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Dec 17, 2011

Jillian rated it:

I can't remember the number of times I read this series. Over and over and over. I loved Annie because she was just like me - a little awkward, a hopeless romantic, and better fitted for a previous century. I was infatuated with Strat. I was addicted to every book when I first got it until I finished it. I spent every spare moment dreaming of being in the 1800s with the two of them. Cooney gave me an obsession and I'm so happy I had it...and secretly still do have it.

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Oct 28, 2007

yuzhen rated it:

[Giving romance stories a second chance:] I was partly influenced by my best friend to read this book, for I'll never read pointless romance for I had once read a really mushy one that made me sick, with pointless sweet nothings in addition. Both Sides of Time. As if Time was a person with two faces, someone who can hear your cries, and hear your pleas and will then cruelly decide whether or not it shall fulfil your plea, which, after reading the book, I felt that it must have been what Annie Lo More...

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Jan 17, 2012

Deborah rated it:

Annie is a “romantic in the wrong century,” but her boyfriend is more interested in his old cars. But one day at the derelict mansion outside of town, when “something was wrong with the day, or something wrong with her” she falls back one century and falls in love with Strat, a boy who is everything she’s been dreaming of—everything her boyfriend is not. He is handsome, honorable, and heir to the Stratton mansion and fortune.
The 1880s seem incredibly romantic to Annie, so much better than h More...

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Jul 05, 2010

Jbodford rated it:

I was really looking forward to this book--I'm a huge fan of time-traveler books (Jude Devereaux's "A Knight in Shining Armor", among others) and after hearing a friend dote on this series I couldn't wait to try it out.

I made it a little over halfway through before I just couldn't stomach another word. Not only are the characters shallow and barely constructed, but their thoughts sound like the words of a four-year-old enamored with her favorite TV show. The story itself--the More...

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Sep 16, 2007

Wendy rated it:

I loved this book, one of the few modern time-travel books that I've thought was very good (since, say, the 1960s). Characters are funny and show hidden depths (or, as the case may be, characters are truly creepy). The writing is occasionally a little overwrought, but there are some real gems of sentences in here. Period details seem good to me.

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May 19, 2011

Emily rated it:

This book was... okay. Not by any means great, but it was easy to follow and you could tell what the intention was. I felt that this book should've been longer so they didn't make another book; this kind of book isn't made for sequels. Overall, I don't feel like this book met my expectations. I really enjoy Cooney's work, but "Both Sides of Time" didn't cut it for me.
There is nothing about this book that stands out for me. The character development was good, but I felt like t More...

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Aug 02, 2009

Maggie rated it:

Ah, sweet time travel romance. I loved this book, such a creative idea. I love Annie, realistic in every way, a romantic; a perfect main character to travel back in time.

Annie Lockwood travels back a hundred years one day and meets handsome, gentleman, Hiram Stratton, otherwise known as Strat. In the midst of their falling in love, there is another girl who yearns for Strat's heart, a murder mystery, and the overwhelming decision for Annie to stay in the past or return home.
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Jul 02, 2010

Janell rated it:

I liked reading this book. I think that the author moved to events somewhat quickly and sometimes i think that she could have drawn it out some,but overall i liked it. One thing that i thought was a little ridiculous was that this girl was traveling through time and had no real qualms about trying to act like girl from the time that she traveled to. she just went around acting like a late twentieth century girl even though she was in the late 19th century and even saying that she had traveled More...

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Aug 06, 2011

Stephanie rated it:

Have you ever read a book as a kid and then come back when you were an adult and wondered "how did my mother ever let me read this?" That was definitely the experience I had with this book. I'm not much for romance, I'm too much of a prude for it but I truly love this book. it's like a dirty little secret. Of course, after reading it again I wonder how I was ever allowed to read it in the first place...don't get me wrong, i know plenty of people who wouldn't bat an eye at the innuendoe More...

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Dec 10, 2008

Trin rated it:

Oh, the ridiculous time travel melodrama of my youth! This was actually better than I remembered. Yes, Annie and Strat do find TRUE LOVE at FIRST SIGHT, and yes, the ending’s a bit abrupt and not terribly well set-up. But I liked that Cooney kept this away from being total fluff by emphasizing how hard it would have been to be a woman—of any class—in the 19th century. Wow, books for teenage girls used to actually have empowering, feminist messages in them? Too bad that’s gone out of style. *coug More...

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Nov 09, 2010

BJ Rose rated it:

This is a review of Both Sides of Time & Out of Time. I picked up these two YA time-travel books thinking I'd do some light-hearted reading. The beginning of the first book focused on Annie's wish-fulfillment of living in a time when women were sheltered and treasured and men had elegant manners. But then the books turned darker, showing the other side of life for women in the 19th century - their total dependence on the men in their lives & the lack of any real ability to choose, especially whe More...

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Dec 02, 2010

Melissa rated it:

A really captivating read! Unfortunately I didn't realize it is part of a trilogy, so it has a major cliff hanger ending. The book combined romance, time travel, history, and horror into one. This book wraps you up and sweeps you away. It made me feel so many emotions simultaneously. I was truly appalled at the male attitudes of the time, I sympathized and ached for some of the female characters, I melted at the sweetness of true love and a genuine gentleman, and I really enjoyed reading the sto More...

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May 15, 2009

Caroline rated it:

All Annie wants is true love...but her boyfriend is in love with his car. So she wishes herself back to "romantic" times, and boom! There she is. The story of her True Love Journey is a funny and, yes, romantic one, but the only problem I had with this book was that her idea of the early twentieth century was almost exactly how it turned out to be. It was all romantic and stuff, even if there were some downsides that Annie had not foreseen.
Then again, that's why they call it fict

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Nov 20, 2008

Samantha rated it:

One of my students recommended that I read this book. I was a little skeptical at first because this isn't the type of book I usually read. However, this was the same student who advised me to read the books in the Twilight series, and I loved those. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It is a love story and the main character travels back and forth throgh time. I think this book is suitable for middle school and high school age students. I might offer this book at t More...

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Dec 08, 2011

Grant rated it:

I chose to read this book, because I found it strikingly similar to the premise of a book described on an episode of "Grey's Anatomy." The book is a quick and somewhat enjoyable read and offers a unique view into the struggles of women in 1895 vs. the women of 1995. However, the romance (an important element of the book) between the two main characters was somewhat laughable. Annie and Strat know nothing of each other or of each others worlds - they know only that they love each other More...

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May 12, 2011

Helen rated it:

I read this to see if the AR UG rating meant it was inappropriate for my elementary school students, and found it really should be in middle school instead. So I'm going to send it up to the middle school, along with the rest of the series. I enjoyed it, but it was about a HS girl who travels to the past accidentally at a mansion that is being torn down. She falls in love with the boy who lives there but there are several sexual scenes that are too old for my kids.

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Mar 08, 2011

lisa rated it:

Why my thirteen year-old time-travel obssessed self never came across this inter-century adolescent romance when it was first published in 1995, I'll never know. But, I'm sure that I would have loved "Both Sides of Time" as much then as I do now. At times, I felt that Cooney was trying too hard to make sure that her book was a "historical" novel that was also "educational" (stressing and re-stressing, for example, the resticted role of women in 1895 and the dominant More...

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Jan 22, 2011

Jenny rated it:

Annie is tired of being ignored by Sean, her boyfriend. She drifts through the old mansion, daydreaming of a more romantic era, full of beautiful gowns and attentive gentlemen. Suddenly, she falls through time and finds herself in the 1890s. She meets Strat, the wealthy heir to the mansion and falls in love. But her arrival upsets everything around her, and Annie faces a painful choice, to go back and hurt no one else, or stay and destroy those around her.

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Jul 19, 2010

Sandra rated it:

In the beginning of this series, protagonist Annie Lockwood, a 15 year old romantic with a very unromantic boyfriend accidentally slips through time to 1895, witnesses a murder there, and falls in love. However, she is brought up short to realize she's disturbing the lives of everyone she cares for "on both sides of time." This emphasis on what Annie learns keeps the book from being totally superficial light reading.

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Aug 22, 2011

Melody added it

I have read this book a long time ago. I well reread , and then write a proper review. Although I remember liking it alot . It was a historical , time travel novel with a main ( strong?) female protaganist that accidentaly travels in time and meets her true love in Egypt , although he is betrothed to another. And the main character needs to decide if she should stay in the past , or return to her future , alone.

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Feb 21, 2011

Lady rated it:

Gotta admit that I was not a big fan of this. While I do understand that this was published in the 1990s and was directed to younger teenage girls, it struck me as very 'cheesy' romantic. However, that is what the target demographic likes, and to a certain extent that is how many teenage relationships go/seem like. I will persist and read the sequel, but I may not continue past that.

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Nov 09, 2011

Katie rated it:

This book is very simply written but beautiful. I can't recall how many times I have reread it. I must have started reading the series between ages 12-14 and now, at 22, I still love to read them.

The idea of a true love/soul mate existing generations before, in another time and space, is wonderfully portrayed in this series and beautiful. One of my favorite love stories :)

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Mar 23, 2010

Samantha rated it:

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Feb 18, 2009

Cheryl rated it:

This is definately a young adult type of book and is a very fast and easy read. She is one of my favorite young adult writers (has been since I was a young adult)and it is amazing to me that there are still books of hers I have missed. This series is great. I really liked the romance and concept of this book. It's just a fun and breezy read.

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Nov 29, 2008

Karen rated it:

Sometime the book felt a little underdeveloped (which happens with some YA books, especially by this author) and other parts didn't seem to need as much as they were given. (I didn't need POV sections from Ada or as much from Walk, for example.) Otherwise, the story is decent and enough to keep me reading the remaining books in this series.

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Jun 18, 2009

Ali rated it:

I read this book in 6th grade, and it basically STARTED my passion for time travel literature. I was fascinated by the "fish out of water" feeling that the protagonist experienced, and how she learned to adapt to a different time than the one she was accustomed to. Now I can't get enough of that kind of writing. When it's good, of course.

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May 22, 2011

Alysia rated it:

I remember absolutely loving this book when I was younger. Probably about 11 or 12 I think? I remember also just loving Caroline B. Cooney. She is such a great author for that pre-teen age. Its funny, because even to this day I still love Time Travel Books. I just progressed from this series, to Outlander. :)

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Mar 25, 2010

Catherine rated it:

This is the first in a series of four books that I read many years ago. I love books and movies where people go back in time or into the future. I highly recommend these books. They are quick reads, and I couldn't quit thinking about them after I read them.

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May 02, 2010

Lanita rated it:

I needed some light reading and this series most definitely fit the bill. This is a cheesy, clean, love story with a time travel twist. I found Annie, one of the main characters, annoying, but I am easily entertained and had fun with these books.

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Nov 11, 2008

Andrea rated it:

I found this book to be an enjoyable read. It is aimed at the middle school and high school level. The one thing that surprised me is that this book is not complete on its own. The ending leads directly into the sequel, it is not a stand alone book. I plan to read the three other books that are part of this series when I have a chance. In this story, Annie "falls through time" and ends up a century before her time. Since Annie feels a bit out of step in her own time, it is seduct More...

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