The Time Traveler's Wife Movie Review

I think, if you were following my live tweets you'd be able to tell since I didn't tweet nearly as much as I usually do. I was far too engrossed in watching. There were aspects I didn't like as much as in the books, but there were also a few moments I liked even better than the book!

I don't like the synopsis that IMDB.com offers:
A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage.

What do you think? I honestly would not watch that movie, it sounds boring. Ha!

I loved both Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, I think they did a great job. I especially loved Brooklynn Proulx, she as adorable and perfect!

I was a little sad we didn't get to see Kimy, she was, by far, my favorite character.

And a last little "did you know" for your reading pleasure: Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt bought the film rights to the novel before it was released to the public. Pitt was a producer of the film, apparently he had some good feelings about it!

How did you like the movie? Did you think they did the book justice?

The Time Traveler's Wife Book Review

I'm a little behind on posts, but I'm working on catching up, I promise!

This is a copy of the review of The Time Traveler's Wife I posted on to Google Books:

As a club we read The Time Travelers Wife in July 2015. This is a story of a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to travel in and out of time. It is a love story that starts for her when she is 6 and he is 36, but it doesn't start for him until she is 22 and he is 28. I enjoyed this story very much. Niffenegger uses foreshadowing a new and very interesting way that allowed emotions to be felt through anticipation and shock. I was amazed by the writing. However, there were many points that were just uninteresting or really didn't have anything to do with the story that just took away from the overall telling. I gave this story three stars, not because it wasn't good, but because it wasn't great.

Read my review and others HERE.

How would you review The Time Traveler's Wife?

August Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

As you might remember, our August book will be:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Buy Book: Amazon

Buy Movie: Amazon

Amazon synopsis:

Read the cult-favorite coming of age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Now a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.

The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.

--Insert silly anecdote: So, I went to the library to pick up the book. I didn't have very long to spare, but I wanted to get to the book for later. So I run in, go directly to the database computers and search. Whoo-hoo! it is available! Ok, "YA F CHB" got it. Well, this is more complicated than it seems. You see I am living in a new town and have actually only been to the library a handful of times. Mostly to borrow movies before our personal belongings got here. I had no idea where the YA section was. I walked around the library twice before I saw a couple of teenage girls walking down a dark hallway and into a side room. Not being creepy or anything, I followed them, and violà!

There was a tiny room with maybe four bookshelves. And I'm looking, BER - CAI - CLO - CHE - CHA - CHE, what? I know it said it was available! I stared at the books for a few minutes before just deciding that I'm an idiot and will have to actually ask the librarian.

I slink up to the counter. "I'm sorry, I think I'm an idiot, can you help me find a book?" She laughs a little and says "of course." She looks up The Perks of Being a Wallflower on her magical computer and then turns red. Odd. She rushes in a half whisper, "well, ours are actually in the adult section. We had it on the adult book club list and it was just easier for them to find it there, sorry! We should really fix that. It'll be back there." No problem! So I go back to the other end of the library, I should comment here that the library is set up strangely anyway, I had to move through the Sci-Fi and the mystery section before I found it. But there they were, two copies! Needless to say, I did not get out of there in the 3 minutes I had thought it would take. But I did get my hands on a copy! Now to find time to read it. --End silly anecdote.

I also wanted to say that I am very excited about this book-to-movie pair! Did you know that Stephen Chbosky, the author, also wrote the screenplay and directed the movie? I feel like that will make this one of the best book-to-movie situations ever. To actually be able to see the author's vision made into film. What do you think? Am I crazy to have such high hopes?