Book: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (R, TT, SF)

Henry is a time traveler. This is not really SF, though, because the focus is not on the mechanics of time travel but on the relationship between Henry and Clare, his wife, whom he first meets when she is a little girl. He zips from one time to another, meeting earlier versions of her, of him, but it all makes sense.

This is a beautiful story. Even as Henry and Clare build a deep and lasting love over time, they learn to savor each moment as it happens. Their experience together constantly twists back to earlier moments, to the present, to their memories of the past and the future, and it reads like life. It feels like that quiet place inside ourselves where we flit between reality and memories.

The Time Traveler's Wife reads almost like a sacred text. It is wistful and beautiful and evokes a tremendous sense of longing. This is a book I will need to read again, and often, and soon. Grade: A+