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My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time
My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time: A Novel | Liz Jensen
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Charlotte Schleswig, the delightful narrator of Liz Jensen's latest novel, supports herself and the lumpen Fru Schleswig (who may or may not be her mother) as a prostitute in 1890s Copenhagen. While she is no small success at the trade, she leaps at a new job opportunity for herself and Fru Schleswig, as cleaning ladies for the wealthy widow Krak. But mysteries abound at Fru Krak's dark old mansion. The basement appears to be haunted, townspeople claim to have seen the dead Professor Krak walking the streets as a ghost, and there are stories of desperate souls who paid the professor a visit and never emerged. In fact, as Charlotte will discover, there is a simple explanation for all this: the basement is home to a time machine. When their cunning investigations land them in trouble, Charlotte and Fru Schleswig find themselves catapulted through time and space to modern-day London, and there their adventures truly begin. With the minxy, intrepid Charlotte, Liz Jensen introduces a heroine every bit as memorable as Louis Drax. And with My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time, she delivers yet another outlandishly entertaining novel, in which the seemingly insurmountable obstacle of spacetime proves no match for human ingenuity and earthly passion.
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Creadnorthey
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Mehso-so

This book is a fair distraction from the world‘s going ons. Plays well, especially at the beginning, drags its feet with the forever end. I could see why people might bail, but I did stay the course with the wry humor and slapstick action...

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Balibee146
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1. ☝️☝️☝️👌
2. Yes always
3. Nooooooo
4. I live in wellies and trainers so I've gone from a UK 6 to a, UK 7.5/8 😱😱 #hugefeet
5. @Cathythoughts ❤️
@howjessreads #friyayintro

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Balibee146
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For today's #happyendings prompt I'll choose this fantastic little book from Liz Jensen. Has anyone else read it?
#marchinbooks @maich

rockpools No, but I'd read it on the basis of the title alone. Sounds fab! 6y
charl08 Yes. Love her! Last year ordered her whole back catalogue from the library. No book the same. 6y
Balibee146 @charl08 yup I've got a couple still to read but loved every one so far. They are great audio books too 👍 6y
charl08 I think this one is my favourite. 6y
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Balibee146
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😀😁😂
Kate Atkinson, Terry Pratchett, Liz Jensen
Bowling and prepping tax returns (boo)
Youngest of two (ten year gap)
Done!
#FriYAYintro @jess.how

LeahBergen Kate Atkinson. 👏🏻👏🏻 7y
BookwormAHN 😸🤘🦄 7y
batsy I really need to get around to Terry Pratchett... So much love for him on Litsy ☺️ 7y
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Balibee146 @batsy so many options he is great. The earliest Discworld books set the scene but aren't his best... Maybe start with something like Mort if you ever pick him up 💀💀😍 7y
batsy Cool, thank you! 😀 7y
Cinfhen ❤️🙌🏻😂 7y
erzascarletbookgasm 🙂😅😍 7y
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JSW
Bailedbailed

Bailing. 60 pages in and I'm bored, despite the author throwing in little sexy bits (via the protagonist's work as a prostitute) to bait the reader. I'm an experienced woman, I need more than a teasing titillation to get me going. WITH READING, sheesh, where is your mind? 😇

ferskner Hahahaha! 7y
mjdowens 😂😂😂 7y
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Balibee146
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My November favourite #bestofnovember

charl08 Love this! 7y
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Balibee146
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Pickpick

Another fantastic narrative voice from Liz Jensen. Funny, cheeky and playful. Packed full of literary references from the first line. Suspend all of your disbelief and enjoy.

charl08 This is my favourite Jensen. Love her writing 7y
Balibee146 @charl08 seems hard to get hold of but the audiobook is fab too 7y
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Balibee146
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Such a fun book....sparkly and very funny narrative voice....plus glorious descriptions e.g. 'the freezing owl-hooting night'.
LOVE indeed!

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Balibee146
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My first time with this book years ago was the excellent audio book, so I really wasn't expecting the illustrations. It always sets up a weird, though not unpleasant vibe for me, like kids pictures in an adult novel.
Only other modern book i can think of right now like this is Jonathan Strange but there must be others

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Balibee146
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Next up.....

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Balibee146
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When you get home from work early and one of your new books has arrived.....listened to the audio book of this years ago....looking forward to this.