My Search For My Independent Reading Book

For English class we were supposed to find a book from the Independent Reading list. I chose The Time Traveler's Wife as my book. All my friends keep telling me, "Read it! Read it! It's sooo good!!" I finally got to reading it and I couldn't find the book in any libraries in time for my next English class! I looked at the libraries website to put the book on hold but I didn't expect for there to be 2 copies and 24 people also waiting for the book! It would take forever for me to get the book! I looked at a lot of other websites with all similar results. I thought about just waiting for the school's library to open but I think that quite slow at reading so I wanted to get a head start. The only choice I had left was to buy the book. Really I didn't mind buying the book. If it's as good as everyone says it is, then I'll probably read it more than once. I looked at Chapter's website online and didn't find any copies. My mom still took me to the nearest Chapters book store to look for it. Surprisingly, they had so many in stock! Proves to you that you can't always trust the internet.