Lot Book Club - Time Traveler's Wife

Not Afraid · 11-13-2006, 04:29 PM

To add to the longest running, least active book club discussion ever........

I just finished TTTW and I feel as if I've traveled to another place of existence.

First of all, I have to applaud the author for referencing Possession, because the feeling I am left with after finishing this book is EXACTLY the same feeling I felt upon finishing Possession; although, I do not feel capable of describing this particular feeling, but I will try:

I feel as though I've been in a place where I was very alone and the tendrils of a vine have wrapped themselves arond me, closing me off even more from the rest of the world but providing me warmth, comfort and protection.

I feel as if I have just made an very emotional journey but instead of experiencing the emotions myself, I watched them happen to another version of me somwhere removed from where I am at now.

I feel like a butterfly must feel once it emerges from its cocoon, but it's wings are still to damp to fly.

I feel like I'm along on a vast, sun-kissed beach and the foamy edges of the waves are massaging my toes while the rest of my body soaks up the sun and warmth.

I want to sit quietly and just experience what it is like to be still in time, for I know that I will be rudely shoved out of this place in no time at all.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 11-14-2006, 04:06 PM

APPLAUSE!!! Thank you, NA. I can't say I felt exactly what you felt, but it's in the same camp. Emotion through metaphor. This is the kind of book I felt about more than I thought about, if that makes sense. I found it intellectually stimulating but not in a way that I could really discuss. Maybe I should have tried to write about it the way you did. Lovely, lovely to read. Thanks!

(In other news, I mentioned to Chris that I read Sputnik Sweetheart and it's now one of my all time favorite books. Also, if I ever have my own dog, that's gonna be its name.)

Snowflake · 11-14-2006, 04:13 PM

UGH, this book has been on the table next to my bed for months.....soon I will get to it. Reading NA's post makes me want to chuck everything else aside and just read tonight.

11-13-2006, 04:29 PM	#1
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	To add to the longest running, least active book club discussion ever........ I just finished TTTW and I feel as if I've traveled to another place of existence. First of all, I have to applaud the author for referencing Possession, because the feeling I am left with after finishing this book is EXACTLY the same feeling I felt upon finishing Possession; although, I do not feel capable of describing this particular feeling, but I will try: I feel as though I've been in a place where I was very alone and the tendrils of a vine have wrapped themselves arond me, closing me off even more from the rest of the world but providing me warmth, comfort and protection. I feel as if I have just made an very emotional journey but instead of experiencing the emotions myself, I watched them happen to another version of me somwhere removed from where I am at now. I feel like a butterfly must feel once it emerges from its cocoon, but it's wings are still to damp to fly. I feel like I'm along on a vast, sun-kissed beach and the foamy edges of the waves are massaging my toes while the rest of my body soaks up the sun and warmth. I want to sit quietly and just experience what it is like to be still in time, for I know that I will be rudely shoved out of this place in no time at all. Last edited by Not Afraid : 11-13-2006 at 04:39 PM.
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11-14-2006, 04:06 PM	#2
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	APPLAUSE!!! Thank you, NA. I can't say I felt exactly what you felt, but it's in the same camp. Emotion through metaphor. This is the kind of book I felt about more than I thought about, if that makes sense. I found it intellectually stimulating but not in a way that I could really discuss. Maybe I should have tried to write about it the way you did. Lovely, lovely to read. Thanks! (In other news, I mentioned to Chris that I read Sputnik Sweetheart and it's now one of my all time favorite books. Also, if I ever have my own dog, that's gonna be its name.)
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11-14-2006, 04:13 PM	#3
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	UGH, this book has been on the table next to my bed for months.....soon I will get to it. Reading NA's post makes me want to chuck everything else aside and just read tonight. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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