the book recommendation thread

A pretty hot idea, in my opinion. I've been looking for places to find book recommendations and have been relying on www.mostlyfiction.net

My recommendation is: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. The genre is difficult to place, but I'll put it as romantic fiction. Wait wait. Don't be put off. It's actually wonderfully touching and well written, else I wouldn't be recommending it here. The basic premise is that there is a couple composed of Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire, which fulfills the romance part. However, Henry has a problem. He randomly jumps forward and backward into time, without any control. He may be walking to the library where he works, and suddenly disappears for minutes or hours. Then he reappears just as suddenly. The sad thing is that Claire cannot follow. She must always wait for him, never knowing what will happen. This novel charts from Clarie's youth when she first meets Henry and beyond. It goes into how they both deal with this wayward love and the sudden vanishing of Harry. It's quite touching. A chick flick of a book, but many times better. Give it a looksie.

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Originally Posted by Aardark

Definitely read Crime and Punishment. It's a great book, and a good example of how to use symbolism without being fucking annoying.

I don't know. The symbolism and theme was like a sledgehammer to my brain. It was in yo' face the entire book and I felt it was just too stifling at certain points.

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