Book Review: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Book Summary: A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger's cinematic storytelling that makes the novel's unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant.

An enchanting debut and a spellbinding tale of fate and belief in the bonds of love, The Time Traveler's Wife is destined to captivate readers for years to come.

Liana's Summary: Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire have a long history. Except when Clare approaches Henry when he is 28 years young, working in a library, he has no idea who she is. And she knows that is the way it is supposed to be. While Henry has never seen Clare before in his life, Clare has grown up seeing him. It is not amnesia-- but time travel.

Rate(1-10): 9.5

Book Review: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone.

 Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone.
Book Summary: Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett has the unique ability to travel through time and space, which brings him into Anna’s life, and with him a new world of adventure and possibility.

As their relationship deepens, the two face the reality that time may knock Bennett back to where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate, what consequences they can bear in order to stay together, and whether their love can stand the test of time.

Fresh, exciting, and deeply romantic, Time Between Us is a stunning, spellbinding debut from an extraordinary new voice in YA fiction.

Liana's Summary: Anna is 16 years old in 1995. Bennett? Well, he's.. not even 1 years old in 1995. However, when Bennett discovers his traveling ability when he grows a bit older, he goes back in time and meets Anna when she's 16. They were never supposed to meet. Never supposed to meet when both of them were the same age, anyways. When romance unexpectedly occurs, Anna is heartbroken to see that Bennett can't stay.. what can she do? And more importantly, what can Bennett do?

Rate(1-10): 10

Okay, call me a judgmental person. At first I thought that this book was boring (shame on me shame on me shame on me) based on the cover. (I need to slap myself.) Usually, I dislike contemporary novels. A lot. With some exceptions. Well, as I've been reading more and more contemporary novels and a wee little less fantasy, dystopian, etc, I've come to realize that contemporary novels aren't so bad after all.

I should have guessed it was about time travel based on the title, but I didn't really think that. Ugh. I thought that this was a normal contemporary novel.. however, it's time travel time travel time travel. How cool is that?!

At first I was so set not to read this because it just wasn't a book that fit into my usual genres. But then I got this as a recommendation. 2 times. From people I trust with their book opinions. So I guess I had to give it a try. After all, I don't turn down recommendations.

I've always been fascinated with time travel. I would do it if I could but the whole thing is kind of scary because of the butterfly effect and all, and especially that one story by Ray Bradbury.. A Sound of Thunder, I think. It just scared the crap out of me and I know the significance of time-travel and messing with stuff that was about to happen. Because we are all catalysts (sounds like something I could use in an essay).

So the guy character. Bennett. I feel the need to talk about him first, LOL. He's the time-travel guy. He can teleport and time-travel. It's amazing because I want to be able to think of one place and then be there in a flash. I'd take the teleporting ability, but not the time-travel one, thanks. Ha. 

Now, the protagonist. Anna. She's a good protagonist. But she was really pushy and selfish and just plain annoying at specific times. Otherwise, she's fairly likable. 

The romance between Bennett and Anna? It was PEEEEERF. Yes, totally. PERF. Although I find it sort of strange how they live in different times.. how she's 17 years older than him. LOL. But they fell in love when they were -supposedly- the same age, if that makes sense, so everything's good.

The ending is also perfect. It ended right where it should have ended, and I'm glad it ended that way and at that moment. 

If you think hard about this time & space travel thing it messes with your brain. LOL so just go with the flow..

This was totally an amazing 368 pages and I wasn't even eager to finish it and yet I was so eager to finish it because I didn't want to finish such an amazing book but I didn't want to leave it alone because it was so amazing. My point is, I loved it, and finished it in one sitting. 

-it hurts me to think that I have to return this to the library-

Anyways. Quotes.

"He dog-ears his page.."

HE DOES WHAT. HELL NO

"Anna?" He stares at me in disbelief. "Your name is Anna?"

Is this recognition I smell?

"..a connection."

Awww. Y'all have a connection! (;

"Go away,"

Wtf he has issues.

"..but Bennett is gone."

"..the proximity makes my heart race."

Aww the proximity makes your heart race. (;

"His arms are more muscular than I'd pictured them.."

"Your friend from the record store, Justin, sort of asked me out."

BLOODY HELL WHAT

"Bennett has gotten a haircut."

NO WTF WHY

"..I'm completely in love with you."

Awwwww he's in love with her. :')

"..because he's suddenly leaning forward, closing his eyes..."

GASP GASP GASP GASP HYPERVENTILATE

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That's that. What did you think of this review?(:

Book Review: Scarlet Woods by Brooke Passmore.

Scarlet Woods by Brooke Passmore.
Scarlet Woods #1
Book Summary: Past, future, and love all exist in the door through time.

Modern and independent seventeen year old Morgan Westbrook thought she had seen all there was to her home town of Scarlet, Georgia, but one day while walking in the woods behind her house she discovers a mysterious door masked behind the trees. After admiring the door’s timeless beauty she walks through its entrance to venture into more woods, but what she doesn’t know is that the door is a gateway through time that takes her back to the year 1863 during the days of the Civil War in Scarlet.

Without knowing that she had traveled back in time, she stumbles upon Danny Carson, an attractive young man who is appalled to see that Morgan is wearing skimpy modern clothes instead of a nineteenth century dress. Although they find each other completely different than anyone they’ve ever known, they cannot help but feel drawn to one another. After spending time in another century, she discovers that she's time traveled back to the year 1863 and that the door took her there. For months she and Danny journey back and forth through the door to experience the joys of traveling to both of their centuries. When dilemmas of unwanted marriage, slavery, and war are thrown at them, they must face the perils that time travel has delivered them in both the future and the past.

Liana's Summary: When Danny Carson, a 19th century gentleman,  loses his horse in Scarlet Woods, he is distressed. He can't seem to find his horse anywhere. When Morgan Westbrook, lady of present day, the 21st century, comes across a gorgeous horse in the woods, she 'tries' to find the owner. As fate (more like a horse) brings Danny and Morgan together, the two realize that they hold a power- a valuable power.. of time travel. And they, perhaps, can fall in love.

Rate(1-10): 10!

This book was so freaking amazing I seriously can't breathe.

First of all, I would love to thank the author, Brooke Passmore, for sending me an EPUB copy. And I would also love to thank Kayla, the blog tour hostess, for inviting me to participate in the blog tour for Scarlet Woods.

Honestly, the cover was the thing that caught my eye. And then the title caught my eye. It looked interesting enough. And then I read the summary. And that was the moment that I dared add this book to my intimidating to-be-read list.

And oh-ho, I DO NOT regret doing that. I loved this book so much.

The synopsis, as you all know (or not), mentions time travel. Without that aspect in the synopsis, I wouldn't even have bothered to read this. The thing that made me love the idea about time travel so much was this one Chinese drama. It's about this girl who goes back to Ancient China to change history. (Falling from the sky, with her iPod and all.) And since the guy she fell in love with didn't get to accompany her to the 'future' until the very end of the drama, I was not satisfied at the cliffhanger ending. Ergh. Which just basically says for me: I LOVED SCARLET WOODS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT DRAMA. AAAH. Because they both got to time travel constantly. Let's say time can save someone's life.

I love guys from the 1800's. They're so polite and nice and everything. Fabulous. And Danny ohmahgawd. I seriously don't know how he still has abs after all that eating,  but still. HE'S FABULOUS. (Even if he sort of talks modernly but no matter)

Morgan was kind of annoying and persistent at first, but I guess that's a good thing because her life depended on her toughness later in the book.

This is a really good historical fiction to read. Who knew that US History could be so darn interesting? I'm just glad I paid attention to my history class last year.. Brooke Passmore makes it all fun and interesting and everything.

The end is just jafkljdaljldaj. This book made me cry. When I found out that this was a trilogy I was all like, YES. YES YES YES. AHAHAH. YES. But I have to wait. That's so sad. </3

Anyways, when this book actually comes out, I want everyone to read it. The romance wasn't too much or too less. It was just right. And I loved loved loved this whole story. The plot is so-- I have no words.. IT'S SUPER GOOD.

Anyways, quotes!

"Danny tasted chunky bits of mud as he sat up in a small.."



"..finish reading my new Nicholas Sparks book.."

Ermagerd, I love Nicholas Sparks.

"..spend her nights alone reading books.."

BOOKS ARE GOOD.

"Ugh! Anything written by him is a pointless read; it's pure disappointment.."

"She was sixteen and Thomas was nineteen.."

That's just kind of awkward.

"A mud print of his butt was now indented in the dry dirt.."



"Morgan, please don't go with him. He's lying to you! He doesn't know what a phone is!"
She rolled her eyes at him. "Danny stop messing around, it's really getting old."


I find this really awkwardly hilarious and horridly scary at the same time. omg.

"She thought that the gentleman characteristic in males was slowly becoming extinct."


"I don't wanna dance with you."



"Let her go!"

Whenever I see something like this in a book, I just want to laugh ridiculously even if the situation isn't really proper for that. It's because the person shouting "Let her go!" is technically helpless and they think screaming something will stop the antagonist. LOL. I started looking at it that way when my sister started to write her book (and quit) and added something like that in.

"..fancied Emily."



"A man with a scratchy dark beard in the driver's seat of the Durango looked furious."


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I'm just so sad that I'm done with this book.
Did I mention that I loved it?
What did you think of this review? (: