Inspired by Amy,
We sat around the kitchen table this evening drinking tea and cocoa and discussing books. Seems like everyone enjoys talking about what they are reading.
Amy also likes to write. She keeps a blog going. I was impressed! I have tried blogs before but the discipline of writing consistently eludes me. Yet...................I really would like to share book suggestions and ideas with libray patrons. So I will give this another try.
BOOK OF THE WEEK
Just finished reading Time Travelers Wife, by Niffenegger. I give it 5 stars. It is a wonderful character study of two people, Clare who lives time consecutively, and Henry who has "Chrono Displacement Disorder" and disappears from the present while visiting the past or future. There are wonderful twists and turns and perspectives of events. Clare first meets Henry when she is six and he is in his 40s. But he meets her for the first time when he is 28. Then there are times when a six year old Henry meets his 30 year old self and the older Henry teaches the younger how to survive in the world. The voices of Clare and Henry alternate but the writing is clear and for all the flashback and travel scenes, there is no confusion and the story unfolds carefully and tenderly. The love that these characters have for each other makes the story sweet and romantic but not overly sentimental. Definitely a good read.
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I'm so glad you read and liked the book. I typically listen to books while doing other things, and I mark a good one by the necessity to find and read it on paper - The Time Traveler's Wife was one of those. (but you can safely skip the movie.)
ReplyDeleteIt's an old fashioned love story newly imagined.