- Novel title: The Time Traveler's Wife
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Date of publication: 2003
Number of pages: 518
2. I am someone that will take forever to find a good book that I don’t want to put down. I find it difficult to find one that really interests me from start to finish. When choosing a book for this ISU I wanted to make sure I would read it start to end and enjoy the whole thing. I have heard a lot about the book, The Time Traveler's Wife, from my friends. I hear that the book is worth the read and is something you can really enjoy.
3. So far, the book is not bad but seems hard to get into because it’s jumping from two sides of a story both at different time periods, Henry and Clare that are completely different perspectives. The story line seems like it could get confusing if your not but into what your reading I feel like if I really get into the book I will enjoy it.
4. I haven’t read that much yet. I have read the prologue and the first chapter, which puts me on page 24.
5. So far, it has basically just been the introduction to the whole story and one of the first meetings of the characters. The main characters, Henry and Clare, both share who they are. It started out with each person explaining how they felt about a current situation hat is taking place in the present. Then it jumps to a time in their lives when they meet for one of the first times. They are in a library and Clare knows Henry but Henry isn’t aware of her existence yet. It is also discovered that Henry is a time traveler and from what it seems like now, not by choice. It feels that a great connection between the two characters is being built that will only get stronger as the book continues.
6. The theme that seems to be forming is love and closeness. These two characters are n love in the present and are alone when they can’t be together. They constantly think about each other. The author could be trying to portray how everyone holds on to love in different ways. People need love to feel a part of something. In this case, even when it seems it can’t be possible they still hold on to each other.
8. “Sometimes you feel euphoric. Everything is sublime and has an aura, and suddenly you are intensely nauseated and then you are gone.” (The Time Traveler’s Wife, page 2) This particular line was taken from the prologue where both main characters and their stories are introduced. The line speaks to me in a few different ways. In life things can be dull and lifeless or bright and overwhelming, depending how you looks at it. This sentence explains both, when everything seems so right and surreal then in an instant can all fall apart. Life is like this in many ways because out of no where with no warning at all, everything that once made your life so great and perfect is gone and you feel empty. Nobody likes emptiness. People can take these events negatively and eventually give up, not enjoying life while they can. They should take it and grow as a person and create moments that can be cherished forever for other difficult obstacles will come in the future. The things that bring us down will eventually make us stronger and motivate us to live to the fullest.
9. My book has three main parts. My goal for the end of September is to complete half of the first part of the novel. The second part I hope to be finished by the end of October so that I will be completed the whole novel by the end of November.
Author: Audrey Niffenegger 