Mooched this book from a fellow member of www.bookmooch.com:)

Just finished reading it and really enjoyed the story. Getting it geared up for a US & Canada Book Ring!


This highly original first novel won the largest advance San Francisco-based MacAdam/Cage had ever paid, and it was money well spent. Niffenegger has written a soaring love story illuminated by dozens of finely observed details and scenes, and one that skates nimbly around a huge conundrum at the heart of the book: Henry De Tamble, a rather dashing librarian at the famous Newberry Library in Chicago, finds himself unavoidably whisked around in time. He disappears from a scene in, say, 1998 to find himself suddenly, usually without his clothes, which mysteriously disappear in transit, at an entirely different place 10 years earlier-or later. During one of these migrations, he drops in on beautiful teenage Clare Abshire, an heiress in a large house on the nearby Michigan peninsula, and a lifelong passion is born. The problem is that while Henry's age darts back and forth according to his location in time, Clare's moves forward in the normal manner, so the pair are often out of sync. But such is the author's tenderness with the characters, and the determinedly ungimmicky way in which she writes of their predicament [...] that the book is much more love story than fantasy. It also has a splendidly drawn cast, from Henry's violinist father [...] to Clare's odd family and a multitude of Chicago bohemian friends. [...] It is a fair tribute to her skill and sensibility to say that the book leaves a reader with an impression of life's riches and strangeness rather than of easy thrills.

Sent off to ayntastic today:)
Deliver Conf #0306 1070 0001 5989 2058

Enjoy!

Here's the mailing order to this Ring so far:
ayntastic - CA...COMPLETED:)
Quinsmomma - NJ...COMPLETED:)
uppity - Canada...COMPLETED:)
Goddess-Of-Fire - MO..mailed to Congested Chi...
CongestedChi-TX...no response:(
starbrightxx - OH...no response:(
cmschn- IL
Back to DeeOhTea!

edit>>15Jan08...Not sure where the book is:(

Thanks DeeOhTea, this has been on my wish list for a while :)

This book was AMAZING. The love story was so touching and unique. This novel was a far cry from the formulaic boy-meets-girl love stories that you see so many of today, the original story was refreshing and fun to read. I really enjoyed this book! Thanks so much for sharing.

Received today...

Edited 8/7/07 to add: I really enjoyed this. I was a little skeptical, I'm not all that fond of science fiction-y novels, but this one is more love story I think. I kept thinking about the characters for days after I finished reading the book.

Sent in the mail today to uppity. Enjoy :)

the bookcame today and although Quinsmomma enclosed a RABCK book that I''m looking forward to reading I will read this one first and send it on its way.

I enjoyed the parts of the books that I read. A very novel idea traveling back and forth in time.
I don't have time to do much reading right now so instead of having it linger here I'm sending it on to Goddess of Fire by surface mail.

This arrived yesterday. I do have a book in front of it, but I will try to read it and pass it on ASAP.
Thanks!

I really liked this book; the format was great, and you really get to know the characters. I wasn't terribly happy with all the events leading up to the end, but overall I thought it was a great book.

Sent off to CongestedChi yesterday!
Thanks!