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Have had this old copy on my shelf a long time. I‘d heard that it was one of the earlier time travel classics and I finally gave it a read. Back then maybe it was novel for its time (1970), but I admit I was underwhelmed. Maybe more appealing to those who are very familiar with or live in NYC. I found it overly detailed and a bit of a slog.

These 2 memes came to my mind while reading 😂 I really enjoyed this book, the descriptions & actual pictures from NYC were SO NEAT! I think this would be an excellent buddy read or Bookclub book because there would be a lot to discuss 🤓 Also, I would recommend buying a used copy or keep sticky notes handy - there were a few things that I had to refer back to. I can‘t wait for my library hold on the sequel to come in, more to come from Si 😊👍

Taking full advantage of a rainy Sunday to just sit, read, hydrate and recharge
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Book- The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Time and Again
Author- Angie Thomas
Movie - Terminator 2, Titanic
Band - Three Dog Night, Toto, Tina Turner
Song - This is Me

Thanks for the tag @Read4life ❤️
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Jack Finney is such a wonderful writer. His research is meticulous, and he brings the past alive in marvelous detail. His MC Sy Morley embodies the excitement and adventure of time travel. All Finney‘s books and stories are great fun, and this one takes the reader to NYC in 1882. #LetterT #alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I‘ve heard so many good things about this book. I‘m reading it now as part of a shared read on the #TIOLI challenges for #LibraryThing.

I‘m so excited-in a few weeks I‘ll be in #NYC for the first time! #litsyspringbreak @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheKidUpstairs

Before ‘jigawatts‘ and DeLoreans, there was 28 yo Si Morley, a NYC artist, who leaves his job to time-travel to 1882 NY via top-secret experiment. He stays at the Dakota which at that time was still surrounded by open fields and small shanty house farms with pigs, hens, etc. Though he‘s careful not to tamper with ‘time-space continuum‘, he is captivated by a woman...
Great book! #joyousjanuaryreadathon #bookspinbingo

#SeptemberSenses day14 #TimeorTiming I read this years ago,and remember loving it , hey , when Stephen King says it‘s “THE great time travel story.”Attention must be paid.Finney wrote a sequel much later with hints there might be a third book, unfortunately passed away before he could write it.

We are living through a truly historic moment. We will look back and remember what it was like to like through the Covid-19 Pandemic.

So my #Isolationinteractions question today is: if you could go back and witness (or experience) any moment in history, when would it be?

Stayed up past midnight to finish this. MC is recruited by a government agency to participate in a time travel project. Thus, he travels back to New York City in 1882. Much of this novel focuses on that place and era in detail (with illustrations/photos throughout); so those without an interest in old NYC may not find this as engaging as I did. I have the sequel TBR.

Any time travel recs? I‘ve already read The Time Traveler‘s Wife and 11/22/63.

Breakfast and coffee with this time travel novel. So far it‘s good.

This 1970s classic was the perfect combination of history, adventure and time-traveling romance. I loved all the descriptions of 1882 New York.

😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Need a flux capacitor. #LitsyHumor

From Goodreads on Twitter this morning! 😂😂😂

Day 10 - #turnbacktime #literaryluck #timeandagain #fromtimetotime #jackfinney #thetimetravelerswife #112263 #stephenking

These are some of my favorite time-travel books:
Jack Finney wrote book 1 and book 2 about New York in the 1880‘s. Very interesting about a man who travels back. Unique picture of New York from that time.

The Time Travelers Wife is a nice romantic story.

11/22/63 is about a man who travels back to Kennedy Assassination.

I had a long day today, which included saying goodbye to my bf for the next two weeks, so I treated myself to a visit to the bookstore. I used my trade credit and got the tagged book for $3.99.

This was a big ol‘ Nope for me. I spent the whole novel bored. It seemed like an excuse for Finney to write about his love affair with the nostalgia of late 19th century New York. Whatever pretense of a plot got so encased in the description of the city that it could hardly be considered a relevant driver of the story. And the handling of time traveling in the past seemed super sloppy; it drove me nuts. #catsoflitsy

@Avanders Thanks for hosting this #litsyswap! I just signed up. #sffs #scififantasyswap #fairytaleretellings #timetravel

Meh.

I really enjoyed this book. Written the year I was born, it gave me insight into what the world was like back then. Along with time travel comes moral dilemmas and I like the way this book handled it. I also loved hearing about New York in 1880. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Starting this one in the morning.

Day3 #adventrecommends. One of my favorite time travel books is Time and Again by Jack Finney. Read it. You‘ll enjoy it.

Think there‘s a bit of #dejavu in this book. Another one sitting on my kindle I‘ve not quite got to.
#septemberdanes

Life has been a little frantic lately so maybe that‘s why, when this beautiful package from @Louise arrived, I couldn‘t open it. It spoke of a generosity of time and spirit that I couldn‘t do justice to. So it sat on my shelf for two weeks until today, I found some breathing space. Every bit of this made me smile. Thank you so much Louise, I‘ll be wearing the elephant scarfs to work tomorrow and it will make me smile all day long.

Library haul.

I love #timetravel books in general, but I read this one when I was in high school, and it has been a favorite ever since. Finney‘s conception of how time travel might work, and the challenges of it, are intriguing. I hate that it took him so long to write a sequel, and that he died shortly after the sequel came out. #JulyInBooks18

Time and Again—hailed as “ THE great time-travel story” by Stephen King is my favorite. When advertising artist Si Morley is exploring time travel, he jumps at the chance to step into New York City in January 1882. His friend Kate has a letter dated from that year, and he wants to trace the mystery. When Si falls in love with a woman from the past, he will be forced to choose between two worlds. classic

#julyinbooks18 @beachbookworm7 @bookisglee

1. I‘m so happy to see my cherry blossoms again!
2. I‘d like to be in late 1800s New York City (perhaps not permanently, though)
3. Water (boring, I know)
4. Take pictures of my cherry tree. Also plan a friends and family outing to Celtic Fling at the PA Renaissance Faire grounds.
5. I can hardly believe I‘m saying snow. But a year of rain would make me batshit crazy.

#humpdaypost @MinDea

Wow!!! I was completely blown away by the incredible #booktoteswap package from @AmyG !! All books from my TBR that I‘ve been wanting to read for so long. That tote is absolutely perfect and I love it!! 😍 Thank you so much! (Post 1 of 2 😀)

@cobwebmoth HUGE thank you for organizing such a wonderful swap!

Jack Finney's descriptions of NY of the 1880s are captivating, the illustrations and photographs add to the pleasure of reading the story which slowly ramps up the tension as events are set in motion that have a momentous impact on the characters, and how a small seemingly insignificant event can have a life changing effect. An exciting and worthy addition to the time travel canon, if you love time travel books read this you won't be disappointed.

“that most people in this world have very little to be thankful for, and very little reason to thank God for life at all”

I‘ve read this book at least 3 times and although it is the great story and the descriptions of NY of 1880s I love, the illustrations and photographs bring the story to life.

Just started a new temporary job and my anxiety means I find it difficult to concentrate so thought I‘d revisit an oldie but goodie 😊

What happens at book club....

#AugustGrrrl #day12 #TimeAfterTime This is a classic novel that I got after becoming obsessed with NY, Central Park & the Dakota Building a few years ago. It's a twisty turny time travel novel involving government experiments, hypnosis, time travel & The Dakota building in Manhattan. It's so hard to describe, if you like convoluted stories with a bit of spy action thrown in plus time travel, give it a read.

This book was fine. It was a very interesting concept. But the details were a bit hard to follow. Overall I liked it, but I won't read any more in the series.

#bookhaul from B&N today. A bit of brain candy I. The form of a new Plum Sykes, an historical fiction that the bf picked out for me, a #blameitonlitsy for Time and Again that goes out to @LauraBeth by way of @TheKidUpstairs , and my #thebookdrop subscription box book for the month from the lovely #bethanybeachbooks , which is a really great, fairly inexpensive sub that supports independent bookstores with several categories to choose from. 📚💙

Yes, yes I have, Dr. Danziger!

Starting a new book is always a wonderful feeling! This one is a Litsy recommendation from the lovely @LauraBeth

Catching up on my photo challenges and two of them overlapped (yay!). These are all of the #blackandwhite covers I could find on my shelves. Most of them are still TBR, except the one I tagged here, which is an old favorite. #melodicmay #maybookflowers

I finished this just now. I liked it. I didn't love it. Sometimes I got a little impatient with all the descriptions of things that didn't matter to me. I suppose it was to evoke the time period. Still, I enjoyed it. I sit here wondering 2 things:
1. What is the next adventure, and 2. Can I maybe imagine myself into a different time. 🤔🤔🤔

Have you ever read a book where, at one point (ok several points) you wanna smack the M.C. and scream, "have you lost your mind!?!" Because I'm constantly thinking this.