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A fun afternoon read! MG mystery. Marin just moved to town and discovers neighbors who seem to fade in and out of view - are these people from the past? The future? She tries to connect with Charlie, though he has secrets and issues of his own…

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@DieAReader @Texreader @BarbaraBB

This was a fun and twisty time travel mystery! Did not see the ending coming.

(1958) Juvenile delinquent Ross Murdock is given a choice: Rehabilitation, or volunteer for a secret government project that has specifically requested his recruitment. Soon Ross is transported to a prehistoric arctic wilderness, where the free world conducts a cold war against Soviet Russia over alien technology using human tribes as pawns. Plot-driven and undemanding, it's a fun palate cleanser after a couple of weeks spent on 18th-C conduct lit

For crying out loud Vonnegut, stop meandering on about yourself and write a damn story!

#AuthorAMonth

This was a powerful, touching and sad story. A quick read, but difficult. 💔

I picked this up based on a recommendation, and I'm so glad I gave it a chance.

This is a unique time travel story, published in the 90s, but set in a near future pandemic that feels eerily prophetic, while paralleling a story set in an outbreak of illness in the 14th century.

Part sci fi, part historical fiction, part tragedy, overall, this book examines how human circumstances change, but love, fear, hope, and mourning still remain.

The final book in the series, we finally get to see all of the secrets brought to light, and a resolution to the situation with the council.

I will admit, I still had issues with the pacing at times, and I got frustrated with our main characters quite often, but overall I still mostly enjoyed this series.

Well.

I got to a quarter deep and just couldn‘t continue. I‘m sure there‘s more inviting Vonnegut to try instead but this was all that was available in my library at this moment. I told myself I‘d allow one author to be DNF if situation called, I guess this one‘s it for me. #AuthorAMonth

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These are the books that were missing from the series I got at the thrift store last week. Now all three series are complete 😊

While I feel like this one didn't quite live up to the first book in the series, I still enjoyed it.

The pace is significantly slower in this book, and it definitely took me longer to read, but it also brought in more history and detail, creating something really beautiful.

Overall, this was absolutely still a pick that left me more than ready to pick up the third and final book.