Crystal Gardens vs The Notebook: Which Should You Read?

Crystal Gardens Jayne Ann Krentz · 2012 ★★★★☆ 4.0 345 pages · ≈ 6 h 23 m · Moderate

Moving to a country cottage where she seeks refuge in a paranormally charged garden, Evangeline Ames is rescued from a would-be assassin by the garden's owner, Lucas Sebastian, who taps Evangeline's detective skills to…

The Notebook Nicholas Sparks · 1996 ★★★★☆ 4.2 256 pages · ≈ 4 h 44 m · Moderate

A man with a faded, well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. Until he begins to read to her. An achingly tender story about the enduring power of love. A man…