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Book Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife

  • Posted on October 25, 2009 at 5:55 pm

by Audrey Niffenegger

this book was amazing. it is exactly as the title says… a story about a time travelers wife. the chronological pattern of the story itself took me about a quarter of the book to decipher. basically, it chronicles Clare’s life, from age 6 (when she first meets her time traveling husband) to age 84. (when she last sees him) in between are breaks where you get detailed first person accounts of Henry’s time traveling experiences, when they’re relevant to that point in Clare’s life.

the story itself was expertly written, and i was near tears through nearly the entire last half of the book. it’s not like there were any surprises… the poor sod was a time traveler, so he pretty much knew how most of his life was going to lay out before him. the suspense was in waiting for it to happen and hearing all the details. my only complaint was the end. all the suspense, all the waiting, wraps up in the last 3 pages. it feels like you would feel if you got an excellent haircut, and then when you got home, you realize there’s still a piece on the sides that the stylist missed, and you don’t have a pair of scissors. or maybe like the author died before she could type out the last 3 pages, then when the editor was getting ready to publish the story, he summarized everything we already know about the end based on previous references in the novel, and left it at that. yes, the last three pages were disappointing, but luckily the rest of the book was so damn good, it was still worth reading.

it reminded me of the way i wished The Notebook was. i absolutely loved the theatrical version of The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. i got all excited about it being a book, but when i went to read the book- i couldn’t even get a quarter of the way through it. it was absolute shit. the movie made me cry, the book made me want to burn it. hopefully theatrical version of The Time Traveler’s Wife is comparably good to the book, but i won’t keep my hopes up. usually it’s a win or lose situation… if the book sucks, the movie will be great. (like The Notebook) but if the book is great, the movie will suck. (example: Eragon. i LOVE the book, but walked out of the theater is was so terrible) anybody seen it yet?

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Just For Mom’s

  • Posted on at 9:59 am

i don’t normally just post a link that you have to see and leave it that… i like to add my own opinion to things, and give you the opportunity to click on a link to the website that inspired the blog. not so in this case. i read this post, laughed out loud, and knew i had to share it.

so here it is, straight to you from “I’m Living Proof That God Has a Sense of Humor”… one of my favorite blog posts ever, probably because it touches on a very personal note for me… especially since i have parent teacher conferences coming up this week. enjoy.

What the teacher says vs. What the teacher really means

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Solids Update on E

  • Posted on at 9:07 am

sorry it took me so long to update! i keep meaning to mention something, and obviously…i forget.

E has officially grown out of the gagging thing. not too terribly long after my epic post of frantic worry and brainstorming sessions trying to figure out some kind of therapy. it turned out she didn’t need it, and once again i am reminded that kids this age will do things in their own damn time. i remember going through therapy sessions with my son, being afraid of autism or him just having a slow mind. eventually i realized that he just wasn’t ready to talk yet (he didn’t begin communicating at all until between 2 and 3 years old) and that just because kids aren’t following the learning or growth curve, doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with them. children have their own little internal clocks that they don’t share with anybody, and no single clock is the same. sure, there’s “averages”- but it doesn’t mean jack squat when faced with the individual. children will walk, talk, eat and potty train when they are ready, not when we’re ready for them to. BUT, when you have a child and all his or her playmates are chowing down on crackers, speaking in sentences, or already in training pants, it’s hard to remember that. every parent has an internal alarm where their kids are concerned, and when something looks out of place or not normal in comparison to other kids, it goes off, and we can’t help but worry. yes, sometimes that worry is for good reason. those internal alarms are there for a purpose, after all… but ultimately, there’s not much we can do about it. we can get our children outside therapy, or just give the area of concern a little more attention. we can give them helpful pushes in the right direction, but frenzied worry and constant comparing them to other kids does absolutely no good whatsoever. but as a mom… well, frenzied worry and constant comparison between children is practically my specialty.

anyways. so E is over the solids aversion… in fact, her favorite food ever is crackers. she walks around the house with a cracker in her hand smiling and babbling and treasuring every little bite like it’s the most wonderful thing in the world. we ran out of purees a few days ago, and quite frankly just don’t have the money to buy any more. because of that, she’s tried a wide assortment of new foods in the past week including macaroni and cheese with turkey franks and absolutely loved it. she ate a portion size that would make me full, and probably would have kept eating had we not run out. i’ve bought her a snack trap so she can have a little bowl of dried cranberries without dumping them all over the place… it’s also another favorite of hers. we have mashed banana for breakfast, but real, grown-up oatmeal for some reason is still beyond her capabilities to eat. i nurse her before her nap and before evening bedtime and whenever she wakes up at night (as long as it’s not more than twice…otherwise i just lay her back down) and that’s it. she still won’t drink anything other than water… once she starts drinking milk and juice regularly, i’ll fully wean her. i won’t be nursing her past 18 months, i think. 24 months is my absolute limit.

i’m not sure what her 15 month stats are… her doctor’s appointment is tomorrow, along with K’s 7 year check up.

oh… and she has 8 teeth, and if last night was any indication, more coming in within the next few weeks.

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