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... a really neat concept, and overall it worked out well. The pace was very slow and deliberate; it reminded me a little of The Time-Traveler's Wife, which was equally slow and incredibly introspective. Personally, I prefer more tension, but it wasn't bad. The story took place entirely in this ... 41. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
I read this based on LibraryThing recommendations, and I was not disappointed. I love time travel stories, especially the Hitchhiker's Guide/Prisoner of Azkaban style where everything fits together like a jigsaw puzzle, as opposed to the ... ... Maurier - I've read several Du Mauriers before, but not this one. Looking forward to it.
Pompeii by Robert Harris
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - I was ambiguous about getting this one, but several people recommended it enthusiastically and I eventually caved.
Dear M ... Two BookMooch requests went out the door:
Loving Frank went to England and The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger went to Canada. ... books to Florida with my daughter who is taking a much-needed week end retreat from three children under the age of 6:
The Time Traveler's Wife -- which I am certain she will like more than I did.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum -- one of my recent favorites, and
When the Emperor was ... I read the thread on favorite time travel books and heartily agreed with many of you. (LOVE Replay and Time Traveler's Wife!) But what about your least favorite? This genre is a favorite of mine so I have become particular about what makes a time travel novel successful.
I'll start the list ... The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Land Before Time by Don Bluth
Land's End: A Walk Through Provincetown by Michael Cunningham
Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold
The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman ... by John Scalzi
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
and
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, which was being returned by the coworker who borrowed it awhile back. ... Dick by Andrew Crumey
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
The Flood by Maggie Gee
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Clear Water by Will Ashon
Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
The Possibili ... In no particular order:
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Wife in the North by Judith O'Reilly
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer - perfect guilty pleasure reading!
Forever by Judy Blume - hadn't read since high school and ... ... Harrison
20. The Weapon Makers and The Weapon Shops of Isher by A.E. Van Vogt
21. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
22. The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
23. Nimisha's Ship by Anne McCaffrey
39. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ... density in this world than I do, myself: as though it could linger on after me and surround you, keep you, hold you.
The Time Traveler's Wife The Time Traveler's Wife? ... reading Les Liaisons Dangereuses. It's going so slowly. Maybe because I already know the story.
A friend lent me The Time Traveler's Wife, so I guess I should finish that before I see her next. And all of a sudden, I really want to read A Wedding in December. Don't know why. I ... ... but see you've already read it (and rated it the same as I did!).
The only other book in my library with that tag is The Time Traveler's Wife. But two others are on my wishlist: Time's Arrow by Martin Amis and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. ... The Glass Castle won out over The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay. A couple of years ago I only wanted to read The Time Traveler's Wife and last year I only wanted to read The Stolen Child.
... of Snow and Ash) on my list, which will bring me to seven. I've already read such classics of time-travel fiction as The Time Traveler's Wife, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and From Time to Time. I've gone through all of Jasper Fforde's (fabulous) Thursday Next books. I read Twain's Conn ... ... into them at merely one book, but love them so far. The Heir, Inheritance, Inkworld.
And some favorite stand alones: The Time Traveler's Wife, Pride and Prejudice, Hurt Go Happy, many others.
Favorite Movie:
Hmm. I don't see that many movies, but some favorites? The Harry Potter ... ... have probably been:
March
The Soloist: A lost dream, an unlikely friendship and the Redemptive Power of Music
The Time Traveller's Wife
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
I've found myself recommending March quite a bit at work lately, especially when people like Civil War ... ... Pence
Cooks Overboard by Joanne Pence
Going Overboard: The Misadventures of a Military Wife by Sarah Smiley
The Time Travelers's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ... and I plan on going. I love signed first additions.
Two of the best books I've read lately:
The Book Thief
The Time Travelers Wife #55. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger rated 3/5
The book was disappointing to me. I was more disappointed in myself that I succumbed once again to hype when I knew this wasn't the type of book I normally like. Sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised when I get out of the box, ... ... forgotten about the BBC's new Jane Eyre - that really was excellent.
Am I just imagining it or did I hear also that The Time Traveller's Wife was also going to be out as a movie. Henry, one of the two protagonists of The Time Traveler's Wife is a librarian. Several scenes in the novel take place in the chicago institution he works in....name escapes me though. The Time Traveler's Wife movie comes out December 25, 2008
Rachel McAdams ... Clare Abshire
Eric Bana ... Henry DeTamble
Evernight sounds good. I'll have to try it. ... t.
On the other hand, if I love a book, then I am very reluctant about the movie version. I am experiencing this now with The Time Traveler's Wife which I read and reread a number of times now. The book was so detailed and rich and spanned a lifetime, I don't see how they could condense it ... Now that was an excellent book IMHO. I loved The Time Traveler's Wife. Give The Time Traveler's Wife a read. You'll cry in the end though ;) ... Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
24. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
25. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
26. The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
27. The Dead Of Summer by Camilla Way
28. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
29. Red Tears by Joanna Kenrick
30. Cats Eye ... Although not quite in the same vein, what about The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)? I couldn't put it down, and it kept my brain working the whole time. The Secret History by Donna Tartt was satisfying too. Then, out of left field, a book someone gave me by chance - Shutter Island by ... The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ... books
Paula by Isabel Allende
The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Cruise
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
>56 DevourerOfBooks, I loved the Hummingbird's Daughter. I hope you enjoy the book too. ... great ideas for future reads. I would have to say my favorites are The Anubis Gates, To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Time Traveler's Wife. I recently read a book that was not mentioned - Discipline by Paco Ahlgren. It could have been more concise but I thought the concept of the ... ... paper and pen and have written down some of the highly recommended titles, but there are so many more! I love this genre - The Time Traveler's Wife had me reaching for the tissue box by the end - wonderful story of an enduring love. I have and read all the Outlander books. I've have found ... 83. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
A book which I thought was too hyped to read until a kindred spirit recommended it to me.
...damn you, Angela! I don't think I will ever stop crying. Ever. The Time Traveler's Wife.
What a pile of sentimental trash. ...
Including the following, which have been on my TBR shelves for years:
The Pillars of the Earth
The Poisonwood Bible
The Time Traveler's Wife
Something Happened
Middlesex
Inkheart
And these that I've been eyeing:
The Stand
Anna Karenina or War and Peace
Don Quixote
... 1. the once and future king
2. the time traveler's wife
3. a passage to india
4. the dress lodger
5. the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
6. the painted veil
7. the namesake
8. midwives
9. the fortunes of indigo skye
10. breaking dawn
11. the pact
12. p ... ... The Code of the Woosters
4. Chocolat
5. Anansi Boys
6. The Time Traveler's Wife
7. The Light Fantastic
8. The Kite Runner
touchstones, why do you not work the first time?
... absconded with. Fifth set is packed and ready to go now, in fact. Mr. Man hates it and is thrilled to see it go.
Enjoy The Time Traveler's Wife and let us know what you think.
I'm very glad to know that no permanent damage has occurred to the 'rents, BTW. I spent a chunk of yesterday in ... Today I stole my sister's copies of The Time Traveler's Wife--not sure how I haven't read this one yet and A Farewell to Arms.
Also got word from Mr. Booklady that Tan Lines arrived courtesy of thekoolaidmom, who was generous enough to share this steamy summer read with me!
I'm visiting ... Just started my ER book Sweetsmoke as well. So far so good. Then back to Time Travelers Wife. ... hole-in-the-wall store, assuming it hasn't moved in 8 years. I miss it.
Cool thing about Bookman's Alley - a scene in The Time Traveller's Wife takes place in it! ... get a copy of the not-exactly-a-sequel, The Last Days. I've read it, but I don't own it, and I want to reread it.
And Time Traveler's Wife was fabulous. One of my RL friends practically insisted that I read it, so I went and picked it up...and then couldn't put it down. I'm so glad you liked The Time Traveler's Wife and Peeps. 80. *The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (546)
*may include slight spoilers*
This is a fantastic book. It was interesting to read a whole book that dealt with how people handled the time-traveling issue without dealing with the issue itself much until near the end. I actually ... ... my copy of Lace Reader from Borders (with 40% off) yesterday. Cannot wait to read it--I think its next up after I finish Time Travelers Wife. ... Three Cups of Tea which was enjoyable to read for my book club. Am now starting thanks to lots of LT recommendations Time Travelers Wife. So far so good. I started to read it a while back and wasn't in the right mood so I put it aside until now.
richardderus--good luck w/ surgery and ... ... series by Diana Gabaldon
Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
All are favourites of mine.
Thanks to others for more great reading possibilities - there are at least 3 that I have put ... T. R . The Last Romantic byH.W. Brandsand I finnished YA The Time Travelers by Linda Buckley -Archer. ... by Jennifer Roberson
Harry Potter Box set by J.K. Rowling
Mists of Avalon} by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Another book I absolutely love but strictly speaking is not Fantasy is The Eight by Katherine Neville
At the ... The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ...
5) Cruel Zinc Melodies by Glen Cook
6) Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
7) The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
8) (2) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
9) (3) Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
10) (4) Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
11) (5) Three ... ... series
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
The Secret Language by Ursula Nordstrom
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Chesapeake ... ... Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Naked in Death,Immortal in Death and Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Wicked! by Jilly Cooper
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies
Vector by Robin Cook
Lisey's Story by ... Recently...
The Brothers K by David James Duncan
The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson
A River Never Sleeps by Roderick L. Haig-Brown
And I recently re-read and thoroughly enjoyed the Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser R.I.P.
E ... ... by L.P. Hartley
All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark by Jane Geneisse
The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Distant Land of my Father by Bo Caldwell
How to be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward ... made from). I'm finding most of the books I've read this year enjoyable but I'm not enjoying anything lately as much as say The Time Traveler's Wife or The Shadow of the Wind...
Maybe I'm just getting old and crabby... ;) ... Shadow Rising, Robert Jordan, 1993, 980 pages
7/12: The Fires of Heaven, Robert Jordan, 1993, 963 pages
7/12: The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, 2003, 536 pages
... was on the BOGO table so I had to get it w/ The Godmother. It's gotten very mixed reviews.
I am looking forward to Time Travelers Wife. ... and since I was very down when after I left there and passed a Borders on the way back, I stopped in a bought 3 books: Time Travelers Wife, The Godmother and The Maytrees. Unfortunately, my mood wasn't much better after I left. Even books couldn't make the sad go away today. ... loving and then it's on to one of my other library books - either The Garden Of Last Days, A Thousand Splendid Suns or The Time Traveler's Wife. I just hope I can keep renewing these until I finish them, and that no one has a hold on any of them! The Time Traveler's Wife is an amazing book! I finished it a few months ago and couldn't put it down.
May I suggest Atonement, Half of a Yellow Sun and The Kite Runner - some of my all-time favourites.
Being but a young schoolgirl, I have also read My Sister's Keeper, a ... I stayed up late last night to finish The Time Traveler's Wife. I was so afraid to read it for fear that it wouldn't live up to all the hype (and I have it in hardcover no less!). Fortunately, my fears were unfounded. Absolutely an amazing and original book. I loved it! Unfortunately it's ... ... chapters of the end of mr y and am hooked; I can't wait to see how the plot and ideas develop.
I would add my love for the time traveller's wife, so poignant and beautiful.
the painted veil is one of those books that I've always meant to read, perhaps one day!
I'm also thinking about ... The Time Traveler's Wife is my example of such a book. I thought the book's premise was captivating. About half way through it started dragging for me and parts of it made me uncomfortable such as when he was the older man popping in to the little girl's (his future wife's) life. But, I loved the ... #110 and 114 - I am reading The Time Traveler's Wife right now, and it clicked for me at about page 75. At first, I found it stressful with all the jumping around, and because it took me a while to understand that Henry can appear at all different ages regardless of the year. Now I'm absolutely ... ... the bit of hoopla that surrounded it. Of course, the poster above you (ktleyed) has a completely different opinion.
The Time Traveler's Wife is one of my favorite books. I read it in 4 days and it kept me up until 4 a.m. two of the nights that I was reading it. I recommended it to two ... ... Sam saw flashes of his future throughout the book, which perhaps I would have liked if I hadn't just finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife. I just started The Time Traveler's Wife yesterday. I've put off reading it because my mother-in-law has been bugging me to read it for three years. She's read it three times already and loves it so much. Sometimes I find, though, that when someone raves about a book so much it turns out to be ... ... ckens
Honorable mentions go to Mary Poppins, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Speaking of Books: The Best Things Ever Said About Books and Book Collecting.
... think he's mostly an adventure/romance kind of author, with a smidgin of fantasy thrown in. But that's just me. Books like The Time Traveler's Wife, (just an example, actually I hated it) can generate interest in fantasy lit in those who would never ever have considered going into the fantasy ... ... Mutiny
Pagan Christmas
The Light Fantastic
The Zombie Survival Guide
Apocalypse Wow!
Doomsday Prophecies
The Time Traveler's Wife
Slaughterhouse-Five
So...now I'm up to 18...and the year is about halfway over. Hm...hopefully, keeping this lists up-to-date will keep me ... The Time Travellers Wife, the time traveller is a librararian
The Thirteenth Tale a lot of the tale takes place in a second hand book store or in a large personal library
Lost in a Good Book the action takes place in the ultimate library, if not the soul of books
and I am sure that one ... ... Alcott
Aminata Diallo from The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill - she'd be interesting to talk to!
and Henry from The Time Traveler's Wife
There, that scratches the surface anyways. Fun to think about.
... Dickens' Hard Times as a pet.
And the main character from The French Lieutenant's Woman or the time traveler from The Time Traveler's Wife as a boyfriend.
The female characters from A Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing as friends.
Oh and to hang out with the entire cast of On ... The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Absolutely brilliant. Possibly the best I've read this year so far. Well, there certainly are books that I couldn't get through like MiddleSex and The Time Traveler's Wife but LOTR wasn't one of them. I thought the language was unusually beautiful, I guess that's what you'd expect from an author who studied linguistics. And I adored the way the story was ... ... I was little I remember crying very hard at Little Women and also A Wrinkle in Time.
Like many of you, I cried over The Time Traveler's Wife. Wizard and Glass made me sob, but I think the book that made me cry the most, so much so that I can get choked up just thinking about it, was Ma ... ... t!
The Secret Life of Bees -- enjoyed it
The Lovely Bones -- a disturbing read
Oryx and Crake -- thought-provoking
The Time Traveller's Wife -- loved loved loved it
I've also tried to read Fugitive Pieces, The Underpainter, The Blind Assassin and The Accidental (hated the ... The Time Traveler's Wife is on my reading list at the moment so it's nice to see that you enjoyed it. I've heard good things so it may just get moved to the top or topish part of the pile. ... to read it and failed to muster up enough interest so I think it's time to pass it along) and am now working my way through The Time Traveler's Wife as part of an online book club type deal. I'm also reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (fairly slowly) with people on livejournal.
... I second Kindred, the Time Traveller's Wife, To Say Nothing of the dog, Anubis Gates, and Bones of the Earth. Besides the usual suspects, I have to say I was quite pleased with a more recent "mainstream" novel, The Time Traveller's Wife. Well done, IMHO. ... Die. I also finished 9. Gilead and 10.Changing Minds. Two more fantasy 11.Eragon and 12. Eldest. Fiction: 13. The Time Traveller's Wife, 14. Saving Fish from Drowning, 15. Black Swan Green and 16.Smoke and Mirrors. Hmm...been so long it's hard to remember. 17. Fat Girl, 18 ... How was The Time Travelers Wife? I've had it on my to-be-read list for a while now.
The best book I've read this year has to be The Sweet Far Thing.
Twilight comes in near second along with New Moon and Eclipse.
Go to the Search page and search for "time travel" in the tags block. Lots of great books are there. ... election in 2000 in FL, and possibly in 2004 in OH. But, I know this is not a political thread....
#9 knsani - I loved The Time Traveler's Wife. Hope it gets better for you.
#26 seitherin - Ah, ha! First time with Agatha Christie or a fan?
Today I finished a trashy vampire book ( ... Two exceptional reads so far - The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (I know, I'm about a year behind everyone else reading that one) and The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff, through the Early Reviewer program. |
