Read More: The Time Traveler's Wife

When I first heard the title The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, I thought woah I like this title a lot and I put it on my 'to read' list. Time passed and I never got around to reading it. Then the movie came out and I saw the trailer. I thought 'Oh, Geez. That looks way too corny." I erased it from the list. But somewhere along the way it made it back on to the list and I caved and read it.

Within the first ten pages I found myself thinking, "What a fun book!" And it was fun the whole time. I couldn't guess too much what was coming next or how it would end. The story was very original, like nothing I've read before, so that was very refreshing - kind of hard to do after reading so many books!

So this book I definitely recommend. I especially think it would be a great summer read.

- Megan Leigh

I think it is funny that the title appealed to Megan, because before I read the book it kind of needled me. It makes it seem as though a woman is the protagonist (OK, great). But then why is Claire's identity that of "wife"? Why should she be defined in terms of her dumb, time traveling husband? It reminded me of how Madame Bovary starts with the life story of the husband--the role of the female main character mostly being that of "life ruiner". Was this going to be another book like that one? After reading The Time Traveler's Wife, though, I think the title does make sense. Since so much of Claire's life was defined by her husband's time traveling--she was always waiting, unsure, worrying--it seemed like an artistic decision and I approve!

-Kristin