip to the very last pages.. I could somehow finish it in less than 24 hours but I must admit that I got other things to settle as well..

This is a rather good and light chick-lit.. Cecilia Ahern has sorted the story line beautifully in a perfect order.. She indeed represents some individuals to express their theories and hypotheses as to whether there might be an emergence of special connection between the donor and recipient following an organ transplant, blood transfusion etc.. Science is yet to confirm or even find the slightest evidence to verify the possibility but it's not wrong if we use our imagination to imagine how it's really gonna be if it's really happening.. This novel pulls over just at the right time for those who are yearning to understand even a slice amount of the experience, in which we can dive into Joyce's emotions and life story which are depicted in this book..

I couldn't stop myself from guessing, having this constant quest in my head of what's gonna be happening next. Cecilia Ahern really does show her mastery in enthralling the readers to a point they couldn't stop flipping from page to page just because they are too involved in the story (I really did). It's a beautiful story which mainly pivots the theme of relationship from various perspectives - spouse, siblings, parents and children, friendship, divorcee etc.. Well done to the author..

What I like most about this book? It is a well written masterpiece with beautiful descriptions of some moments, feelings, places, time, dream etc.. The journey of Joyce and Justin is really captivating and it's arranged in a working order.. The supporting characters are really funny and they bright up the story throughout.. I can't hold myself from laughing.. and I love the beautiful twists instilled..

What disappoint me? This novel is a great one but good thing can never escape the flaws.. The period of 1 month might seem too fast for Joyce to handle all the burdens on her shoulder.. I mean she's still having a blow from what had happened but 1 month is just plain fast for her to wake up from the trauma and be able to be distracted.. I'm not denying that it's logic but we need a little more realistic sentiment.. and as well I wish I can feel more romance from Joyce and Justin instead of only 5 pages at the ending..yes, more romance for God sake because destiny has brought them together and we really wanna see the true love.. I really wish they have spoken to each other more and there should be more verbal interactions between them.. and I wish the story is extended a little bit longer because I really want to see them sharing some good moments together and maybe we can see how they enjoy and value the destiny that is meant for them towards each other.. it doesn't have to be long, just a few pages of descriptions on how they take it from the meeting at Joyce's house.. I hate to make my own ending if Cecilia's point is to let us create one..

all in all, I recommend this book.. :)(less)

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Apr 11, 2012 Angie rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book sucked me right in from the riveting 3 page prologue, powerfully, painfully written. While the premise of the book is pretty out there and far-fetched, it was written so convincingly that I couldn't help but be drawn into the lives of the two main characters and found myself blasting through the book to see how it would end. When the characters' hearts were racing I found my own heart beating faster, too. With each missed connection I groaned and sighed in my mind. Reading this book wa...more

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Sep 01, 2011 Katieeoh Lacanlale rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, destiny-fate

How is it possible to know someone you’ve never met?

I knew Cecelia Ahern from her bestselling book, “P.S. I Love You” and she made another book again that I will never forget.

Thanks for the Memories is an unusual story about a connection between two people in different worlds, Joyce and Justin. Joyce, just survived a terrible accident which leads to losing the baby she has, also having a troubled marriage which is now in pieces. On the other hand, Justin, a divorced father, living with his daug...more

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Aug 02, 2011 Tanja Seppä rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

Joyce falls down a set of stairs in an attempt to reach the phone and loses her long-awaited baby. Her marriage which has been falling apart for years, ends. She should be completely lost in grief, but it never truly seems to take hold. Furthermore, she seems to have gained some sudden skills with the blood transfusion she received at hospital. She has gained several languages and an intimate knowledge of art and architecture. Perhaps it is this that distracts her from her sorrows so quickly. To...more

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Jul 26, 2011 Jhoie Saldua rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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"Thanks For The Memories","Cecilia Ahern","","review","Thanks for the Memories is one of the few books i never dare put down when i started it. the book is soooooo good at every aspect that it made me roll with laughter, look deeper into why people are always in a hurry with life (instead of sometimes just look and appreciate everything around them). it made me feel to want to spend more time with my mom, tell stories and laugh with her as to nobody knows how long we'll all be here on earth. mad...more

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Cecelia Ahern was born on September 30, 1981 in Dublin, Ireland. She is the daughter of the former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. On 14th December 2009 it was announced that Cecelia had given birth to her first child with partner David Keoghan, a girl named Robin. She was secretly married on 11 June 2010 in County Kildare, Ireland. Her older sister, Georgina Ahern is married to Nicky Byrne of Irish...more

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