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Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
For nearly a decade, Willis has dazzled readers with her short fiction. Her first novel, Lincoln's Dreams, received unanimous high praise and won the John W. Campbell Award. Now she pens a sensational work about human struggle and redemption set in the time of the Black Plague.
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lil1inblue
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⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (5/5)
I had no idea what to expect going into this book, but wow was it a fantastic read. I laughed. I cried. I read on the edge of my seat. I'm definitely going to read more Connie Willis.

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lil1inblue
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“Mr. Dunworthy opened the door to the laboratory and his spectacles promptly steamed up.“ Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

I have 4 chapters left and I can't wait to get home and finish! This book is intense, but so good.

#firstlinefriday #doomsdaybook #conniewillis

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julesG
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Panpan

It's factually wrong about too many things. For over 400 pages nothing much happens. The UK of 2055 looks like someone from 1955 dreamed it up. The Middle Ages part is displayed so stereotypically; it hurts.

#Booked2023 @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen
#ProperNounInTitle

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julesG Why did the MC learn Middle English for 3 years when she doesn't understand it once on site? And no, language doesn't evolve so much within 20-30 years (that's how far from her time mark she landed) that she couldn't have understood it. Especially given she had to learn German too - even modern German would have helped her. Anyway, she takes ages to decipher the language. ⬇️ 2y
julesG Every person in the 14th century is either a cut-throat or a rapist. Every person is wearing rags. It's dirty. People are dirty. People stink. The villages stink. It's all grey and dirty. Ugh!!! 2y
julesG Oh, I forgot, the favourite sport of people in the early 14th century was, according to the Medieval expert, witch burnings. 🤣🙈 #HistoricalFictionInaccuracyAnnoyanceSupportGroup - I need a meeting! 2y
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julesG That's why I had to start re-reading The Chronicles of St Mary's series. It was probably inspired by this book. It has its flaws, but it does get the history right. 2y
Cinfhen Yikes!! Sounds AWFUL 😣 2y
julesG @Cinfhen Can't understand why this book has so many raving reviews. 2y
psalva The problems with the language definitely bothered me- same for pacing. I guess I was less bothered by the inaccuracies, both because I‘m less informed about the accurate history and because I felt like part of the point was to show how uninformed/ill prepared the “experts” were. I totally see where you‘re coming from though, and maybe the more I learn about the era the less I‘ll like it. Your review took me aback but I appreciate your reaction 😂 2y
psalva You definitely have me wondering about my own reaction and perspective which I really appreciate. 2y
julesG @psalva I see your point. It was something I've been wondering about too. I just couldn't fathom how someone would get a job as an expert at Oxford University in a certain field without proper knowledge. Just goes to show, I'm too much of a realist. 😂😂 2y
psalva @julesG That‘s also a really good point. Maybe it ties into when it was written also. From what you say, I imagine Willis was going off of research that quickly became dated or may have already been dated, so how she imagines the future historians‘ theories is more dramatically flawed and makes it not hold up. I‘m off to add some history books about the era to my TBR :) 2y
TrishB I really disliked this book too. 2y
catsuit_mango I am so glad, I really did not like It too and it seems everyone raved about this book. 2y
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psalva
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What a great novel! There were a few times I lost patience with the suspense and the repetitive stating of the characters‘ goals, but I am able to overlook these points because in the end there was so much more to love. The characters were all so great and the attention to historical and medical detail painted such a vivid picture in my head. ⬇️

psalva Willis is a master of gradual characterization which makes me deeply care for the characters. P.S.-I have a new appreciation for the value of bell ringing! 2y
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psalva
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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I have come across a few weird words in the tagged book so far. There‘s the futuristic “terrorist jacket” (an adaptation from “bomber jacket”?)and the character Colin‘s favorite adjective, “necrotic.” But I chose this because of how prominent the bell ringers are and how everyone seems annoyed by them. Sample sentence from the tagged: “Perhaps I should send Colin up Carfax Tower to vandalize the carillon.”
#weirdwords @CBee #weirdwordswednesday

CBee Oooo, necrotic. That‘s a nice icky one 😂 2y
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psalva
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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“Mr. Dunworthy opened the door to the laboratory and his spectacles promptly steamed up.”

I‘m only five chapters in but really enjoying my second Willis novel which is retro feeling, yet oddly timely as well.
#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

jlhammar Such a good book! It is the only Willis I've read though. Definitely need to try another. To Say Nothing of the Dog, maybe? 2y
psalva @jlhammar I‘m really enjoying it so far. The other one I read was Passage, which was very well done. I still think about it quite regularly actually. To Say Nothing of the Dog I‘ve heard good things about too- I think it‘s also about the Oxford time travelers if I‘m not mistaken? 2y
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kiloalphatango
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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Love it

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kwmg40
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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I'd first read this 1992 years ago. Rereading it now makes me realize how well Willis described how governments and people respond to pandemics and measures put in place to contain them.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#SuperSeptember @Andrew65

jlhammar I listened to this audiobook a few years ago and loved it! Definitely want to try more Willis. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2y
Andrew65 Love this book, well done 👏👏👏 2y
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johncadams This sounds fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing it. 2y
kwmg40 @jhammar I loved the other books in Willis's Oxford Time Travel series. I'd definitely recommend them. 2y
kwmg40 @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 Thanks for the encouragement! 2y
kwmg40 @johncadams You're very welcome! I love how Willis explores the idea of time-travelling historians in her books. 2y
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dysprosium2
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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I've wanted to read this book for many years. Just something about the title that piqued my interest. I did not realize it was a book set during a pandemic. Published in the 90's it was really interesting to see how well the author captured the pandemic mentality. I'm not sure if it was supposed to have a twist, if so, there was a lot of obvious foreshadowing that didn't make the reveal very surprising. Still a very interesting read. Recommend.

Karisimo I recently read this for the first time too! The parallels to our past few years were uncanny! 2y
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Karisimo
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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My #LetterD pick is a recent discovery and fav of mine!

#AlphabetGame

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y
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esanderson
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©1992

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Sapphire
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
Mehso-so

The beginning was interesting and I liked the characters. Reading about the plague and a future “post pandemic” that was written in 2005 was also interesting on its own. But it was too long and just slugged through the second half, particularly the Oxford in the future dealing with a brief viral outbreak.

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Balibee146
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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Up next.... Time travel, academics and The Black Death....sounds ideal #nextup

vivastory This cover! 3y
Balibee146 @vivastory agree its a fantastic cover image 3y
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Lucy_Anywhere
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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A little late, but better than never!
1. Backwards! But never to stay for long 😂 I like the comforts of the present
2. Tagged! A historian gets accidentally trapped in plague-ridden England as a futuristic (ish) Oxford deals with an epidemic of its own. A chunky book but worth the read!
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Never too late! Thanks for playing! 3y
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readordierachel
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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Kivrin is an Oxford historian who travels back in time to the middle ages. Things don't go as planned. By the time I realized this was about the plague, it was too late, I was invested. I needed to know what happened to Kivrin. There's a parallel story of Kivrin's mentor in modern times, combating a virus outbreak and trying to figure out how to help Kivrin get back to the present. The story gets bogged down in the middle, becoming repetitive ⬇️

readordierachel ...with Willis withholding crucial information from the reader, seemingly just to draw out the suspense or for the sake of humor, which started to annoy me. I just wanted her to get on with it. The last quarter or so of the book I enjoyed very much.

Ultimately, this is a pick for me for the sheer ambition of this story and the emotional resonance of the ending.
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vivastory I've been meaning to read this one for ages. Great review 👏 3y
readordierachel @vivastory I can see why so many people love it, even with its problems. I'm gonna try the next book in the series too. 3y
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vivastory I always forget that it's part of a series. Hopefully the next one is a little better 3y
Centique I loved this but I can certainly see what you mean about the middle. The next one (To Say Nothing of the Dog) is different - it doesn‘t have the intensity of the Kirvin plot, but it relies on that academic humour a bit more I think. The last two are my favourites so even if you don‘t like number 2, do try number 3 because they‘re not really linked and you don‘t need to have read number 2. 3y
readordierachel @Centique I do plan to continue. I was inspired to pick up Doomsday based on your review of these a while back actually! I have Say Nothing on hold at the library. I didn't mind the academic humor per se, but it felt like it belonged to a different book, if that makes sense? I think the modern story may not have felt as draggy if the Kivrin plot hadn't been so engrossing/high stakes. But maybe that was what Willis was going for? Contrast? 3y
Centique @readordierachel oh I‘m glad you liked it then! Yes I reckon it was for contrast for sure. The comparison between a modern day crisis and a medieval one. (I read it pre pandemic 😬) The rest of them feel more internally consistent I guess - but different to each other. If that makes sense 😂 3y
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yoavshai
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 117.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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tealwish
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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A pandemic book with time travel! Set in future England, a university sends a historian back in time to research and accidentally sends her into the Black Death. However, the future has difficulty rescuing her due to their own outbreak. The past storyline was tragic and heartbreaking. My issue with the future story - communication problems were a huge plot device. They invented time travel, but not voicemail or texting or email? #pandemic

BookNAround I loved this book when I read it years ago. 3y
tealwish @BookNAround I couldn't put it down for the second half! 3y
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cdreincarnate
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I loved this book so much! It‘s absolutely apocalyptic 😉

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cdreincarnate
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When a sci-fi book written 30 years ago accurately predicts today.

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readordierachel
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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#audioknitting a baby blanket for my niece. Almost done. Really enjoying this book so far 👍🏼

Ruthiella Beautiful! 😍 3y
AmyG It‘s gorgeous! 3y
CBee So lovely!! 3y
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Jas16 That is beautiful! 3y
Deblovestoread Beautiful colors and looks so soft 3y
Tamra Amazing! 3y
Megabooks Gorgeous! 3y
Crazeedi So pretty and very unique! 3y
Palimpsest Gorgeous! 3y
GingerAntics That is beautiful!!! 3y
kspenmoll Beautiful!!! 3y
EvieBee That is so beautiful! So talented! 3y
FlowerFairy Those colors and your stitch work are beautiful! 3y
batsy So pretty and it looks wonderfully soft. 3y
LeahBergen It‘s beautiful! 😊 3y
Tera66 So beautiful! You are so talented! 3y
BiblioLitten It‘s lovely 😊🥰 3y
charl08 Love those colours. 3y
AshleyHoss820 That is bonkers amazing!! 😍😍😍 3y
readordierachel @charl08 Aren't they pretty? I wish I could take credit for putting them together, but it's all from the same ball of multicolored yarn 3y
readordierachel @AshleyHoss820 Thank you! 😊 3y
merelybookish Hey Rachel! Haven't seen you in a while. Hope all is well! 3y
BiblioLitten Hi Rachel… how are you? Hope you are keeping well. 💕 3y
Trashcanman Miss your presence 🙂💟 3y
batsy Happy birthday!! 🎂💜 Miss you around here and hope you've been well. 3y
readordierachel @merelybookish Hey! Sorry it's been so long. Hope all is well with you too! 3y
readordierachel @BiblioLitten Hi! Sorry it's been so long. How are you? Hope everything is good with you 💕 3y
readordierachel @Trashcanman Hi George 👋 I hope you're well 💛 3y
readordierachel @batsy Thank you! 💜 I've missed you too. Sorry for being gone for wo long. Hope you've been well. 3y
BiblioLitten Oh Rachel!! It‘s so good to have you back💕 You we‘re missed. How have you been? 3y
readordierachel @BiblioLitten Thank you, I missed you too 💕 It‘s been a weird year. For everyone I'm sure. Haven't read many books at all. How have you been? 3y
merelybookish @readordierachel So nice to see your name pop up! I hope you're doing well! 3y
BiblioLitten @readordierachel Yes, weird is right. Books are the only constant. I hope the next year fares better.💕 3y
RohitSawant @readordierachel Great seeing you back on here! Hope you're doing well. 3y
readordierachel @rohit-sawant Hi Rohit! Nice seeing you too 😊 Hope you've been well 3y
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HeyT
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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I almost hit my monthly average this month so I'll still call it productive. I managed to finish all my RNG picks this month including the one holdover from last month. I enjoyed all that I read this month which was nice.
3 eBook
5 physical
I'm sitting at 4250 points for my #BuriedAliveChallenge with 108 points average per qualifying book
#MayWrapUp

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HeyT
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#BookReport
I managed to finish Doomsday Book this week and enjoyed it more than I thought I would considering what a downer it is dealing with viral outbreaks. I'm also about 50% of the way into Cold Magic which is interesting so far.

#WeeklyForecast
My goal is to finish Cold Magic and finally finish out my library stack with Wizard's First Rule. After that is anyone's guess but I'll probably work on finishing up trilogies I've started.

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HeyT
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Well I knew going in this would probably be a downer and not the best to read with the whole pandemic thing irl but I still enjoyed my time reading about Kivrin in the Middle Ages and her team in the future. I liked the way the two timelines sort of balanced each other out. Colin and Agnes were probably my favorites though.

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HeyT
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Decided to do a bit of porch reading today. The natural light helps with the small print.

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HeyT
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Cals and I are headed into Doomsday Book today which has the tiniest print I‘ve ever seen in a hardback edition.
#CatsOfLitsy

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RamsFan1963
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description or reason for wanting to read the book. Some are old and some will be new. Don't judge me - I have a lot of books.
Day 271

#tbrmountain #bookbuyingdiet

MsMelissa I love this book 💕 4y
LeahBergen What @MsMelissa said! 👍 4y
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LostInSpace
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I‘ve read this book twice and I was just as blown away with it as the first time I read it. It goes down as one of my absolute favourite reads.

Kivrin, a young historian, travels back in time to the 1300s and gets caught up in the Black Death. As she desperately tries to help and save the people around her, we see how absolutely horrific this disease actually was.

Profoundly sad but also very moving, this novel is amazing.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Addison_Reads I love this cover. Definitely stacking this one. 4y
LostInSpace It‘s such a good read, I read it years ago and then my partner bought it for me after I‘d been hankering after a paperback copy - it‘s so sad but so descriptive and very believable, you actually feel like you are in the middle of the plague! 4y
Icepop I loved this book but it was quite sad! Very relevant to the current situation but imagine if we had no proper treatments, no scientific knowledge of how to fight it and no vaccines!!! What is happening today makes you realise just how terrifying the Black Death must‘ve been!! 4y
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Icepop
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Just finished this book. I mostly enjoyed it. The characters evoked my affection and empathy and the description of the harsh environment in the 1300‘s was palpable. The present day parts were a little tedious at times. All in all it was a good but ultimately sad read. Especially in the current pandemic!

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Icepop
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Borrowed this from Moosmoo .... On chapter three

Lauredhel Oh this is an old favourite 4y
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KimM
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Vacation 2020 read/listen. I loved it ❤ Connie Willis is a quirky writer and you have to be patient because things seem repetitive and unimportant, but pay attention and it all pays off in the end.

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KimM
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From Chapter 6 of The Doomsday Book written in 1992. 🤦‍♀️

rubyslippersreads 💜 this series. 4y
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Gezemice
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Help, I am drowning! Books to read soon, including Red and the Black on my Kindle and Redefining Realness on audio (available for free on Hoopla). Seven of these are some form of book club/ buddy read... and I am backburnering two more... aaaah

#tbr #mounttbr #shakespearereadalong #ookbookclub #cleopatrabuddyread

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Mistermandolin
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Time-travel fiction is tricky but Connie Willis is at the top of her game here. Haunting, memorable and richly detailed, the research is meticulous and the historical recreation impeccable. An all-round great read with a stunning ending, this fine novel established its writer as a major force within an increasingly crowded genre. I loved it when I first read it umpteen years ago and it haunts me still.

Sace I read this one umpteen years ago as well. I don't remember too much about it though. I should reread it. 4y
Mistermandolin @Sace She never quite matched it again. A good writer, though. 4y
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Bradleygirl
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I will admit. I was not prepared, on finally reading this (it's been on the list for years), to have it parallel a 21st century pandemic/quarantine lockdown & the varied reactions to it so faithfully. YIKES. (60% through)

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dylanisreading
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I'm happy to say my post-elopement wedding reception has finally come and gone (this past Saturday) 😂.

This is the favors table from that night! Not included in the photo are the postcards that have covers from vintage DC Comics on them.

It was so much fun, but now I'm looking forward to getting back to writing, blogging, and reading full time again. (And catching up on #LitsyLove correspondence.)

julesG Congratulations! 5y
Graciouswarriorprincess Congratulations!! 5y
charl08 Love this idea! Congratulations on getting hitched, too. 5y
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inactive Congratulations! What an awesome idea! 5y
Gezemice Congratulations! That is a great idea! 5y
Johanna414 That's such a great idea! 5y
MemoirsForMe How cool! Congratulations! ❤️🎉📚 5y
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Shaneyney
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Not my usual genre but a really incredible book. A modern day historian accidentally gets send back to the time of the Black Plague. In our timeline a desperate scientist faces his own challenges trying to get her back. A bit of a tear jerker but I couldn‘t put it down

ImperfectCJ My kids and I read Willis's Bellwether together and loved it. This one's on my TBR. If it's a tearjerker, it's probably a little different from Bellwether, which we found hilarious, but I like crying, too. 5y
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Bookboss
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I don‘t know why I waited so long to read Connie Willis. The Doomsday Book is one of her Oxford Time Travel books. A group of Oxford historians use time travel to research the past. This novel sees a young historian travel to the 1300s. The point of view switches between the historian in the present to the historian in medieval time. The novel is long and sometimes repetitive, but I found it absorbing and compelling.

BkClubCare Yay! On my list. I always get distracted by this not being the usual book to start by this author. But I ❤️ the premise. (edited) 5y
Lady_Tigana_20 One of my favorites is her Lincoln‘s Dreams. I also read this one and To Say Nothing of the Dog. I definitely need to read more of her work. 5y
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EastWind76
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Had another bail with Shanghai Girls, but this one is really good so far... I love time travel! ❤

SW-T Always enjoy Willis 😊 6y
EastWind76 @SW-T a friend recommended her books, and I'm really enjoying it, so far! 6y
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AdaChivers
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Ok, that was a bit repetitive, but I loved this book!
Loved the characters, cried a lot, but laughed more!

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mephestopheles
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1) I think Buffy has the right idea for today, naps are gonna be necessary.
2) unlikely, I'm listening to two audiobooks on and off right now Doomsday Book by Connie Willis and Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
3) socks only this morning
4) the usual, bed side table, two dressers and a large Ikea shelving unit that houses a lot of stuff.
5) turkey dinner #2 with all the fixings

#humpday
@MinDea

Kaye Welcome 🌸 6y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 📖💙 6y
Slajaunie Welcome to Litsy! 📖📚💚 6y
Theshadedbuffalo Hi!! Welcome to Litsy!! ⭐️📚 6y
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InLibrisVeritas
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New books! I won Doomsday Book from Bookish Muggle during SciFi Month. I am in love with this Masterwork edition.
Random House Kids sent me Fairy In Waiting, which looks really cute. This is a sequel though so I out the first one on hold at the library. This comes out in Jan 2019.

Geeklet I love the Masterworks covers so much. I have a silly little fantasy of getting all of them. They‘re so cool! (edited) 6y
InLibrisVeritas @Geeklet I think this one has started that same fantasy for me! It just looks so sleek and nice on the shelf! 6y
Vinjii Oh that looks right up my alley 😍 6y
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Billypar
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#Whoops #NoFemmeber This one is on my TBR courtesy of @Centique at the @ReadingEnvy pub. Getting stranded while traveling back in time to the 14th century is definitely a 'whoops' moment. Time stops at 4:18 am on Kate Tempest's 'Let Them Eat Chaos', when characters from different songs meet during a storm. A rapper and poet, you get gems like 'Pete's 14 doors from home and his thoughts are like a pack of starving dogs/Fighting over the last bone.'

Centique Yay! I hope you get to read it soon, will blow your mind I promise 😊 6y
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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards
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I really enjoyed the concept of time travel as a method of studying history and the parallel storylines in each time period. Well thought out characters and good use of details having later significance, like the bell ringers. I'd definitely check out the rest of Willis's work!

PopSugar Reading Challenge 2018: a book about time travel

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MKbookworm
Doomsday Book | Connie Willis
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How did I miss this book for so many years. Loved it! Time travel, medicine and history.

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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards
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Pardon me while I now try to get "Into The Woods" out of my head...

VioletBramble This is one of my favorite and most frequently re-read books. 💚 6y
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MKbookworm
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I actually did know someone who spelled it that way but wouldn‘t you usually just assume it was the more conventional “Mary”? This is the first time I have ever had my name spelled wrong 😆

Reviewsbylola That‘s interesting. I‘ve heard sometimes baristas intentionally try to mess up names. Not sure if that‘s true. 😆 6y
MKbookworm @Reviewsbylola I‘ve heard that as well. Maybe that‘s the case because it seems a little bizarre that someone could spell Mary wrong lol 6y
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Kimberlone
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I‘ve got my reading socks on, and I‘m hoping they will give me inspiration to finish this book up today! I have less than 1/3 left, and it needs to go back to the library soon.

Kimzey A friend just recommended this to me. Stacked! 📚 6y
Kimzey P.S. Love the socks! 🧦👍🏻 6y
Kimberlone @Kimzey thank you, and it‘s a great book! 6y
Sace I really enjoyed that book when I read it. 6y
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RachLovesTV
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An exciting adventure filled with the heartbreaking loss of reality. I love the idea of time travel being used by historians to investigate and learn more about the past, and you get just enough science to make the theory plausible.

The real heart of this book is the journeys of pain and loss that the characters go through in both centuries. Through unimaginable loss, neither Kivran nor Mr. Dunsworthy either give up hope. ❤️

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Kimberlone
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Made it to Book Three! Lots of progress on this book over the weekend.

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Kimberlone
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Woke up this morning achy all over and a sore, swollen throat. Finally roused myself from bed to make some ramen. Settling into the couch now to eat my soup and do some reading.

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