The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger

Does it happen with you?

A book that gets mass accolades fails to make a mark on you? A book that you are so-looking- forward- to- read dissappoints you?

It has happened with me again. Last time when I had said this, it was about Eat Pray and Love.

Yes, I am saying I did not like The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger. It is the first book of the author I have read. Most of you may differ from me in your opinion about this book. But, let me tell you why it did not work for me and I abondened reading it after 150 pages.                                   The novel chronicles the love story of Henry and Clare. Henry has a rare genetic disorder, which comes to be known as Chrono-Displacement, that causes him to involuntarily travel through time. He does not have control over where he travels, why he travels, when he travels and he does not take any thing from the present to which ever time he travels, not even his clothes.                                                                         Actually, I found the whole premises of the story very confusing. The story is being told by both Henry and Clare alternately in first person. Henry would pop up in certain time before or after his present and meet Clare who would either be a child or much older. He would talk about their future or his past and then again he would vanish in thin air. What I found rather funny was he could travels in time and meet his other self, younger or older. That is why I felt the story was not growing and it seemed to me very flat and stagnant (till the point I read).

Another probable reason I think for not liking this book is perhaps I was  reading this book very slowly in bits and gave more time and attention to the other books I had been reading. By the time I reached a length in the story, I almost forgot what I had read before.

I had brought the book from the library and it had been with me for at least 3 months. I kept hoping that at some point I might find it interesting. But, give it to my lazy reading, I finally returned it without even completing it. For the rest of the story I read this article on Wikipedia and some reviews on GoodReads and realised there are a whole lot of people who felt the same about the novel.

To know more about the author and her works visit http://audreyniffenegger.com/

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Wordless Wednesday - Tranquility

#13 Teaser Tuesday ~ The Hindi Bindi Club by Monica Pradhan

An interesting teaser from The Hindi Bindi Club by Monica Pradhan for TT this week.

"The answers aren't as obvious as you may think. They're riddles. Brainteasers. Puzzles. You think this piece fits, but wait, you look again and realize you jammed it into place. A virtue in one land is a vice in another."

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Share the title & author, too, so that others can add the book to their TBR Lists!

Wordless Wednesday - Colourful!

A Few Tips & Facts - Interesting!

A few days back I had recieved a forwarded mail from my friend G. It had a list of interesting tips and facts. So, today I am sharing those in my post here. I found this information useful and I think readers might benefit from this post. If you try any of these in your day to day life, let me know how it worked for you as I haven't tried all of these myself. Many thanks to the anoynomous person who had compiled it. Hope you find it as interesting as I found them.

Read on!

~Ants Problem:
Ants hate cucumbers. Keep the skin of cucumbers near the place or ant hole.
~To get clear Ice cubes:
Boil water  first before freezing.

~To  make the mirror shine:
Clean with  sprite. (Wonder what happens to the enamel of our teeth).

~To  remove chewing gum from clothes:
Keep the cloth  in the freezer for an hour.
~ To whiten white clothes:
Soak white clothes in hot water with a slice of lemon for 10 minutes.
~To  give a shine to hair :
Add one teaspoon of vinegar to hair, then wash hair.

~To  get maximum juice out of lemons :
Soak lemons in hot water for one hour, and then juice them.

~To  avoid smell of cabbage while cooking:
Keep a piece of bread on the cabbage in the vessel while cooking.
~To  avoid tears while cutting onions:
Chew gum.

~To  boil potatoes quickly:
Skin one  potato from one side only before boiling.

~To  remove ink from clothes :
Put toothpaste on the ink spots generously and let it dry completely, then wash.

~To skin sweet potatoes quickly :
Soak in cold  water immediately after boiling.
~To get rid of mice or rats :
Sprinkle black pepper in places where you find mice or rats. They will run away.

This space has been silent for a few days now and I am also not being able to visit other blogs. The reason being my Parent in Laws are here to visit us and I am having a lovely time with them. Reading has taken a back seat but cooking is in the forefront. I will be back soon with some tried and tested recipes and hopefully a book review in coming weeks.

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