6. A book with a dual timeline

[Milena]

Mom2triplets04 wrote: "I can't wait to try this author out. I heard amazing things. I own the book and also have the audio book. I'm reading Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

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I also have never read a book by Kate Morton. Maybe this will be the year.

[Steve]

I'm glancing on books on my TBR and see a description of Let the Great World Spin that suggests it has a dual timeline. Can anyone who's read it confirm that it would work or not work for this prompt?

[Marla]

I'm going to read The House at Riverton by Kate Morton.

[Evelyn]

- What are you reading for this category?


- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
The two timelines covered are 1991 and 2001.

[Carolyn]

Would a time travel romance count? I've read all the Outlander books but wonder if something similar would work...

[Claudia]

Americanah by Adichie works for this category. Her management of time may make readers a little crazy at times but a good read!

[Bonnie]

I’m thinking of reading Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates, or The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis or a Kate Morton book such as Secret Keeper or The House at Riverton.

Ps How do you highlight the book to make it a link to the book in Goodreads? I’m using the Goodreads App on my iphone.

[Pam]

Bonnie- You can’t link from the App but you can link from the desktop version on your phone.

[Celia]

- What are you reading for this category?
The Broken Girls
- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
2014 and 1950

[Joan]

- What are you reading for this category? Bird Box
- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)? 4-5 years - The story would go back 4-5 years and the come back to present day.

[Jennifer]

I am likely going to read The Address by Fiona Davis.

I highly recommend for this category Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.

[Kathy]

What are you reading for this category?
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley

What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
1759 or thereabouts and the present

[Courtney]

What are you reading for this category?
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
past and present

[Alexis]

Light Over London! I already read it for this year and loved it

Timelines:
WWII (gunner girl working in London)
Present day (antiques dealer working outside London)

[Mindy]

I second Life After Life. Really great and perfect for the prompt.

[Jo]

The Winter People The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Timelines: present day and 1900 diary pages.

A very atmospheric read.

[Sarah]

Does anyone know if The Name of the Wind counts? It's on the dual timeline listopia list but the blurb doesn't make it sound like it has multiple timelines

[Elizabeth]

book: The Au Pair

by Emma Rous
its goes back and forth when the main character is a kid to when she's a grownup

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Just a heads up, if you're interested, we are currently voting for this group's Book of the Month for February, and it's focused on this prompt.

You can vote here until January 20th: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

[Matthias]

- What are you reading for this category?
I read Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
Well, there are a number of timelines, but 1944 (the war) and 1967 play major roles

[Taryn Elizabeth]

I'm Listening to Broken Things by Lauren Oliver

The timelines are then and now. Then being 5 years earlier. This also has multiple perspectives but I'm not using this for that because i have many other multiple perspectives coming.

[Sheri]

What are you reading for this category?

Station Eleven

What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?

Overall there was the time before the plague, and 20 years after the plague. There was a bit of jumping around within those two time periods, but that was the basic breakdown.

[Aimee Dars]

I'm reading Pieces of Her, a Karin Slaughter mystery, set in 1986 and 2018.

[Jen]

I went with Severance since it has the pre fever and post fever life of the main character. Did not like it at all though.

[Marie]

I read The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis. It's set in 2016 and 1952, following one main character for each year and alternating chapters. I liked the 1952 story and characters better, but it's interesting how they contrasted and linked together.

[Pamela, Arciform Mod]

Kathy wrote: "What are you reading for this category?
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley

What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
1759 or thereabouts and the present"

i'm doing Bellewether too

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

If y'all are reading The Clockmaker's Daughter for this prompt, Laura just posted the discussion for the ATY Book of the Month!

[K]

Just read Weight of a Piano for another challenge and it was a great book that’ll fit the dual timeline category.

[Rose]

I read Outlander Book#1 by Diana Gabaldon -- first time and loved it!
I believe the years were 1955 and 1755...
I tend to read 19th or 20th century but like this one in the 18th century.

[Tashy]

I'll be reading The Shadow of the Wind as it popped up a lot on recommendations for this prompt and I have had it on my tbr for ages. I need to start and finish this week's prompt first though, falling a little behind

[Laura]

Lots of people are reading the Clockmaker’s Daughter! I’m going for Kate Morton’s The Lake House instead. I think dual timelines are her jam.

[Brittany]

-What are you reading for this category?
Watching Edie by Camilla Way

- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
I’m not sure of the exact amount of time, but it’s definitely years. This is a thriller and all of the chapters are either “before” or “after” and go back and forth between the present and the past from the point of view of its two main characters.

[Milena]

- What are you reading for this category?
The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
1928 and 1974

[Cendaquenta]

What are you reading for this category?
I read The Silent Companions.

What are the timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
There are three:
- set sometime in the late 1860s concerning a patient in a mental hospital (takes place over a few weeks I believe)
- the patient's account of events in 1865-1866 which resulted in her being hospitalized (covers autumn to spring, so several months)
- a diary from 1635 which shows the origin of the events in the 1860s (covers a few months)

[Trish, Annular Mod]

I decided on Kindred by Octavia E Butler, as it sounds

- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
LA June-July 1976, which is the POV character's home timeline
1806ish-1831ish, Maryland, which is where she keeps being called to, to save her ancestor

Definitely a better class of time travel book.

[Sara]

- What are you reading for this category?
A Desperate Fortune
- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
2015 and 1732--and both very well done.

[LukasmummyReads]

I don't think anyone has mentioned Timebound by Rysa Walker yet, I read it last year and it's really really good.

[Janet]

Just finished Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear for this prompt. The story was told from present-day, with chapters flashing back to the 90s to provide a backstory from the main character's childhood.

My mini-review of sorts:

A solid addition to the British police procedural genre. The story held my interest and had several plausible plot twists that made me continue to wonder how the story would play out. Sympathetic flawed heroine. Did find the ending/last plot twist slightly problematic, as it seemed almost 'too' perfect of an ending/explanation. Still a good read and I look forward to the next in what may be a series.

[dalex]

For this topic I read My Real Children by Jo Walton, which tells two possible life stories of the protagonist based on one crucial decision. I found it engrossing, clever, unique, and thought-provoking.

I definitely recommend it for anyone who is looking for something different for this topic and/or those who are not fans of the standard formulaic dual timeline type books.

[Sue]

I have just read Black Mirror by Gail Jones. The timelines are 1980s, and 1930s, looking back on lives.

[Lauren]

I was going to listen to The Broken Girls, but then I started reading Die Again and realized it had a dual timeline, so I ended up reading it instead.

The two timelines are present day Boston and Botswana 6 years previously.

[Samantha]

- What are you reading for this category? The Chalk Man
- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)? 1986 and 2016

[Jean]

What are you reading for this category? Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly- What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
Modern times versus French Revolution.

[Marie (UK)]

I read Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - I have read this before and thought it would be an easy read - I thought i had enjoyed it quite a lot the first time. Obvioulsy my tastes have changed because i found it fragmented and uninspiring.

[MN]

I read Peter May, Runaway for this category, which is set in 1965 and 2015.

[SadieReadsAgain]

What are you reading for this category?
Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate

What are the two timelines covered (i.e. years, hours, etc.)?
Current day, featuring the character Avery, and 1939+ featuring the character Rill.

Review
This is a book that winds its gentle Southern tendrils round you, and before you know it you're dragged into something much darker. A fictionalised account of the adoption scandal in Tennessee in the 1930's - where children were removed from their parents under often dubious circumstances and kept in poor conditions until they could be sold to the highest bidder - this book really surprised me. I was worried it was going to be another poorly written misery-lit, but it is sensitive, with moments of real insight. I loved the dual timeline, and felt the story was really balanced between Rill and Avery's stories. At first I wasn't that crazy about the modern storyline, but I warmed to it when it became more about uncovering the family secret. I had never heard of the scandal on which this story is based, but I feel those who were real life victims are honoured rather than exploited in this book. The characters are well formed and the story is paced just right to keep you turning the pages without relying on sensationalism. Considering the topic, this is a warming story of strength and family love that exceeded my expectations.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I just finished The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton.

It had multiple perspectives as well as timelines... we read from two different points of view set in 2017, then we have chapters here and there that are set in different times, like 1862, 1899, 1928, 1940.

I love dual timeline books, but this one had a bit too much going on, with a lot of characters across multiple timelines and not much predictability when shifting between timelines. I actually had to map out the characters and times so I could keep them straight.

[Aimee Dars]

Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham , a young adult novel, is set in 1921 before and during the Tulsa Race Riot and in the present day.

[Wendy]

I just realized that Here and Now and Then works for this! (I originally penciled it into "something blue" because of the cover.

A time traveling agent gets stuck in 1996, gets married, has a daughter...and then is pulled back to his original time of 2143, but has to somehow save his daughter in the past.

[Jeimy]

I read Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney. It actually has three timelines: when the narrator is in a coma, the events leading up to the coma, and diaries about the narrator's childhood.