I did NOT know where this one was going the whole time I read it. The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman is a Sci-Fi novel including a fairly rational amount of physics, mystery, and flirtation.
The main character, Matt, has accidentally created a time machine while doing a simple project for his boss in the MIT physics department. The novel is set about 50 years in the future, but as he travels (only forward in time) he gets around 30,000 years ahead. From the Second Coming of Jesus (a conspiracy) to Dinosaurs in Indonesia to a colony on the moon, the book keeps the reader wondering how Matt will find his way out of the next crisis.
Like most modern novelists, Haldeman can't seem to avoid smut. He sneaks it in near the end, but it's there nonetheless. The book had potential, but the ending seemed hurried and a bit pointless. Unfortunately, it only gets a 2
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