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I didn‘t mean to fly thru this in one day but couldn‘t help it once I got started. The story is told in two POV‘s-two options for Hannah‘s life after making different decisions at a pivotal moment. I‘m not sure how TJR makes her stories so thought-provoking while keeping them so meaningful and entertaining, but she always manages to pull it off. Although not the main point of the story, Hannah‘s realizations about her parents resonated deeply…

I‘ve enjoyed getting started with TJR‘s books this year, starting with her way-backlist. This is my third from her, after After I Do and Forever, Interrupted.

I particularly love choosing her books during weeks when I have a lot of work commuting because the audiobooks are so great. That‘s what I‘ll be doing this week-listening during the day and reading with my eyes in the evenings. #currentlyreading

#ARichLife #Souls

Oliver Saks meets The Twilight Zone. I loved this twisty, turny, psychological, philosophical novel. An extraordinary patient comes in to a psychiatrist‘s office, and he is not sure if what‘s she‘s seeing is real. It reminded me of one of my favorite books ever, Into the Silent Lands by Paul Broks.

I really enjoyed this twisty novel that plays with genres and keeps you guessing. I thought the decision to write it as a mix of a doctor‘s notes and the main characters letters was unique and fit well.

Either Jane is suffering some sort of psychosis or she is occasionally hopping, or rather sensing, alternate universe versions of her life. Told entirely by her psychiatrist's case notes and her own letters to her infant son. Weird and very interesting.

65/100 Its been awhile since I've read any Frederik Pohl, I'd forgotten what a talented writer he was. This is a story of parallel worlds, of characters meeting various versions of themselves as the wall between the dimensions begins to falter. It is a little confusing at times, multiple POVs with the same name and all told in first person, but it's worth sticking with for the solid conclusion. 4 ⭐ #Read2025

I really enjoyed the premise of this novel - a woman grieving the loss of her teenage son finds herself in a parallel universe where her son is alive, an adult and estranged from her. She spends the novel trying to find out who this alternate version of herself is and how she got to this point. Mesmerising and unsettling! I wish I had figured out more about this woman in the parallel universe and what motivated her decisions in the past ⬇️

June #doublebookspin- finished in the nick of time.

I tried. Honest I tried. 6 chapters in and I can‘t tell you what this book is about. just not for me!! Maybe I will pick up a quick easy cozy mystery or try to get another #roll100 finished. #DNF