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Invictus
Invictus | Ryan Graudin
Time flies when you're plundering history. Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far's birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he's ever wanted, and after failing his final time-traveling exam, Far takes a position commanding a ship with a crew of his friends as part of a black market operation to steal valuables from the past. But during a heist on the sinking Titanic, Far meets a mysterious girl who always seems to be one step ahead of him. Armed with knowledge that will bring Far's very existence into question, she will lead Far and his team on a race through time to discover a frightening truth: History is not as steady as it seems. In this heart-stopping adventure, Ryan Graudin has created a fast-paced world that defies time and space.
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RosePressedPages
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Another catch up post, this time #WondrousWednesday
🍁 I very much want to see all of the remaining archaeological sites of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
🍁 I tagged Invictus! It is a time travel book where at one point they visit the Library of Alexandria 🤩
Thanks for the tag @PageShifter

Eggs Thx for joining in 🙏🏻 2mo
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TheHeartlandBookFairy
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"I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul"
I'm currently reading/listening to 5 books.
Two of them, one Historical Fiction, the other a Memoir, have referenced this poem!
A strange and interesting literary coincidence ?
#BookNerd #LoveMyBookishLife #Read2Day #Messages

BookmarkTavern Love this poem! 8mo
TheHeartlandBookFairy @BookmarkTavern Honestly, I can't recall ever reading it, at least in its entirety, before now. But having it referenced in 2 books within a couple of days of one another (Spare, and The Lost Book of Bonn) was enough to send me hunting for it and now it's a favorite! 8mo
BookmarkTavern I highly recommend heading to YouTube and finding a video of Morgan Freeman reading it. It‘s amazing. 💕 8mo
TheHeartlandBookFairy @BookmarkTavern I'll definitely do that, thank you! 8mo
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RosePressedPages
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Mehso-so

Invictus is about a group of teenagers who join the black market in a world where time travel exists and is used to go back and record history‘s greatest events…or steal from it. It started out as a love letter to history with some great worldbuilding. But as we got to know more about the characters, the more I found them boring. The romances didn‘t fit, and it turned away from history to follow a plot on multi-verses. Largely disappointing.

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Twainy
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🎧 I‘m torn.

Farway was born outside of time to a time traveling recorder from 2354AD & a Roman gladiator from 95AD. Dreams crushed he takes a job plundering time & space.

On their 1st trip to the Titanic he meets a girl who seems to be one step ahead of him. This is a story of a ragtag crew‘s adventures through time & parallel worlds.

Billed as a cross between Doctor Who & Firefly. I‘d read a sequel if they removed the romance. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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RiverKScottWrites
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Mehso-so

Okay book, not mind blowing, not bad. It didn‘t make me feel anything, though, and that‘s what I go to books for. Maybe it was just me 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Lannerz
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Quite literally one of the best YA books I have ever read. Period. It‘s a fairly lengthy book that I grabbed from the bargain section of the chapters I work at for $6! I honestly wasn‘t sure what to expect when I first picked it up but I very quickly got sucked in to the story. If I were to describe this book in three words they would be: cool, intense, and captivating. I HIGHLY recommend this one if you love sci fi with a historical background!!

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RiverKScottWrites
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Just started this one. The prologue was awesome. Main character meh so far but I love the tempo of the writing. Can‘t put it down. Does anyone else really hate fake cursing lol “Sit yet tail down!” And “Oh, Crux!” It just sounds silly to me. #scifi #yascifi #yalit

Lannerz I just started reading and the fake swearing is also driving me crazy hahaha 5y
RiverKScottWrites @Lannerz Right??! Idk sometimes it works. In high fantasy, I‘m tooootally down. But sci-fi just feels weird 🤷🏽‍♀️ 5y
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TracyReadsBooks
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Still struggling with a fiction book hangover from Black Leopard Red Wolf. It‘s hard when you look at your TBR stacks and nothing shouts “Read me!” So, going with some rereads to keep me occupied until our next library book order is in & I have some MG/YA books to preview. Love Simon & Baz in Carry On and remember enjoying Invictus.

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Rachelwierick
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Pickpick

This book started as an action packed sci-fi adventure
And had me in tears by the end.

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JacintaMCarter
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#2018Book135
Time travel? Check. Alternate dimensions? Check. Teenagers wreaking havoc throughout the universe in an attempt to save humanity? Check. If you're into any of these things and so much more, then I highly recommend checking out this YA sci-fi novel. And the best part? Not a love triangle in sight!

Sue Sold! 6y
Ashley85 Great review! 6y
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LittlePixels
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I *want* to love this book. It appears to have all the things: technology, time travel, ancient Rome, Titanic! In actually reading it, I'm less than impressed. There's almost no ancient Rome (so far), not much to do with the Titanic, no actual technology beyond "hey, we have a time machine, and it works...somehow..." ? Add in the contrived curse words/phrases, and I'm getting a headache from all the eye rolling. #disappointed

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Was the highlighted bit meant to be a curse/swear? 😬 I hope it gets better for you. 6y
LittlePixels @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Yes! And they use "hashing" or "hashed" as a curse - constantly - as one would use the F word. Like "You really hashed that one up!" ? And here's a direct quote of one of the more flowery ones... "Hade's clangers in a hashing bluebox". Ughhhhhhh! 6y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @LittlePixels yeah, that sounds very annoying. 6y
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CoffeeCatsBooks
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Bailedbailed

This is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I‘m just not getting into this. At 230 pages, I‘m bailing. Not interested in the romance and I was really hoping Far was going to visit Ancient Rome but no go so far. On to other shiny objects.

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Readingismyescape
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5 stars)
“The future‘s hope is in the past.”
A great team of characters travels back in time working to liberate priceless artifacts before they are destroyed or lost to disaster. Now they have the chance to actually prevent disaster.
Great narration. I was up late listening practically every night.

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kathleenaflynn
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At 30 percent and loving this book.

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EstelaV
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I still have some sort of reading block. Everything ive read this year has been a reread. I determined to get over it.. I going to try another. This has been on my shelf since its launch. If you're a fan of the show #Timeless you might find this just as interesting.

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KirstieE
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This was almost a so-so for me
The first half was really fast paced and interesting. I really like this idea of time travelling and completing heists, but the the second half just really slowed its pace. But the ending was interesting enough for it to be a pick for me

3.5 ⭐️

Karkar I love that bookmark! 😍 7y
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KirstieE
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Sunset and reading 🌅

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KirstieE
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It's an ultimately slow day at work today 😴
I just want to hide here in the staff room with my giant cup of coffee and read!
I'm really liking this so far ! #currentlyreading

Eyelit 💚 your bookmark! 7y
TricksyTails 👆 What they said! 😍😍😍 7y
KirstieE @Eyelit @rubyslippersreads @TricksyTails thank you !! Here's the link : https://www.inkandwonder.com.au/product-page/the-guardians-woodmark (it's out of stock atm but she restocks quite frequently!) x (edited) 7y
Eyelit Awesome - thanks! 7y
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pagesofgrace
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Time travelling thieves? Um, yes please! This book was awesome, with so many twists and turns I couldn't have possibly predicted 🌟🌟🌟🌟

tjwill This sounds like my kind of book! Stacked! 7y
Elisa That sounds so good! Now I wish I had grabbed this one today at the English bookshop! 7y
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BookBelle84
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I LOVED this book! Time travel thieves going to exciting points in history! This book was over 400 pages and I wish it had been longer. The story was original and exciting and I hope she turns it into a series because there's so many places they could go. #highlyrecommend

JanuarieTimewalker13 You‘ve inspired me to request it from my library! 7y
mabell Sounds like a fun premise! 7y
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BookBelle84
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This sounds amazing! Can't wait to get into it!

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tracy.anne8
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Mehso-so

This will be an unpopular opinion on this book. I just couldn't get into it. I didn't care about the characters enough or what happened to them. The overall storyline wasn't bad but it was just too slow for my liking. The last 3rd, which is where most of the interesting story happens, is the only reason this is a so-so and not a pan. #audible #audiobook #timetravel

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IndyHannaJones
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I think I know what's bugging me about this book. It feels like it needs to be the second in the series. The reader is dumped a year into Far and the gang's pirate adventure, and I want to read about that year. I want to read about the escaping the Nazis, Far and Priya falling in love, the adoption of Saffron. It almost seems to fast-paced.

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IndyHannaJones
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This is my lunch view

LauraBeth Your dog thinks the chips are facing the wrong way 😀 7y
IndyHannaJones He used his superior mind control and was able to get a few... 7y
LeahBergen 😂😂 7y
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huntersmom1977 Awww. Best view ever ❤️ 7y
IndyHannaJones Poor thing was obviously starving and would only survive if I gave him chips... 7y
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Downtonabbeyroad394
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Kati15
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Pickpick

@JenP I receive invictus in the mail a couple of days ago thank you so much, I can‘t wait to read it soon! 😊

JenP Awesome! I hope you like it 7y
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JenP
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Anyone want this book? I read it and am willing to pass it on. Used but in excellent condition. I‘ll ship it to the first person who asks. US only please.

It is an ARC but I‘m giving it away because it already came out this past fall.

Kati15 I would love to have it! 7y
JenP @KatisBookaholicRamblingReviews send me your mailing address to jenlane3[at]yahoo[dot]com and it‘s yours 7y
Kati15 Well do and thank you so much for your generosity Jen. I've been dying to get my hands on this book for a long time now so thank you so much! 😊 7y
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Sharanya
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Mehso-so

Strong plot, exciting world-building, & Graudin's bewitching prose make this a really fun book! Unfortunately, I felt like the characters were kind of cookie-cutter expected. Plus, I don't usually do established romance— it's boring. Getting to know how the characters fall in love is half the fun if you're gonna include romance! I'd recommend this for a light, exciting, sometimes-humorous read, if not a particularly memorable one. ★★★☆☆.

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Sharanya
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#currentlyreading | I LOVED her alternate WWII series, so a chance to see her do awesome things with even more time periods?! YES. 1000% YES.

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Juli
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“The world gets gloomy. It helps having something bright around.” This made me smile.

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tracy.anne8
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Starting what will probably be my last #audiobook of the year. #audible #timetravel

RachelAmphlett Ooh that looks good 7y
Missusb Ooh I hope you ❤️ it. I did. 7y
tracy.anne8 @RachelAmphlett @Missusb I'm very excited for this book! 7y
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rachelsbrittain
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A little morning time travel? Don't mine if I do.

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Juli
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This book and “me and a cup of hot Sleepytime”...it is not the latest biography, but a super fun read so far. (Sorry for the obscure song lyrics.). Be good to yourselves.❤️

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libraryfangirly
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Cuddling up with half of my mongrels and reading Invictus. Perfect snow day 🤓❤️🌨

#books #reading #booknerd #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #yalit #read #booknerdigans #bookaholic #bookaddict #bookshimmy #snowday #librarian

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rachelsbrittain
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Anyone else possibly have a bit of a book addiction? 🙈📚

ReadingSusan Yep ha ha!! 7y
Kaye Funny. 😁 That‘s the same thing I always wonder. Why do I need a truckload of books all at once ? It‘s an addiction, I tell you. 7y
rachelsbrittain @ReadingSusan @Kaye it's a serious problem 😅 7y
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Libby1 @rachelsbrittain - this is completely me. 7y
mrozzz Exactly this. But love every second (mostly) 😉 7y
Linear My husband tried to say that, he was saying that I had so many books that he doubted I read them all. So then I had to separate my shelves in the books that I have read and books that I have not. There's only one shelf of books that I have not. In his face 7y
Linear Also I super love Goodreads tracker of how many books I've read and blah blah blah oh, so then I could shove it in his face "look look at all the books I've read see I read I don't just collect them." Of course he did point out that I have a whole shelf of books I haven't read, and yet I keep getting library books LOL 7y
rachelsbrittain @Linear haha yes I completely understand! My Goodreads to read shelf is (lamentably) several hundred books longer than my read shelf. I try to remember that just means there are loads of other amazing books out there I want to read 😅 7y
rachelsbrittain @Libby1 @mrozzz definitely (mostly) a good problem to have 😊 7y
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witchyreader13
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I've been wanting to read this for a while now. Finally got to a place in my TBR pile where I could pull it out. I hope it's as great as others have made it sound!

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Xenatine
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A time travel book that includes a heist on the Titanic. Yessss!

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kamoorephoto
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I‘ve told just about everyone I know to buy this, BOUGHT people this, recommended it on social media, and reviewed it where I can, but this has been my latest SCI-FI love: #Invictus by ‘Ryan Graudin‘. It‘s got time-traveling from Vegas to Roman Times, to the sinking of the titanic, Rubik‘s cubes, a red panda, and it‘s just so HASHING EPIC and fun. It made me think of both Dr. Who AND Back to the Future. LOVED it. #GIVEAWAYTHEPOWER

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ssravp
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This is what a time travel book should aspire to.

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Lizpixie
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This months #yachronicles box is pretty awesome I think. Not only is the book one that I had on my Wishlist, there's those gorgeous Beauty & The Beast pins, washi tape with pocket watches on it, an Alice print & a beautiful pale blue scarf with pocket watches all over, but there's also TWO Dr Who mini hardcover books as well! Definitely worth it this month.

Evelien I love the alice print! 7y
BethM 😱is there somewhere I can get this?' 7y
Lizpixie @BethM it's an Australian subscription box but they do ship internationally. Go to theyachronicles.com.au 7y
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KirstieE
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The October box for #theyachronicles
"Chasing Time" theme ! I LOVE the beauty and the beast pins ?
Have also heard only good things about the book so I'm excited to read it ! #Bookmail #Booksubscription

kamoorephoto I can‘t tell you how much I loved 7y
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Laalaleighh
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I‘m really in love with this book, it‘s world, and characters- I don‘t want to leave them. So many conflicting feelings right now. Highly recommend: includes time traveling thieves that plunder history‘s lost treasures, a great diverse cast, fantastic friendships and relationships, and an ending that leaves you breathless and conflicted. I‘m gonna go to bed now and try to work through my emotions for this one.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

OSChamberlain Great review! It sounds really awesome 😊 7y
RohitSawant Wonderful review! Stacked. 7y
Jess_Read_This You had me at time traveling thieves that plunder lost world treasure! Great review! 7y
ScorpioBookDreams I loved this book! 💕 7y
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Laalaleighh
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Late late night reading while the bf plays video games and I distract myself from the fact that 100 people in London got to go to the reputation Secret session tonight and it‘s apparently better than Red which should be impossible.

Been looking forward to this one, (a sweet surprise from the bf) for awhile.

RadicalReader @Laalaleighh so nice to curl up with a good book I am highly encouraged to read ever since they introduced SSR ( Silent Sustained Reading) when I was in grade school and been a book lover ever since the library is my home away from home and I can‘t get over the excitement when I receive notifications that my inter library loans are in 7y
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ralexist
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A boy born out of time. A girl thrust out of her universe. A team chasing artifacts through history. And time chasing everyone to its end. This was quite the enjoyable ride.

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Xenatine
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Time travel and the Titanic? This sounds so good!

398.2 Cool photo! 7y
Xenatine Thank you @398.2 7y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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Graudin just never disappoints me.

This was such a fun book and had so much character development, relationship building and such a cool world. I surprisingly didn't get lost between the time and dimension jumps so I would say it's an accessible sci-fi. The romance were so adorable and I loved that they were a background thing instead of used to flood the plot with annoying tropes.

Essentially, Imogen is me (hair dye, historian & pet obsession)

Missusb It was so awesome 7y
[DELETED] 3803335244 Is this the same book that has a movie with the same title with DeCaprio? Sorry I'm too lazy to look up the synopsis ☺️ it's Friday 😀 7y
SassenachTheBookWizard @ForeverNerdy lol are you thinking about Inception? No, this book is not an adaptation of anything 7y
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[DELETED] 3803335244 Oh yes! That's what I was thinking of! Sorry, I just couldn't remember. Thank you 😊 Now I'll add this to my TBR! 💕 7y
TNbookworm I really liked The Walled City. It is the first Ryan Graudin book I've read. Really want to read Wolf by Wolf. Did you like it? 7y
SassenachTheBookWizard @TNbookworm yea. I think Invictus is my favourite of her work 7y
kamoorephoto I loved it so much!!! 7y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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Time travel + less than legal relic hunters + instant-buy author + red panda = happy me!

TheKidUpstairs You had me at Red Panda 7y
Utopiyll That cover looks amazing! 😍 7y
mcipher Okay, this sounds fabulous. I'm in. 7y
Yellowpigeon 😂 I love that red panda is one of your pluses 7y
SassenachTheBookWizard @Yellowpigeon well it is a red panda... 7y
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mdemanatee
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The narrative got a little bogged down occasionally, but... time traveling pirates.

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halfdesertedstreets
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EXCITED FOR THIS.

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