2 down, 48 to go (The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger)

I always enjoy reading a book that was deemed good enough to be made into a movie. Of course, I always read the book before seeing the movie if it seems like something I would enjoy.

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger was a good book. It was hard to get into at first because of the confusing format the author wrote in. To preface each chapter is the name of the person that is talking and their age. For example Henry (35, 12) Clare (6). So the reader is left to figure out if it is the 35 year old Henry talking or the 12 year old Henry. After you get a ways into the book, you get the hang of how it is to be read therefore making it easier to get through. In the beginning I found myself re-reading pages just so I could fully understand what was happening and to whom. I ended up really enjoying the book, but it cannot be called one of my favorites.

Brief synopsis taken from Amazon.com:
"This clever and inventive tale works on three levels: as an intriguing science fiction concept, a realistic character study and a touching love story. Henry De Tamble is a Chicago librarian with "Chrono Displacement" disorder; at random times, he suddenly disappears without warning and finds himself in the past or future, usually at a time or place of importance in his life. This leads to some wonderful paradoxes. From his point of view, he first met his wife, Clare, when he was 28 and she was 20. She ran up to him exclaiming that she'd known him all her life. He, however, had never seen her before. But when he reaches his 40s, already married to Clare, he suddenly finds himself time travelling to Clare's childhood and meeting her as a 6-year-old. The book alternates between Henry and Clare's points of view, and so does the narration. Reed ably expresses the longing of the one always left behind, the frustrations of their unusual lifestyle, and above all, her overriding love for Henry. Likewise, Burns evokes the fear of a man who never knows where or when he'll turn up, and his gratitude at having Clare, whose love is his anchor."

(http://www.amazon.com/Time-Travelers-Wife-Audrey-Niffenegger/dp/015602943X)

I will rent the movie next. Mostly for curiosity's sake to see how they compare and see if the pictures of the people in my mind match those of the director.