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Arcadia
Arcadia: A novel | Iain Pears
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From the author of the international best sellerAn Instance of the Fingerpost,Arcadiais an astonishing work of imagination.Three interlocking worlds. Four people looking for answers. But who controls the futureor the past? In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting to write a fantasy novel that forgoes the magic of his predecessors, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. He finds an unlikely confidante in his quick-witted, inquisitive young neighbor Rosie. One day, while chasing Lyttens cat, Rosie encounters a doorway in his cellar. She steps through and finds herself in an idyllic, pastoral land where Storytellers are revered above all others. There she meets a young man who is about to embark on a quest of his ownand may be the one chance Rosie has of returning home. These breathtaking adventures ultimately intertwine with the story of an eccentric psychomathematician whose breakthrough discovery will affect all of these different lives and worlds. Dazzlingly inventive and deeply satisfying, Arcadia tests the boundaries of storytelling and asks: If the past can change the future, then might the future also indelibly alter the past?From the Hardcover edition.
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Decalino
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With multiple interconnected storylines taking place in very different worlds, it took me a while to figure out what was going on, but once I did it was truly fascinating. It has elements of a LeCarre spy story, a soulless dystopian future, a utopian pastoral society, and one pivotal character: a brilliant, iconoclastic scientist capable of literally changing the world. The ending of this book made perfect sense but I still didn't see it coming.

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
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The book has an app?!?! I am SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

Readergrrl Ummmm, you may have just given me my next book to read!! ❤️ 4y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @Readergrrl YES! Let me know if/when you start it! 4y
LeahBergen Ooo! 👏🏻 4y
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bookishdawg
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So excited about #bookspin and #doublespin this month! For the double, I‘m diving into the first three of this series... feels perfect for summer reading ❤️

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 4y
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hollylynnbee
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1. Poe's Tales Alta Edition

2. The Conference of the Birds

3. They all mean so much to me that I honestly do not know what one is worth the most.

4. Arcadia

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Asktheletters
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Last weekend I tackled Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (558 pages), now I‘m soldiering on through Arcadia by Iain Pears. I‘m enjoying it very much indeed, but still. All the pages, just all the pages.

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Meglet
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Challenging read, and disappointing in parts, but I still go around recommending this. I began the hardback, then borrowed the audiobook and overlapped the two, which helped me keep the complex plot straight. The improvisational talents of all characters were unrealistic to me, though it made for some entertaining reading. Pears did an excellent job of developing place and characters - no small feat in this story!

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ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled
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I was released into a library sale today with 3 tote bags and a debit card:
Arcadia A Good American The Lost History of Stars
The Guineveres Molly Fox‘s Birthday The Ghost Writer The Orphan Master Tragedy of Mr Morn
The House at the Edge of Night To The Bright Edge of the World Burning Down George Orwells House
The Rehearsal Hausfrau Story of Beautiful Girl
The Little Friend Carrying Albert Home The Univ vs Alex Woods Whiskey Rebels

mreads Great haul 😁👍 6y
merelybookish Nicely done! 6y
Tanisha_A 👌🏽 6y
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kathleenaflynn
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So good!!!

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♥️♥️♥️ loving this Iain Pears book! Random library pick. "People are naturally so fond of themselves that they assume the past must lead to them. They have egos of such size that they cannot imagine it doing otherwise. Rather like biologists of the past imagining the whole of evolution leading to Homo sapiens, so that we almost become the point of evolution, ...This desire is so strong we wilfully ignore all evidence to the contrary."

RaimeyGallant Grrrreat quote. :) And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
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Read66
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Really enjoyed this in spite of the over-complicated at times plot. Lots of fun literary references too!

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Conservio
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I love me some bargain books and fantasy paperbacks at barnes and noble. $23.11 was what I paid 😍 #toomanybooks #andnotenoughtime

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Kalalalatja
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One of my favorite littens @BarbaraBB reached a big milestone yesterday and is celebrating with a #spitlightgiveaway 👏

I really love this book, which is every book lover‘s dream: references to Shakespeare, how stories can change us and our histories, a bit of time travel (maybe?), bad ass lady scientists, references to Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and just a whole lot of fun!

ElishaLovesBooks Sounds great! Stacking! 💙 6y
BarbaraBB Wow! Why haven‘t I read this? Sounds perfect. Thanks for entering Katja 😘 6y
Kalalalatja @ElishaLovesBooks @BarbaraBB I first saw it mentioned in a youtube video by Jen Campbell. Her love for the book made me pick it up instantly, so if you need a little more convincing I would recommend checking it out 😄 https://youtu.be/jgb_n-jK_ds 6y
arubabookwoman I liked that one a lot too, with a few reservations. 6y
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mutlee
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I read this about a year ago. I was just telling a coworker about it and remembered how wonderful reading it was. You MUST read it in the app form. It‘s so much fun. I love how I got to experience so many of my favorite genres in one, how I got to control the chronology, and how all the pieces fit together. Looking forward to reading this one again!

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Kalalalatja
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This novel feels like an #homage to Shakespeare and story telling, history and science. It is filled with literary references and a great love for stories, which makes it a perfect book for book lovers 📖

#Aprella

Reviewsbylola I will have to look into this one. It sounds good! 7y
emilyhaldi I've thought about buying this a couple times but the fantasy part scares me 😬 7y
Kalalalatja @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi @Mdargusch the fantasy element is really quite small. There‘s some travel between worlds, and one of those worlds are dystopian, but there are no magic, dragons, or anything else high fantasy. If you could read Outlander Emily, I‘m sure you can read this 👍 7y
emilyhaldi Lol @Kalalalatja Outlander is really opening my worldview!!!! 👏🏻😆 7y
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ChristyM
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Nothing makes me happier than a stack of fresh library books.

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Podie
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I want to finish this one this weekend. I had to renew it from the library because i was in a bit of a slump for the past two weeks. I've been enjoying it so far even though it started off pretty slow. #weekendreads

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TheKidUpstairs
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My favourite way to start my day! What a fantastic box to open ? I had never heard of any of these books, but each one I pulled out had me going "ooh, that sounds INTERESTING!" The teas sound AMAZING, and I love the sweet sprout bookmarks. Thank you, thank you, dear @MPick I can't wait to get reading!

#dystopianblues
And a big thank you to @Mommamanzi for all your hard work organizing another great swap!

Betty What is the first book on the left? Something years? 7y
Avanders @Betty it's Arcadia by Iain Pears 😉 7y
Betty Thanks @avanders I've never heard of these 4 books 7y
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Avanders @Betty I've heard of 2 of them, but I haven't read any of them! I've heard Arcadia is really good!! 7y
TheKidUpstairs @Betty looks like @Avanders helped you out, yes it's Arcadia. I hadn't heard of it, but it looks great. And a quick Litsy search showed it comes highly recommended by @Kalalalatja which makes me even more excited! She's got great taste 😁 7y
Kalalalatja @TheKidUpstairs @Betty @Avanders Arcadia is sooo good! Full of references to Shakespeare, great action and fun characters 👏👏 7y
MPick @TheKidUpstairs I‘m so glad you like them! I can‘t wait to hear how they are! (edited) 7y
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Currey
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A bit of a play on Shakespeare's approach to fate and coincidence with a lump of sci-fi thrown in for good measure, this book starts out complex but then explains itself in the way of all good fables. It is not Cloud Atlas but nevertheless it touches on some of the same themes and was a good read with three female characters I enjoyed spending time with.

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JamesChatham
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I can already tell from the first couple paragraphs I‘m going to love this book!

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Kalalalatja
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Angela Meerson is a scientist from the future. She is a bit mad, utterly brilliant and completely unpredictable. When she ends up experimenting on others and herself, it will have consequences for both the past, present and future #thefly

#MonsterMadness2017

Laalaleighh I love Iain Pears. 7y
batsy I've only read this one by him and I really liked it. Need to read Arcadia! 7y
LibrarianRyan 👍🏻🤓❤️ 7y
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Kalalalatja @Laalaleighh this is the only book of his I have read, but it is one of my favourite books! 7y
Kalalalatja @batsy I have only read Arcadia, and I can't recommend it enough! 7y
batsy @Laalaleighh Never heard of that one! Thank you! If sounds like my kind of thing. 7y
Laalaleighh @batsy I read it years ago and still remember exactly how I felt when I finished it. 7y
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Weave
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68 ~ Arcadia by Iain Pears (Kindle edition📱) ~ Started: 18.06.17 ~ Finished: 09.07.17
Rating: 4/5📚

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Jessicav
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Next up for my afternoon reading.

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Beachesnbooks
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I'm participating in the Tome Topple Readathon, which lasts for 2 weeks and focuses on reading big books > 500 pages. I really like this readathon; it's great motivation to tackle the giants on your shelf. This time I'm focusing on Arcadia by Iain Pears, which was on my list of top 10 books to read in 2017. Really like it so far! #tometopple

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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 5! #PhillyMeetUp #bookswap edition! Proudly displayed by @Librarybelle ! Henry, a spy-cum-academic, Oxford, 1962. He comes up with a story about 11-year-old Jay, who has a vision which gets him questioning his tech-driven world's authorities. Meanwhile, Henry's former colleagues track him down for one last assignment. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Cinfhen I haven't read this author before but I've heard he's brilliant @Librarybelle 7y
Librarybelle I'm looking forward to reading it, @Cinfhen ! 7y
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Kalalalatja
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Another enjoyable reread. I noticed so many new things, literary references and little quirks this time around, which just made the experience better. Even though I had read the book last year, it surprised me still, and my mind is still a little blown over how everything ties together in the end.

This is a mystery, fantasy, science fiction, book-for-book-lovers kind of book, and I would definitely recommend it!

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Kalalalatja
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Croissants make everything better. Even a really great reread 🥐🥐

#currentlyreading

Jess_Read_This Yassss... I couldn't agree more. Croissant and coffee is my comfort food breakfast. 💕🥐💕 7y
JoeStalksBeck My belly just grumbled 7y
elkeOriginal ❤️ your bookmark 7y
Kalalalatja @elkeo one of the old ones from BookDepository 👍 7y
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Kalalalatja
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My weekend set-up 📚☕️🍫

#currentlyreading

Bklover Perfect! 7y
vivastory Is that chocolate & cheese? (Why haven't I thought of doing that..) 7y
Kalalalatja @vivastory Hahaha, no it is just a mix of white and milk chocolate, but now I think it looks like cheese too 😂 7y
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Kalalalatja
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I know most of you Littens have massive tbr piles, but I really think you all should forget about those books for a bit and read Arcadia - it is a story about time travel, storytellers, love, a bad ass lady scientist, interwoven storylines and just everything good you could imagine in a book. So #readthisnotthat with that being everything else you might have on your tbr 📚

#MayBookFlowers #recommendsday

Moray_Reads I read it last year! Really enjoyed it 7y
398.2 This sounds really good! 7y
RohitSawant Sold! 7y
Kalalalatja @Moray_Reads glad I am not the only one! 👏 @398.2 @rohit-sawant it is so good! 👍 7y
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Reese_Pearly.Pages
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I've seen a few posts about how good this book is. So I won't give up just yet. I think I need to continue this in print because the audio is AWFUL!! Who hired this narrator? Eww.

ElizabethAndino A bad narrator can ruin a book! 8y
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Kalalalatja
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The books I recommend the most right now - a book about trauma and mental health problems, a beautifully written story about ghosts and family, a hard hitting non-fiction book about rape, and lastly a a big book about different worlds, story telling and a bad ass lady scientist! 📚

#mostrecommened #AprilAmazingReads

Notafraidofwords I'm reading Asking for it. & its terrifying! 8y
Kalalalatja @Notafraidofwords it made me so angry and sad!! 8y
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Kalalalatja
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This book is an exploration of worlds and how everything we do leaves a mark on the world. Especially the world of Anteworld seems like a kind of #paradise to me - simple living, court intriques and story telling as the highest form of art 👌

#LyricalApril

I-read-and-eat Beautiful cover 😍 8y
Cinfhen Pretty photo💗and I like your version of paradise 😊 8y
Kalalalatja @I-read-and-eat I love the cut out that let you spy into the endpapers 😍 8y
Kalalalatja @Cinfhen thank you! I had a really hard time coming up with a pick for today actually until I saw this book on my shelf and it just clicked 👌 8y
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BookBelle84
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I may be the only person who found this book boring and long. There were too many characters to follow along for the first 250 pages and I didn't develop an attachment to any of them. It was an interesting premise but it was not put together in a way I could enjoy. #litsyreadingchallenge

ReadingEnvy I bailed on it! 8y
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Bookworm83
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After a rough day, I came home to some awesome #bookmail from @Laalaleighh ... here is my #blinddatewithabook ❤❤ I'm so excited to read this! Thank you so much! #litsygoespostalOG

BibliophileMomma I've always wanted to do the blind date with a book. I saw it once in a local bookstore wish I had grabbed one then. 8y
coffeenebula One of my favorite reads this year - enjoy! 8y
mcipher The description makes it sound like a really good blind date! 8y
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Laalaleighh I hope you like it! I actually sent you another book by the author for secret santa (he's the only author I have on my favorites shelf twice for standalone books) even if you don't like this, that doesn't mean you won't like stones fall. Too completely different stories and styles. But I do hope you like it!!! 8y
Laalaleighh Also I'm glad my book could brighten your day up a bit✨ 8y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 8y
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ApoptyGina69
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I recommend this to ppl not fans of hard sci-fi, but who do like fantasy. An aged writer, a research scientist, and a teenager work, both together and against each other, co-existing in mid-century England and time traveling through a cellar portal to a medieval world that may soon become their reality. Strangely, the future has the unique ability to affect the past.

redphoto3 I loved this book so much! 8y
Crystalblu Intriguing... 8y
Laalaleighh I love this book. (Obviously) but if you liked the writer- stones fall was a really great book. No sci-fi or fantasty at all. Just a historical mystery with a rather Dickensian like set up told in a unique way. And it punches you in the gut when you finish it. I don't even know where I found it but it made me an Iain Pears convert for life. 8y
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Bookworm84
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Just....wow. A masterpiece. If you want to lose yourself between the covers of a genre-bending, mind-blowing story, have I got the book for you.

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BookBelle84
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BookBelle84
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Starting this one today!

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Reese_Pearly.Pages
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Bookworm84
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Today's library haul.😀

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saresmoore
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#Riotgrams Day 2: Here are my soon-to-be-read #onewordtitles. I'm actually really looking forward to each of these!

Alfoster Lovely pic too!❤ 8y
saresmoore Thank you, @Alfoster ! Now my husband will come home to random, styled book stacks around the house because I'm too busy reading to put them back on their shelves! 🙃 8y
Alfoster Hopefully he has an aesthetic side so he can appreciate them!😀 8y
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ReadingEnvy Beautiful 8y
LeahBergen So pretty! (and my husband laughs when he comes across little book set-ups in the house. He just lifts an eyebrow and says, "Litsy?" ?) 8y
saresmoore @ReadingEnvy Thank you! Books are particularly photogenic. :) 8y
saresmoore @LeahBergen Yes! Same here, but my husband is an extrovert, so he always asks about the photo prompt and the subsequent comments. Ha! 8y
LeahBergen @saresmoore Mine, too! And then he wants to HELP with photos. I let him read through all my post and comments as a "treat". ? 8y
saresmoore @LeahBergen That's so funny! They are similar, it seems. But it's too bad—we have to be careful what we post about them behind their backs! 😬 8y
GypsyKat I'm too distracted by that fantastic paint color! Love it! 😍 8y
saresmoore @GypsyKat Thank you! It's a very happy color. 😊 8y
EvieBee Lovely photo! 8y
saresmoore Thanks, @EvieBee84 ! 😘 8y
MyNamesParadise Beautiful background! What room is that? 8y
saresmoore @MyNamesParadise This is the front room in our house. If we were fancy, we'd call it a parlor or sitting room, but it's our reading room. :) 8y
MyNamesParadise @saresmoore nice!!! It must be relaxing!! 8y
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B.Reader
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Not necessarily my fav snack but after a difficult and emotional day in child welfare, there is nothing like hunkering down with a book and some homemade #glutenfree chicken noodle soup. #readjanuary #bookandfavoritesnack #comfort

8little_paws 💚💛💜 8y
DebinHawaii Soup is the perfect balm for a tough day. Hope tomorrow is better. 💜 8y
Cinfhen Yum😋 8y
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Megabooks Yum! 8y
Chachic Looks delicious! 8y
IndyHannaJones Child welfare? 😕 8y
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B.Reader
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Who can resist some good #genre? No one, that's who! Love the idea of stuffy stodgy intellectuals secreting away their shameful reads. 💕📚💕 🤓

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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post! A bit ok the thicker side, this is one part fantasy, one part adventure, and one part thriller. In 1962 Oxford, spy-turned-academician, Henry, begins the story of Jay. Jay's an 11-year old boy who has supernatural visions and begins a journey. Jay's world is a strict, regulated, machine-driven one, intent on creating time travel. Meanwhile, Henry's tracked down for 1 last assignment. I like! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

ApoptyGina69 Already in my #TBR and will be part of this year's #LitsyAtoZ. 📚👍 8y
MrBook @ApoptyGina69 WOOHOO! I knew I could count on you 😎👌🏻🙌🏻! 8y
LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 8y
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coffeenebula
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I probably won't get anywhere close to #24in48 but I'll have fun trying. Happy Saturday, Littens!

Bette Yummy pic!👍❤️️ 8y
Lmstraubie Great pic! 8y
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astralcars
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Traveling through alternate universes is the only way to commute tbh

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temptingpersephone
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Picked up this hitchhiker at B&N.

Chachic Oh hey, a #bookandcoffee shot!📖☕ It has a lovely cover. 8y
temptingpersephone @Chachic That cover was half the reason for wanting it. That and a booktuber I quite like highly recommended it. 8y
Chachic Yeah, I'm usually more interested in a book when someone I know recommends it. I looked up the description for this and it's intriguing. 8y
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Oblomov26
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Arcadia is a fantastic book and in many ways a departure from Pears previous books. A story in set in three different locations being the 1960's, a future dystopian world and a idealistic fantasy setting which is one of the characters literary invention. Part sci-fi, part fantasy, part spy story with an ending which made me do a double take. I will need to revisit again in the future to confirm the storylines fit together as well it did.

Oblomov26 Extra marks for the reference to a well know spy author 8y
BookBabe Nice! I read a book with the same title, by Lauren Groff. Great image you used here! 🙌🏻 8y
Marchpane Sounds terrific. Stacked! 8y
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H.Louise
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Another holiday escape. I loved it! Didn't want it to end! Had everything I needed to forget the Wyoming Winter and the stress of Xmas.

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Without intending it I read 2 books in December about time travel. One book goes for the infinite multiple universes thing. The other says only travel through time, not multiple universes, is possible. I enjoyed reading both of them. Thumbs up recommendations for both. They are lovely fast entertaining reads. 👍👍

saresmoore Cool! Arcadia is on my list for next year! 8y
DrexEdit I liked both of these books because it was so easy to get immersed in their worlds. I look forward to hearing how you like it! 😊 8y
Laura317 I really enjoyed Dark Matter. I will go for Arcadia next! 8y
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