time travel

Outlander meets Criminal Minds

A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain

January 14, 2019 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

When brilliant FBI agent Kendra Donovan stumbles back in time and finds herself in a 19th century English castle under threat from a vicious serial killer, she scrambles to solve the case before it takes her life—200 years before she was even born. This was certainly not a book to take seriously – think of a wallpaper historical novel with a modern day heroine who just doesn’t fit in, nor does she seem to care to. Kendra Donovan is supposedly a child prodigy; she went to college at 14, and became a brilliant profiler with the FBI after that. She’s […]

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1/14/2019 | Mikki Blu's CBR11 Review No:3 |

Finally caught up! #CBRBingo

Written In My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) by Diana Gabaldon

November 27, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

I liked this one as much as I liked Dragonfly in Amber and Drums of Autumn. A definite improvement over the last several books, although I did enjoy #7 as well, if not quite as much. I’m officially caught up on this series now, and that feels weird! These books are so long, and they’re still not done! Not even going to try and sum up what happened in this book. It was a lot. There was a lot of drama, but unlike in past books, pretty much everything that happened was relevant and non-objectionable (a point in this books […]

11/27/2018 narfna's CBR10 Review No:138 |

“History is booooooring”

Time Twisters by Steve Sheinkin

November 12, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This series by Steve Sheinkin has its moments. They might not be for the adult reader, but the child reader (about ages 7 to 9) will get a kick out of our heroes Abby and Doc time-traveling through history. In history class, Abby and Doc are reading about Abraham Lincoln. But something is not right. All he is doing is sitting, reading the newspaper, playing handball in the alley near his home and where is that famous beard? How did this happen? Historical figures have become tired of hearing, “History is booooooring” from the students, so they decided to show […]

11/12/2018 BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:425 |

From multiple attempts, I stab at thee!

The Time Travelers Almanac by Ann vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer

October 30, 2018 by octothorp Leave a Comment

This is my CBR White Whale for two reasons. One: I don’t remember when I bought this book, but I’m certain I wasn’t pregnant and the kid is one and a half, so it’s been a minute; two: this beast is nearly 1000 pages. I’m a sucker for cheap books and this was dozens of short stories about time travel – my favorite sci-fi variation – for 2.50 at a local bookstore. I had to buy it, especially because the authors included in this short story collection spoke well of it. Ursula LeGuin, Arthur C Clarke, George RR Martin…. and […]

10/30/2018 octothorp's CBR10 Review No:49 |

If You Could Go Anywhere, Any When …

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

October 3, 2018 by Jen K 2 Comments

Bingo Square: Listicles I had actually seen this novel on at least one Book Riot list, and downloaded it a while back since it was part of Kindle Unlimited but it wasn’t going to be my original selection for Listicles. I played with making it “And So It Begins” but read another book that fit that category first. Still, I wanted to include this novel somehow (especially since I liked the idea of having three pirate related novels on my Bingo card), and when I realized my original two potential Listicle selections weren’t working for me (Origin Story and Everything […]

10/3/2018 Jen K's CBR10 Review No:169 |

A New Classic? Maybe. A New Fun Read? Yes!

Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic by Armand Baltazar

August 16, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

White Whale! Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic is the result if The Invention of Hugo Cabret meet Steampunk with “something else” that I cannot put my finger on. Armand Baltazar has mixed fantasy, realism and adventure that surrounds our hero Diego and his friends. When different times (past present and a little of the future) have clashed together causing a brand-new world, the different factions fight over to create their own order in this not always safe world. However, when five kids from different parts of this new world their adventures include fighting pirates, dinosaurs, World War Two […]

8/16/2018 BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:311 |

Here, There Be a Lot of Info Dump

Here, There Be Dragons by James Owen

August 13, 2018 by Ale Leave a Comment

One of my students suggested this book to me last year, and I finally got around to getting it from the library. If I was twelve years old again, I would have absolutely loved this book and been hooked for the duration of the series. It was fanciful, had a cute ending, and hit all the correct markers for decent kids’ fantasy, but the older I get, the harder a time I have sinking into YA fantasies, and this book was no exception. Our three main men, John, Jack, and Charles are all Oxford men who end up in the […]

8/13/2018 Ale's CBR10 Review No:16 |

Where exactly have you spent these past three years, my Lord? Among some Amazon tribe?

The River of No Return by Bee Ridway

August 6, 2018 by Leedock 5 Comments

After disappearing from a battlefield in 1812 Spain, Lord Nicholas finds himself in a London hospital 200 years in the future. Under the instruction of an organization called The Guild, he is whisked away to a retreat in the Chilean mountains to learn how to fit into his new time. Along with his fellow students, Nick discovers that he is a time traveler. His near death experience in battle triggered his abilities. After boning up on current affairs, idioms and wardrobe choices, Nick settles in New York City. Flush with money provided by the Guild, he basically spends his time […]

8/6/2018 Leedock's CBR10 Review No:40 |

Scootsa1000 on Cheating Death Never Ends WellLove your #scaryaf categorizing. I’ll need to remember to use that!
faintingviolet on If you find me mainlining a baguette in February, this is whyMy sister did this last January and was pleased with the "reset" she received and helped her make some meal planning practices more permanent for...
J on On one of the covers it says “you will be charmed” but I was not charmed, not at all.Between Teddy and Gabriel in Devil in Spring, I'm now cautious about the heroes in second-generation romances. Some of these sons are entirely too "perfect",...
J on If you find me mainlining a baguette in February, this is whyGood luck! I have a girlfriend who has done this with her family a couple of times, and she's always pleased with the results.
Scoots1000 on Window Books and Mirror Books (or Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose)I loved The Long Way Down but haven’t read these yet...I’m pretty sure we have them at work, so I’ll make sure to pick them...