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perfectlywinged
The Safekeep | Yael van der Wouden
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So far this is giving Call Me By Your Name (but instead of a peach, a pear). 🍐

Jari-chan Just taking a break from reading this book, just to this post 😁 50m
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TrishB
Knight Errant | R. Garcia y Robertson
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This is cheesey, time travelling fun at its best.
Robyn travels back to Wars of the Roses time.

Ruthiella Thanks for the recommendation! Cheese can be delicious! 😂 2h
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tpixie
Eleanore of Avignon: A Novel | Elizabeth DeLozier
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Enjoying this book from a debut author I met at Adventures By The Book Superbook 6 in San Diego in March.
A Healer & Herbalist trying to protect her people of Avignon, France from the 1437 Black Plague Provence.

I am finding I love books about Female Healers, Herbalists, & Midwives
#14BooksIn14Weeks

Suet624 Yes, I like those type of books too and I don‘t read enough of them 1h
tpixie @Suet624 🩷 (edited) 4m
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Ruthiella
Life After Life: A Novel | Kate Atkinson
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My #TimeTravelTop5

1. Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
2. Kindred - Octavia Butler
3. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
4. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
5. Version Control - Dexter Palmer

I had to use the internet to remind me of what I have read that fit. There were some titles I‘ve read but don‘t like b/c romance was the focus - not my cuppa.

Do you have a favorite time travel book? Post ‘em or let me know in the comments! 😃

Liz_M The tagged really made me think about how ingrained gender roles and racial stereotypes are in our society. It made quite an impression and i won't re-read it because i don't want to find out if it's awful. 😂 4h
Ruthiella @Liz_M It‘s so tricky reading SciFi written in the past. What was ground breaking then definitely can feel out of touch now. I‘ve never read anything from Piercey. I will put it on the list but definitely approach it with a grain of salt. 😅 1h
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bookandbedandtea
The 19th Wife | David Ebershoff
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It's a chilly morning for porch reading, but, as always, it's making me happy. Our road trip was fun but there's no place like home! I started this while we were in Moab, as I wanted to read something set in Utah, and I'm still plugging along.

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LiseWorks
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I'll be seeing you by Billie Holiday @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks DDay #JuneSpecials

Eggs Love this song 🎶 7h
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Centique
Come Back, Lucy | Pamela Sykes
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It was this tv show in the late 70s that made me love time travel - being able to visit your grandparents as children in the early 1900s! Time travel novels for me can be escapist fantasy or dystopian sci fi - sometimes a delight, sometimes a disaster - and my tastes have moved from fantasy towards dystopia lately #timetraveltop5 @Ruthiella
1 - The Time Travellers Wife
2 - Outlander
3 - Doomsday Book
4 - Black Out/All Clear
5 - Kindred

Centique If you have some time travel faves, feel free to make a list too! @Dragon @LeahBergen @Ruthiella 10h
Centique And then there are the kids time travel books like 10h
Luke-XVX I recently re-bought Toms Midnight Garden. I remember reading the school libraries copy a lot 9h
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AlaMich I also recommend this one by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland. It‘s a bit of a chunkster but worth it. (edited) 9h
LeahBergen I have a copy of the tagged book! I must get to it soon! 4h
julesG @AlaMich the audiobook of D.O.D.O. is good 1h
AlaMich @julesG I know! I listened and read the print edition. Have you read the sequel? (edited) 1h
julesG @AlaMich Yes. Like you, book+audiobook. 55m
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rwmg
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Pickpick

We follow the ups and downs of the relationship of two haenyeo (sea women) played out against a backdrop of Korean history from 1938 to the present (2008).

As someone with only vague knowledge of the barest outline of Korean history (Japanese occupation, Korean War, brutal dictatorship, democracy), I found that aspect of the book very interesting. I don't think I'd ever heard of the April 3rd Incident, which plays a pivotal role in the book. ⬇

rwmg The look at the traditional way of life of the haenyeo was also fascinating. In fact, for me, the background information was so interesting it overshadowed the main story of the two main characters' relationship, which I'm not sure I would have read if it had been transposed into a more familiar social and historical environment.

So, Pick for the historical and social background, So-So for the story
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Librarybelle
A Front Page Affair | Radha Vatsal
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Mehso-so

Sadly, I was a bit underwhelmed with this one. The premise is interesting—female journalist in WWI era stumbles upon a dead body, and she is determined to find out whodunit. While I appreciate the historical facts placed into the narrative, it leaves the flow of the story a bit disjointed. I may consider reading book two at some point, but am not in a hurry to pick it up.