“The life of the poor is not changing half as much as that of those with money, who can go to the Bath House or to the post office. If your only family is your daughter, and she lives with you, what use is the post office?”
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The Outcasts of Time | 
“The life of the poor is not changing half as much as that of those with money, who can go to the Bath House or to the post office. If your only family is your daughter, and she lives with you, what use is the post office?”
so-soNot bad, it's good.. but I wanted more.. I like the writing though so I might look up some of the authors non fiction...
#TBRPile 📚 “The first thing you need to understand is what it means to sell your soul.”
Much better reading week last week!
Week 14/52 2019- #BookStats
4 Books Finished, 2103 Pages Read
Books Read 64/200
Pages Read 28,566 / 85000
#Chunksters 7/25 (2 this week)
#CenturyOfBooks 28/100 (1 this week)
#LitsyAtoZ 19/26 (0 this week)
#SeriesUpToDate 7/25 (1 this week)
#SeriesCompleted 1/15 (0 this week)
Buddy / Group Reads Completed : 26 (2 this week)
A nice map in this book. 😊 #MapsOfLitsy
Started listening to the Outcasts of Time on my commute today. Starts off in 1348 England at the height of the Black Death and about to do. tour of English history going forward from this point in time. Quite a unique plot line.
so-soThis had the potential to be a really good and exciting story but it just fell a bit flat. As John moved through the time periods it began to feel more and more like a series of history lessons about the state of society, technology and culture in each age rather than an actual story. Just as things began to happen in one era you would move into the next and have to start all over again
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An interesting look at how the world changes or doesn't change through the medium of time travel. An enjoyable and thought provoking story. Some things definitely do not change.
so-soThis was a decent book, but not really for me. Two brothers just infected with the plague in 1348 get the chance to live out their last six days each 99 years further into the future, all while seeking redemption. They do explore a little, and learn a bit about each new era they are in, but I wanted more out of that aspect of the book and less of the redemption story.
It's Women's History Month and I'm reading historical fiction. Just read this and had to stop and share.
"'Lord, have mercy on us!' exclaims Williams. 'Why do women want to read? Words are no good to them. They cannot understand the meaning of things.'
'They learn to read so they can understand,' I reply, 'just as you taught yourself -- so you could keep tallies and accounts. But imagine how the world would be different if women could read.'"
This one was on hold for a coworker in January, and I took a look at it. Sounded really interesting to me. Historical fiction with time travel? Sign me up! #timetravel
(As you can see I'm surrounded by 4 of my reading buddies! #catsoflitsy )
bailedI had really high hopes, since the premise sounds interesting: skipping 99 years everyday when the characters wake up. But I bailed half way through. This book could have been so much more!
#24in48
Sounds promising......
