Litsy

Time Traveler | Joyce Carol Oates

Favorite genre of many!

I am gauging interest in forming a group dedicated to historical fiction? My idea was to pick a time period and/or location and you choose a book for the prompt, helping those TBR piles. One prompt a month or set for the year? Open to other ideas though.

If interested share your ideas and tell me your favorite time period.

BarkingMadRead Oh fun! I would be interested. 1y

ChaoticMissAdventures I love this!! Historical fiction is one of my favorites and probably the one I read most of, I do avoid most things WWII unless the author is Jewish. Would assume we could join some months and not others? I would love to discuss the books and different times and cultures more! 1y

rubyslippersreads This is very tempting. 1y

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Rachel52 Great idea, I love historical fiction 1y

Desha My reading plate is stacked but this sounds like a lot of fun! Maybe I can join in on those months I‘m able to?? 📚♥️ 1y

dabbe Me, too! Lately I've been leaning towards 19th century writing, but I'm open to any period. 1y

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JenlovesJT47

Time Traveler | Joyce Carol Oates

Hello my fellow Littens! I read a great time travel book recently and loved it! I‘m looking for recommendations for some other great time travel books with a historical fiction aspect. I own all of the Outlander books and love the ones I‘ve read so far. Bonus points for a good #audiobook recommendation!

P.S. Jace says hi! 👋🏻🤗❤️

#timetravel
#historicalfiction
#recommendations
#Jace

GingerAntics Jace is getting so big!!! 🥰🥰🥰 3y

Megabooks Definitely this if you haven‘t read it.

The Time Traveler's Wife

Megabooks And he is totally adorable!! 3y

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Purpleness If you‘d be interested in trying a less serious series, try Jodi Taylor‘s series about a historical research facility that uses time travel.

Just One Damned Thing After Another

JenlovesJT47 @Megabooks I saw the movie years ago and always wanted to read the book. Thank you! 🤗 3y

JenlovesJT47 @Purpleness thank you!! I‘ve had this one on my radar for awhile and I think I even have some of the audiobooks I got when they were on sale. Will have to check it out soon! 🤗 3y

JenlovesJT47 @GingerAntics I know! 😱 he‘s getting pretty tall, growing like a weed. Time flies! 🤗😘 3y

Megabooks I watched the movie first too and read the audiobook a few years later. They‘re a little different but I enjoyed both! (edited) 3y

CaitZ Connie Willis is another great author for time travel books - To Say Nothing of the Dog, The Doomsday Book, and Blackout and All Clear. 👋 Jace 3y

Soubhiville I read this a couple months ago. It‘s kind of time travel in a Groundhog Day/ Quantam Leap/ Agatha Christie way- I know that sounds bizarre, but I really liked it:

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Soubhiville And this one is a sci-fi novella with some time travel that isn‘t the main focus, but I thought it was really cool:

Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach

TheSpineView Also The Time Traveler's Wife

Valley of the Moon

Oryx

Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

MaleficentBookDragon @Soubhiville I had a rough time with the first chapter, but then I couldn‘t put it down. One of my favorite books last year.

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

MaleficentBookDragon Not really historical, but my favorite time travel-ish book is

Recursion

JenlovesJT47 @CaitZ sorry for the delayed response, Jace says hi! 👋🏻 Sounds great, thanks for the recommendation! Hug 3y

JenlovesJT47 @Soubhiville sorry for the delayed response! I actually own The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and I‘m going to bump it to the top of my list. The novella also sounds great, I‘m going to check and see if they have it at my library. Thanks for the recommendations! 🤗 3y

JenlovesJT47 @TheSpineView @Oryx sorry for the delayed response, thank you for the recommendations! I‘ve added them to my TBR. 🤗 3y

JenlovesJT47 @MaleficentBookDragon sorry for the delayed response, thank you for the recommendations! I own Recursion and am going to bump it up to the top of my BOTM list. 🤗 3y

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HardcoverHearts

Uncensored: Views & (Re)views | Joyce Carol Oates

Library haul! ❤️📚🪴
-A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib
- The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984 by Riad Sattouf
-My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee
-Uncensored: View and (Re)Views by Joyce Carol Oates which had an essay/review of Anita Brookner, among other great writers

vivastory What an excellent haul! 📚📚📚 4y

HardcoverHearts @vivastory I was so happy with these! 4y

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rachaich

Solstice | Joyce Carol Oates

Sending love and peace to all you awesome guys. On this shortest day of the year, May we look and find light for the times ahead.
The planets align this afternoon to form a bright star. Let's take this as a sign of positive things to look forward to ⭐⭐⭐
😍😘🌚🌞🌠

PurpleyPumpkin Love this!💜 4y

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emilyhaldi

Marya: A Life | Joyce Carol Oates

I really want to discover what so many people love about JCO but she's making it really hard on me with this one 🤨

BarbaraBB I tried several times but the only one I kind of liked by Oates is

Them

LeahBergen I like the cover, though. 😆 4y

Zelma I don‘t care for her either except for Blonde. I adored that book when I read it years and years ago.

Blonde: A Novel

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Cathythoughts I loved Blonde too 👍🏻 4y

Reviewsbylola Her books are so hit or miss. Try Blonde (which you can borrow from me but I think you‘ve already read) or

My Sister, My Love

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Caroline2

The Sacrifice | Joyce Carol Oates

pick

This was really hard to read. A young girl is the victim of a terrible act of racial violence in 1987 but there are lots of back flashes to the 1960s riots and some horrific racism and injustices. It felt urgent to read it but it left me so sad.

TrishB Sounds sad ☹️ 4y

Cathythoughts Sounds sad & good too , I like Joyce Carol Oates 4y

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bookish_wookish

The Triumph of the Spider Monkey | Joyce Carol Oates

Went to brunch with the fam. Sat outside. Got sunburn. Currently in bed covered in aloe. 🙃 I did grab this book yesterday at Barnes & Noble though!

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Chrissyreadit

Time Traveler | Joyce Carol Oates

#staycationintime matches have been sent! Hope you all enjoy getting to know your partners as we plan their Staycation. #sits

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stephothebesto I got my match! Thanks for hosting such a fun themed swap! 5y

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hermyknee I can‘t wait to see all the photos from this one! 5y

Chrissyreadit @hermyknee ❤️❤️❤️are you enjoying your summer break so far? 5y

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Chrissyreadit @LapReader @holdmybookmark @Shadowfat checking to make sure you received your email with your matches. 5y

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Chrissyreadit @Shadowfat please feel free to email your swap person!!! Because of emails I am planning a swap I never would have thought of from just the form. I love direct matches because I get to “know” Litsy people. Absolutely reach out. Also feel free to create online posts/surveys and hashtag them with our swap- most of all have fun!!!!! 5y

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Chrissyreadit @holdmybookmark 🥰 5y

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Sweettartlaura

With Shuddering Fall | Joyce Carol Oates

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Half- Bail/Half-Pan - I did make it over 50% on this; and I did stop because I cannot read one more page.
I have literally no idea what‘s happened ~ what I think about any of the characters or happenings ~ what I think is going to happen. All I know is that I do not care. I‘ve come to love JCO as of late, so reading her first novel seemed like a great idea. Alas, it turned out to be terrible.
Running, not walking, away from this one...

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