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Berhael
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Posted: Thu 30 Nov , 2006 1:45 pm
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Someone lent me this book, and it sat on my shelf for ages until I had some time to read fiction. I took it with me to Madrid, and I was hooked. :Q

It's the story of Henry, a man with a genetic chrono-impairment: he time travels, involuntarily. He might be at work and then, poof! he finds himself 20 years back. Sometimes he meets his younger (or older) self. Sometimes he gets into trouble. But most memorably, he meets with Clare, whom he first meets when she's 20 and he's 28, although the first time she meets him she's 6 and he's 36. Confused? It all makes sense when you read it. :D

It's a wonderful book, warm and funny and heartbreaking in places. It's the kind of novel I like - an interesting, unusual plot, with good but straightforward language (I hate flowery prose which is too much in love with itself), and then some.

Has anyone else read it?

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Posted: Thu 30 Nov , 2006 1:52 pm
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Yes, me! A friend at work recommended it, so I bought a copy for my mum's birthday 18 months ago then borrowed it from her (it's okay, she knows that's why I buy her books).

I really enjoyed it, to the extent of sobbing my little heart out in a few places, which I find is often the sign of a good bit of romantic fiction.

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Yup, I got that reaction as well, and it's pretty rare for a book to make me do that (so far only LotR and Northern Lights had made me cry like a baby). :)

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Sounds a little reminiscent of the Lake House, which I watched with Mrs Alatar last night. A quite enjoyable chick flick, and nice natural acting from Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves (surprisingly).

I'll keep an eye out for it!

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Posted: Thu 30 Nov , 2006 4:06 pm
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Does this means that I've read and enjoyed... chick-lit?? :Q
*commits hara-kiri with a paperback*
*notes it should be called seppuku, not hara-kiri*
*dies a horrible and pedantic death*

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Don't worry Ber. I couldn't possibly have enjoyed it either if it was 'chick-lit'. :LMAO:

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Ahh The Time Traveller's Wife is an excellent book... Have it sitting on my shelf here. :)

I bought the paperback last year sometime...

I'm sure I need to read it again, I've forgotten most of what happens.

Chick Lit?! I thought it was a pretty good first novel.:P

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Yep, I got it about two years ago not knowing whether it would be any good or not - and I am glad to say it was a good choice! :D I have recommended it to a friend who also liked it a lot, making it one of his favourite books. I don't think it's chick-lit at all. :LMAO:

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