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Aug 16

Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

You Had Me at "Time Travel" I love a time-travel story in any genre, and this Greedy Reading List offers a little of everything: light...

May 22

Review of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

This captivating story involves time travel, but it's primarily about deep human connections, complete with fantastic, funny banter;...

Nov 28, 2023

Review of Woke Up Like This by Amy Lea

I loved the premise of a teen who wakes up as a thirty-year-old, engaged to her high school nemesis. Some of the small moments didn't...

Sep 22, 2023

Six More Time-Travel Stories to Dive Into

More Time-Travel Adventures I love a book that plays with time--the possibilities of trying things a different way, the second chances,...

May 26, 2023

Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

You Had Me at "Time Travel" I love a time-travel story in any genre. This Greedy Reading List offers a little of everything: light...

May 17, 2023

Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances, revelations, betrayals, deep...

Sep 15, 2022

Review of And Then She Vanished (Joseph Bridgman #1) by Nick Jones

Much of the book involves thwarted attempts to unravel the past by a main protagonist who has been emotionally destroyed by trauma and...

Sep 6, 2022

Review of This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Straub offers a wonderful story that plays with time, explores sentimental moments, offers do-overs, and sweeps the reader into a...

Jun 29, 2022

Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

McQuiston's love letter to New York offers charming song references, LGBTQ love, steamy scenes, character growth--and an irresistible...

May 26, 2022

Review of One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother at her same age, inspiring...

May 24, 2022

Review of See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story that plays with time and is centered around...

May 4, 2022

Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

In this nested story that spans centuries, Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the...

Mar 25, 2022

Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

The Time-Travel Books What are your favorite time-travel books? I had trouble narrowing down this list, and I love a time-travel book in...

Mar 11, 2022

Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

The Second-Chance Books I've been reminded lately how much I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the...

Feb 10, 2022

Review of Out of Love by Hazel Hayes

I loved the idea of a relationship story told in reverse, but Out of Love touched on weighty topics that seemed to warrant deeper...

Sep 21, 2021

Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her fascinating journeys through the multiverse, her various lives, and her alternate...

Sep 8, 2021

Review of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

ICYMI: In Matt Haig's How to Stop Time, main protagonist Tom Hazard lives for centuries but is not allowed to fall in love. When he...

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