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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80568.Sam_s_Letters_to_Jennifer?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Sam's Letters to Jennifer" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1170984246m/80568.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80568.Sam_s_Letters_to_Jennifer?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Sam's Letters to Jennifer</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3780.James_Patterson">James Patterson</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5262517?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>First book I've read by James Patterson. It's the story of a young woman, Jennifer, who was recovering from the death of her husband only to find that her beloved grandmother Sam had fallen into a coma. Jennifer returned to the summer home to be close to her grandmother, and in the midst of confusion and grief, found a stack of letters addressed to her from Sam that told the story of her life. As Jennifer went through these letters, her own life also takes a dramatic turn that taught her how to love again. <br/>The writing style and story are both rather average, but I enjoyed the book nonetheless. There were some touching moments in the book and a quote that I know many could relate to from Father Alfred D'Souza: "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be repaid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." As somewhat depressing the quote sounds, it also reflects the sentiment that many of us have felt when we feel that our own lives or the circumstances that we were in do not live up to the lives that we have imagined for ourselves. Instead of improving or find joy or satisfaction in whatever situation we were in, we spend more time pondering about the "what ifs". This book tried to illustrate this point through the paths that both women have chose to take. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/270566?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>