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Here and Now and Then
Here and Now and Then | Mike Chen
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To save his daughter, hell go anywhereand any-when Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in IT, trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter, Miranda. But his current life is a far cry from his previous careeras a time-traveling secret agent from 2142. Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him, despite the increasing blackouts and memory loss affecting his time-travelers brain. Until one afternoon, his rescue team arriveseighteen years too late. Their mission: return Kin to 2142, where hes only been gone weeks, not years, and where another family is waiting for him. A family he cant remember. Torn between two lives, Kin is desperate for a way to stay connected to both. But when his best efforts threaten to destroy the agency and even history itself, his daughters very existence is at risk. Itll take one final trip across time to save Mirandaeven if it means breaking all the rules of time travel in the process. A uniquely emotional genre-bending debut, Here and Now and Then captures the perfect balance of heart, playfulness, and imagination, offering an intimate glimpse into the crevices of a fathers heart and its capacity to stretch across both space and time to protect the people that mean the most.
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rabbitprincess
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I love time travel in sci-fi and for me this book smashed it out of the park. An interesting story, plenty of humour and heart, and not too much « overly futuristic » 2142 tech (at least in my opinion—would be interesting to hear what a reader in 2162 thinks of a book set in a future that is their past ?).

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Hooked_on_books
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After a fateful encounter, time traveler Kin is unable to return to his own time and ends up settling down into a job, getting married, and having a child. Eighteen years after he was stranded, a recovery agent from his own time comes to retrieve him, upending his world. This is my third read from Chen and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Addison_Reads
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Emotional time travel book about a father desperately trying to save his daughter from the choices he made that ruined her life.

Mike Chen is an excellent writer and I will be exploring other reads by him, but this one is just a light pick for me. I felt myself comparing it too much to This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub.

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Sharpeipup
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My local coffeeshop has launched an investigation. 🕵️‍♀️🕵️

vivastory Selena is a red herring. My money is on Reginald being the murderer. 2y
Sharpeipup @vivastory I do believe you are correct. 2y
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ShyBookOwl
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I've been meaning to check this one out for a while. Chapter 1 did not disappoint. Excited to see where it's going.

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WJCintron
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Book 34
Popsugar Challenge
✅ A book featuring a parallel reality: Here and Now and Then | Mike Chen ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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I really loved this book! I need to thank @peanutnine for recommending it. Otherwise I would have never read it. I'm a visual person & can't help but choose a book by its cover, title or author. Neither of those captivated me. Man, I was wrong. I'm glad I read it. This book is beautiful and very emotional. more👇🏼

WJCintron It's well written and easy to understand despite the futuristic theme and elements. It carries a strong message about love & family. A beautiful message of the true meaning of forgiveness and understanding. Of what a person is capable to do for love. I found myself crying at the end. Ch 34 destroyed me in a good way. It's a book I recommend to anyone who loves reading about time travel. I will definitely read more from this author. 2y
peanutnine Yay I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I have loved every book I've read by Mike Chen so far 2y
WJCintron @peanutnine It's a beautiful book! Loved it! I never expected to cry. Thanks again!! 😃🤗 2y
Deblovestoread Great review! Stacked! 2y
WJCintron @Kdgordon88 🥰 🙏😃 Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 2y
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WJCintron
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LUNA🌙 is ready!! ❤ I LOVE her!
What do you think guys?

Time to go to sleep for sure!!
Have a great night!

#drawing #sketch #LUNA #moon #colors #audiobook #

jeannasser Just when I thought I couldn‘t love it more 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 2y
WJCintron @jeannasser LOVE you!!! 😘 ❤ 2y
bthegood Her eyes - its as if she is remembering something (not sure if its happy or sad) - - love this . (edited) 2y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome ❤️ 2y
Nute So cool to see this in progress! The end result is awesome!🤗 2y
WJCintron @bthegood 🥰🥰 Yes! She‘s longing for touch, human contact. This is the description: Luna hasn't been touched in years or had human contact since 2010. She was born with only her sense of touch. Now a cyborg, she keeps her human side dormant with the switch of a button, which turns on the bionic implants providing her with artificial senses for her to survive. 👇🏼 2y
WJCintron @bthegood A life she was used to until she saw Amelia, the new tenant living in her guesthouse. The only one who has made her feel as if she's wired to be touched. Will she stay away or sacrifice her senses just to feel her touch? 2y
WJCintron @bthegood I‘m in the process of getting to know each of them and falling in love with them. It always starts with me sketching. I do this so I can make them bleed on paper. I like fleshing them out. 😃👍 The book is titled Wired to be Touched. (edited) 2y
WJCintron 🤗 🙏 @Nute Thanks! ❤ 2y
WJCintron @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️ 🙏 2y
peanutnine 😍😍 wow! Amazing! I love that your writing process includes drawing the characters, so cool! 2y
bthegood @WJCintron Looks good (Luna) and sounds good- thank you for sharing your process - it is interesting to learn how artists create - 🙂 2y
WJCintron @bthegood @peanutnine 🥰🥰 🙏😃 2y
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WJCintron
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LUNA !!! I love this sketch! 😍 Maybe I'll stay with her! Luna is Spanish for Moon. That's why she has a moon on the left side of her head. She's a very special cyborg. I'm already falling in love with her. ❤
Still listening to the tagged book and it's very good so far! 😃

jeannasser Love it even more 😱 2y
WJCintron @jeannasser 😘 😘 🙏 🤗 2y
Ast_Arslan We call the moon LUNA also in italian language ❤ 2y
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WJCintron @Ast_Arslan 🙌 io parlare un tiny bit 😂 of Italiano. Bonna notte almost tre a.m. here in California 😃👍 un piacere talking to you. Lol io sto bene e tu? Ciao 2y
Ast_Arslan @WJCintron Buonanotte a te! It's almost 1 P.M. here in Italy. Glad you're fine, I'm pretty good 😉😘 2y
WJCintron @Ast_Arslan 🥰😃 There‘s like 10hrs of difference, I think. I‘m terrible at math. Enjoy your Monday once you wake up! 😄 2y
Ast_Arslan @WJCintron you too ❤🌹 2y
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WJCintron
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LUNA is in progress. So excited about her. I have 3 different ideas of how she could look, so I may sketch those three. I still don't know.
Listening to the tagged book, recommended by @peanutnine Thank you!! So far, so good! 😃 👍
What is everyone doing?

#luna #moon #sketch #drawing #pencil #character #scifi #lunahope #cyborg

jeannasser I already love it 2y
peanutnine Wow you are talented! 😮 I'm glad you were able to find the audio somewhere and hope you enjoy it 2y
WJCintron @peanutnine ❤ Thank you so much!! Yes, they had it on Audible. I'm on Chapter 11. It's so good!! Thanks again for recommending it to me. 2y
peanutnine @WJCintron you're very welcome 🤗 2y
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peanutnine
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I love me a good time travel story and this did not disappoint! Kin is a time travel agent from 2142. When his latest assignment goes wrong and gets him stranded in 1996, he forgets his old life and starts anew. Eighteen years later, his future comes to rescue him - only no time has passed for them but he now has a wife and child. Kin is torn between his two lives and his family is in danger since they shouldn't exist at all.

peanutnine This was a wonderful mixture of 2000s nostalgia and futuristic world-building, secret agent intrigue, and timey-wimey plotting. Using this for the #roaringwolf challenge 'me first' - genre that you love @Roary47 @Littlewolf1 2y
Librariana Fabulous review! Got me intrigued. Stacked 😁😊 2y
Librariana Just noticed that he's the author of "We Could Be Heroes" which is also on my TBR! 2y
peanutnine @Librariana yes that one's good as well! I love his writing style. He's also got another that just came out, I just picked it up from the library and it sounds interesting 2y
Roary47 Yay! 😊💛 2y
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SW-T
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Mehso-so

Not complicated, not completely predictable. Wasn‘t crazy about the writing style though. Quick read overall, but not a favorite. Premise was interesting, characters were ok, it just didn‘t live up to the promise for me.

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Larkken
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I almost forgot to post my September #doublespin! This was a nice time travel story that played with the grandfather paradox in fun ways. Some great, nerdy female characters, too 🥰
Audiobook, so pic of my fav walking companion

Texreader Awwww! 2y
smalldogs_bigbooks2419 Corgiiii 😍😍😍 2y
wanderinglynn What a cutie! ❤️🐶 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Sha0102
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Bklover This sounds really good! 3y
Sha0102 @Bklover it is!!! 3y
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alysonimagines
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I thoroughly enjoyed this fun and heartwarming adventure about a father risking everything and reaching across time to save his daughter, who isn‘t supposed to exist because he had her in a timeline prior to his own timeline. There are no DeLoreans in this story, but Chen manages to make email a nail biter of a time travel device. Pretty impressive, no? 😉 I‘m looking forward to reading his other novels sometime in the near future.🏮#mayreads2021

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juliegumdrop
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I really enjoy time travel books. Seems like this would make a good movie. #sciencefiction

TheNeverendingTBR Sounds good! #stacked 👌 3y
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bookishdawg
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Immersive writing... time travel... family and the choices we make. This is my favorite read so far this year ❤️

Darthdad Sounds really fun. Love these types of time travel books 3y
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PickwickPlockPlock
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Mehso-so

This was my birthday present. I had read good reviews before, and liked the premise, a time traveller gets stranded. Unfortunately I didn't like the writing style. I also didn't care about the protagonist. There was much talk about his feelings, but I never connected with him. Apart from that it was a quick and easy read.

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Carolyn11215
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Reading goals for #weeklyforecast. Really enjoying Here and Then and Now!

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VeryLazyDaisy
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Here and Now and Then is my favourite book this month. A book a day keeps the blahs away. #abookaday #readallthebooks

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Kboltz
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Love time travel books. Kin travels back in time on a mission but gets stuck. He marries and has a child but is then found and sent back to 2142 where we get to read about flying cars but not much else relating to the future. Only set back for me. I know we have flying cars because of the Jetsons, I want to learn more about the future!!! Good story about traveling in time. They better iron out the kinks when I get to go!:)

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VeryLazyDaisy
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Oh my shit this book was amazing. I can‘t wait to read more from this author!

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RealLifeReading
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Breakfast this morning - homemade scones (see my post about how Royal Holiday made me crave scones https://reallifereading.com/2019/11/16/royal-holiday-made-me-do-it-weekendcookin... ) and this interesting time travel read by Mike Chen. Bonus: set in the Bay Area!

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SW-T
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#7Days7Covers #CoverCrush Day 7

@Hooked_on_books

7 days, 7 covers you love, no explanation. Try to tag someone new each day.

Anyone else interested, consider yourself tagged as well!

@mollywimmers1 @VanessaCW @Chab256 @NaeymaAli @jcalyn5 @Macker11 @ElizaMarie @QuietlyLaura @JulietBooks @essence_dionne @AbbaZabba02

Lreads Thank you for the tag! I'd love to play! ☺️ 5y
SW-T @QuietlyLaura 😊😊😊 5y
ElizaMarie Thank you for the tag. But I‘ve already been tagged (on day 5 now) 5y
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AudiobookingWithLeah
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FEATURING⇢

Time-Travel
Science Fiction
What It Means To Be A Parent
Love...Not Romance
Screwing Up The Space-Time Continuum
Narration Performed by Cary Hite

MY RATING⇢ ☆4.7☆STARS - GRADE= A

A very satisfying story, especially the ending...it was the perfectly whipped icing on a cherry chip cake...and I love cherry chip cake. See My Reveiw here https://leahsbookishobsession2.blogspot.com/2019/07/here-and-now-and-then-by-mik...

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 💕📖💕 5y
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GivenLemons
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An engaging book that I just devoured! It‘s clear that the author really considered the mechanics of time travel and peppers them in throughout with being overwhelming. It was wonderfully emotional, and made me cry (family things always get to me)!

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nicebicycle
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Mehso-so

⭐⭐ ⭐Finished it up while relaxing on our new patio. Time travel. OK.

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AvidReader25
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Mehso-so

It says something that I loved the cover and the title more than the actual book. A time traveler becomes trapped in a past time for 18 years. During that time he gets married and has a daughter. Then his work comes back to rescue him thinking it has only been a few days. The premise is better than the execution. I had a hard time staying interested. I stuck with it because I kept thinking it would get better, but it never really clicked for me.

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Skeeterisme
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Quirky and delightful. Highly recommend.

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Expandingbookshelf
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This is one of those books I wanted to start rereading the second I finished it. “Here and Now and Then” is a fun sci-fi ride avoid a time traveller stuck in the 1990s. 18 years later, his *rescue* team arrives, but by then Kin Stewart has a wife and daughter-and little memory of life in 2142. This book was fun, imaginative, and surprisingly emotional. I‘m excited to read it again (and maybe with another coffee martini 🤔🍸)

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The.Intentional.Reader
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Time traveling secret agent living a life in the past and the future. ⏳🔙🔜

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ellemarr
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This book was incredible!! It was slow in the way that tugs at your heart strings and makes you think about the world, while it was fast paced in that the stakes were always high, and geeky in the way it reminded me of questions I used to wonder as a kid about magic and.... TIME TRAVEL. Really loved this book. Recommend!

Liatrek I got this in my B&N 50% off haul. I‘m looking for to reading one day 😊 5y
ellemarr @Liatrek nice! The price is right, there. Hope you enjoy! 5y
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BillBlume
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Day 11 of #LiteraryLuck month is “Rainbow Stack.” And since I missed yesterday‘s theme of “Turn Back Time,” I‘m tagging Mike Chen‘s Here and Now and Then for this one. #Rainbow #RainbowStack

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Nice stack 🌈📚 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @BillBlume you‘re welcome ☺️ 5y
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BillBlume
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Decided to take part in this month‘s #LiteraryLuck photo challenge by @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @vkois88 . Starting with today‘s theme of a TBR shelfie, which is more like a pair of stacks on my headboard and the top of the closet. Probably gonna read Here and Now and Then next, but there‘s a lot of competition for my desire to read. #shelfie

LibrarianRyan I thought you already read Spin? I used it for my “recommended by a kitten” challenge prompt because you said it was good? Maybe it‘s just Friday and I‘m brain dead? 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So happy you are joining us!!! 💚🍀💚🍀📚📚📚 5y
BillBlume @LibrarianRyan read it prepping to moderate a panel but recently bought it now that it‘s out. 5y
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throwmeabook
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Stranded in the 1990‘s, time traveller Kin Stewart integrates into society, has a family. The recovery team returns Kin to 2142, but what was 20 years for Kin has been a week for those in the future and he struggles to stay connected to both timelines. When he discovers his daughter is in danger he must protect her, at any cost. I LOVED this book! An engrossing, thought-provoking, irresistible, touching read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #netgalley #40in2019TBR

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BillBlume
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Book Mail!!! Was hoping this might arrive on my birthday yesterday, but I‘ll take it as a gift for my birth week. 😸

#bookmail #newrelease #MikeChen #wibblywobbblytimeywimey

Kimberlone Cool cover design! 5y
BillBlume @Kimberlone completely agree. Just love it! 5y
jmtrivera Interesting fact: birthdays can last up to a month, provided they are not interrupted by another holiday which requires people to buy you books, in which case, you are obligated to accept the books for the incoming holiday. 5y
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BillBlume @jmtrivera I love your logic here, but I made the mistake of sharing it with my wife Sheri. Her response was, “That should hold for shoes, too.” #MistakesWereMade 5y
jmtrivera @BillBlume She's not wrong. How can you look anything other than impressive when wearing good shoes and holding a good book?! 5y
BillBlume @jmtrivera valid point. #logical 5y
Merethebookgal Happy belated birthday! 5y
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“We‘re all different people through our lives, but that‘s okay, as long as you remember all the people you used to be.” #24in48 #bookquote

RamsFan1963 Isn't that the same thing the 11th Doctor said right before he regenerated?? 5y
throwmeabook @RamsFan1963 Yes it is! The MC‘s daughter is a huge Doctor Who fan. 5y
RamsFan1963 @throwmeabook I thought so, its burned in my brain, since I was bawling my eyes out during Matt Smith's final scene. 5y
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throwmeabook
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Starting book 2 for #24in48 and hoping to get in a few more hours of reading tonight.

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BillBlume
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Just preordered this debut from Mike Chen, a sci-fi adventure in which a time-traveling secret agent gets stranded in the 1990s & when he‘s rescued far too late, he has a daughter in the past who his rescue could wipe from existence. I‘ve followed Mike on Twitter & IG for a while, and he‘s a great guy. The book also has some great buzz. Especially if you‘re a “Doctor Who” fan, don‘t miss this book. #scifi #newrelease https://www.mikechenbooks.com

Schlinkles I actually just heard about this yesterday at a booksellers‘ conference and was able to snag an early copy. It sounds fantastic! 5y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Read about this on the Tor site. Sold! 5y
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ReadingSusan
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This was a terrific book. I liked the twist on time travel. I would have liked to spend more time learning about the future world but I get that it wasn‘t really the point of the story. I though Kin was a great main character and I really understood his thoughts and motivations. Such a good book especially for a debut novel.

I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

HOTPock3tt Sounds amazing!! #stacked 5y
Dragon Time travel, I‘m in! Stacking! 5y
ReadingSusan @HOTPock3tt it is really good! 5y
ReadingSusan @Dragon it‘s so good and how gorgeous is this cover? 5y
Dragon A great cover 👍🐉 5y
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Tanzy13
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A uniquely emotional genre-bending debut, Here and Now and Then captures the perfect balance of heart, playfulness, and imagination, offering an intimate glimpse into the crevices of a father‘s heart and its capacity to stretch across both space and time to protect the people that mean the most.

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ablachly
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My favorite sci-fi books are the ones that build a credible enough world, but that focus more on the characters than on the science fiction. This is one of those books. Here and Now and Then is deeply human, investigating the complexities of family and loss and yes, time travel.

SandyW Stacked, Thanks! 5y
TimSpalding Hello! 5y
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