The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Since it is summer and I have quite a bit of free time, I decided to put a few books on hold to pass the time. One book that I was highly anticipating was "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. I have, over the past six months, been checking up on updates on the production of the movie, eagerly awaiting a trailer. I had read the synopsis posted on IMDb.com about the movie, and found it intriguing.
So I waited patiently for the trailer until finally, a week or two ago, it was posted! I watched the trailer, and nearly cried at just the trailer! Does that sound like me? No, it doesn't. I wouldn't even cry at "The Notebook", which both girls and guys I know couldn't help but tear up!
So then I was in a frenzy to get the book. I had to read it. It was a must. I put it on hold, and 5 or 6 days later it came in.
For three days you could not tear me away from that book. I took breaks now and then to pace myself, but then couldn't help but finish it last night.
I loved the ending! I won't give anything away, but it wasn't some sappy everyone gets their way kind of ending (which is exactly the kind of ending I hate). It was realistic, in a fictional sort of way.
The grammar and punctuation could have been way better, but the story itself was amazing. It had a couple slow points, but never slow enough to make me put it down. It wasn't too hard to figure out, but it was still a wonderful ending. This book is now a favorite of mine, and definitely going to find a home on my bookshelf!

Okay, I'll stop rambling and tell you a bit about the book.

Synopsis: Clare, at the age of six, meets a man by the name of Henry, who is thirty-six. For fourteen years he shows up at random intervals of her life, and they fall in love. When she is eighteen, he leaves with her a notebook with all the dates that he visited her, telling her to give this notebook to him when they meet for the first time in the present. He leaves, and she waits for two years, waiting for the moment they first meet.
Two years pass and one day, at the Newberry library in Chicago, she sees him - but he does not remember her.
And so, Clare and Henry's life together in the present finally begins.


"The Time Traveler's Wife" is a wonderful tale of patience and love, and waiting for that true love to come back to you. It's enticing and heartbreaking - I most definitely recommend it.

- Can't wait for the movie. Please don't ruin this one! Comes out August 14th, 2009.



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