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A book set in two different time periods
Does it count of it's six different periods?
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For me it would count, I'm reading the category as "set in two (or more) time periods" - but that's just my personal interpretation. I mean, if it's set in six, then it's set in two, plus four extra! The category doesn't say "set in exactly two time periods," after all.
For this prompt, I read All the Missing Girls which was a book I received from Netgalley. I was very happy to see that it fit into one of my prompts for this challenge. The background of this story is about a woman who returns to her town after 10 years and gets involved in the case of the disappearance of a girl related to a very similar case that happened 10 years before. It was a very good read and I recommmend it to anyone who likes suspense/thrillers!
Angie ☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆ wrote: "I was just wondering if The Joy Luck Club could apply for this one? :) happy reading friends!"Definitely - I just re-read this and the mothers in the club flash back to their time in China before moving to the US.
For this one I read "A God in Ruins" by Kate Atkinson. Her works never fail to disappoint. She moved into new depths with "Life After Life" and "A God in Ruins" is not a sequel but rather a companion to it for lack of a better word. Many of the same characters but very different point of view.
Would The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern fit into this prompt?
If you like YA Urban Fantasy, Signal to Noise by Silvia Garcia-Morena is set in the 1980's and the present day and tells the story of three teenagers who discover the magic of music - literally.
Megan wrote: "The Wedding Dress would have been a good one for this category but I already read that this year.I'm thinking of The Last Letter from Your Lover."
I just finished The Wedding Dress per your recommendation. I loved it and I want to thank you. I never would have found it without your input. Thanks again.
The Silent Country was definitely set in two time periods and is a book I would recommendFortune Cookie is another one I would recommend for this category
I just finished (and highly recommend) Between Nowhere and Lost by Alexandra Christle. Most takes place in the 1960's, but a few scenes and chapters take place later. Also it would work as a 2017 release.
I read Black Dogs by Ian McEwan for this one. It takes place in both the years directly following WWII and 20 years later.
Emily wrote: "Would The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern fit into this prompt?"Hi Emily! I suppose you could make a case for this as the chapters do jump around years. From what I remember, the time jump is never big - like maybe a year or two? - but it's been several years since I read it. I say read it then pick a task to slot it into - the book is just sooooo good! :)
Ashley wrote: "Emily wrote: "Would The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern fit into this prompt?"Hi Emily! I suppose you could make a case for this as the chapters do jump around years. From what I remember, the t..."
If you decide that it doesn't fit, the book has a red spine. It also involves travel, since it's about a traveling circus.
If you ever listen to audiobooks, I'd highly recommend this one. I listened to it a few years ago, and it was so good that when the disc started skipping on a road trip, I had to find the nearest Barnes and Noble so I could buy the book and keep listening past the skips!
I just started Not My Father's Son - it is a memoir where (in the first part at least) the author goes back and forth between his childhood and adulthood.I think that should work for a book set in two different time periods?
Read "Citizens"-Kevin Curran.Contrasts the unlikeable raging materialism of an Irish millenial with the generosity of spirit of his greatgrandfather who took part in the Easter Uprising in 1916.
Also some murder and corruption!
Excellent read despite the unpleasant "Neil".
Laura wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Emily wrote: "Would The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern fit into this prompt?"Hi Emily! I suppose you could make a case for this as the chapters do jump around years. From what I ..."
Hi :) Thanks for the recommendation - I think I'll use it as the book involving travel. I ended up choosing Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children for the book set in two different time periods, as it switches between 1940 and the present day.
I just read Emmy & Oliver and used it for this prompt. It's a quick read but there are chapters that take place earlier in their childhood. It's a cute YA book.
Is anyone reading Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet for this one?
I decided to use The Marvels for this task as I was also reading it for another reading challenge. Such a beautiful story! I love Brian Selznick and will pretty much read every book he writes. I definitely recommend!Side note: Selznick's other book, Wonderstruck, could also fit this task as it takes place between two different times.
I am reading a book set 5 years apart. Is this considered two different time periods?there has been some arguement that it needs to be a larger gap. What do you think?
My favourite Author at the moment. NICOLE ALEXANDER. Any of her books will work for this category. She writes alot of Australian fiction. Really enjoyable. Big plus from me!!
Nicole wrote: "I am reading a book set 5 years apart. Is this considered two different time periods?there has been some arguement that it needs to be a larger gap. What do you think?"
Personally I would go for a book with a bigger gap in time. I think the 'different time period' suggest a contrast/comparison in differing societal norms, etc.. rather than an individual characters change in a 5 year change...
Though if the book you read has a big shift within those 5 years - going from peace to War time (or vice versa) or the country going from financial security to crises (or vice versa) you can make a case that the book is on the cusp of two different time periods.
Would Marcus Sedgwick's The Ghosts of Heaven work for this one? The prompt says TWO different time periods, and TGoH is set in 4 different eras so I'm not sure if it's too much lol
No such thing as too much! Go for it! :D
Sanasai wrote: "No such thing as too much! Go for it! :D"Phew! Thanks :D I've been wanting to read that one for a long time. Have you seen the cover? Its GORGEOUS.
I just finished Behind Her Eyes and I think it would work for this prompt. I also think it works for unreliable narrator, and a story within a story!
I read Ali Smith's How To Be Both. It has two narratives, one focused on an Italian Renaissance painter and the other on a 21st century teenage girl living in England.
Just finished "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children", and it's set in 2 time periods.Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
And miss peregrine's has pictures. Two for one!
I'm currently reading Justice Delayed by Patricia Bradley for the red spine prompt, but I wonder if it would also fit here. The book is about a crime that occurred in the past and it has some "flashbacks" to the time of the crime. I'd really like to use it here if it would fit. What do y'all think?
Betty wrote: "I'm currently reading Justice Delayed by Patricia Bradley for the red spine prompt, but I wonder if it would also fit here. The book is about a crime that occurred in the past and it has some "flas..."It's your call, but personally I would count it if the flashbacks are a big part of the book, not if they're some "interlude" in the main story.
Pioup wrote: "Betty wrote: "I'm currently reading Justice Delayed by Patricia Bradley for the red spine prompt, but I wonder if it would also fit here. The book is about a crime that occurred in the past and it ..."That is what I was kind of thinking, too, but I wanted to see what others were doing. I'm not terribly far into the book, so I don't know how much it will have about the earlier time period. At least I can use it for the red spine prompt. Or even the 2017 book prompt.
Thank you so much!
Megan wrote: "The Wedding Dress would have been a good one for this category but I already read that this year.I'm thinking of The Last Letter from Your Lover."
Megan, was The Wedding Dress good? The plot sounds like it might be my type of book!
I'm about 60% done with Early One Morning. I love WWII books, so I picked this one up with high hopes. It's okay. The storyline is fairly interesting, but I'm not sure how much I really enjoy the characters. It'll probably be a 3/5 stars for me.
I'll Give You the Sun is told from two perspectives, each set some years apart.. and it's one of my favs!
I read A Fall of Marigolds. It was a wonderful story set in 1911 after the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and in 2011 around the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The main characters are each grieving a loss from the two disasters and their connection through a scarf.
Julie wrote: "I loved To Say Nothing of the Dog. However, I could not read it in print. It bogged me down - but the audio is delightful. And it is a future/past book.Also I second Miss Pereg..."</i>
Does anyone know if the 2nd book in this series [book:Hollow City also jumps between time periods, therefore would work here? I've already read the first.
TIA!
I definitely didn't see myself reading non-fiction for this but The Science Delusion: Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers didn't fit anywhere else for me and it contrasts modern science with the Romantic poets. But it sucks, so I wouldn't recommend it.For the person asking about A Wrinkle in Time - later in the series there's a book where the twins go back to the time of Noah's Ark and that would work. Can't think of the title offhand.
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I read it for "been on your TBR list too long" but it would also fulfill "set in two time periods" - the story is about a young assistant professor in her late twenties (university is un-named, but I assumed it was University of Toronto - the author went to McGill but this is set in Ontario, not Quebec, so it can't be McGill), remembering the story of her youth twenty years ago in far northern Ontario.
I know twenty years doesn't seem like much, but her life changed so much that it felt very much like two different periods.
I recommend The Prestige for this one. In addition to the portion that takes place in the late 1800's that was used for the film, there is a whole modern day storyline that was cut out of the movie!
I just finished The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey by Dawn Anahid MacKeen for this prompt. Reads like a novel. Follows two timelines. One, the author's grandfather during his escape from the Armenian genocide in Turkey during WWI. The other is the author's attempt to retrace her grandfather's steps in 2007. This book also sheds some light on current day events in Syria. Wasn't sure I'd like it but it was great!
I read The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo for this task. Nordic crime/mystery set in modern (well, 1999-2000) Sweden and WWII.
Laura wrote: "Hi guys! Anyone know if White Teeth could be used for this prompt? Thanks!!"
It's been a while since I read it so I can't be sure, but I can only remember one main time period (modern). There may have been some flashbacks, but I don't recall it as being set in two time periods.
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I think so. Each chapter is a different year.