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I know many of the U.S. club members are celebrating a holiday right now, but don't let that stop you from dropping in when you have some time. I'll be back Friday to share my thoughts. Maybe I'll have my review ready by then, but who knows. Wherever you are, I look forward to reading your thoughts!
I didn't finish this book. You can check out my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ronel wrote: "I didn't finish this book. You can check out my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."Thanks for sharing your review. Sorry this one wasn't a fit for you, but I love that you keep trying out these titles by our members. Hopefully, the December reads will be a better fit.
Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I was intrigued by this story and want to see how it ends.
1. It's been hard for Joanna to establish her own identity because she lives in the shadow of a famous relative. Outside of the pressure, her family places on her, she also looks like the relative which has its own challenge. I can actually relate to this. While my relative isn't famous, I look a lot like someone else and people often expect me to be able to do the things they do, like sing like a bird, which I definitely can't.
2. I don't think time-travelers should be allowed to take DNA unless they are trying to restore a race of people and or a species of animals, and even then it's highly questionable. I feel like a petition should be signed first and then if it's DNA from a human, they should have to get permission. As far as price goes, I have no idea.
3. As a black person, there aren't many places in time I'd want to travel back to, even to see some of my favorite musicians, but I wouldn't mind going back a few years just to go to one Prince concert before he died.
1. I did not get a chance to read this book but still on my TBR list. 3. I don't really want to travel back in time and not sure I'd want to travel to a future I was not born into, but I like the concept. I enjoy time travel books and all the unexpectedness that creates in the storytelling.
Juneta wrote: "1. I did not get a chance to read this book but still on my TBR list. 3. I don't really want to travel back in time and not sure I'd want to travel to a future I was not born into, but I like the..."
Like you, I enjoy time travel stories, but I have no desire to travel in time, even to the future. That's all I need, to travel 100 years in the future to realize that society, though advanced, hasn't improved much at all.
Toi wrote: "Ronel wrote: "I didn't finish this book. You can check out my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."Thanks for sharing your revie..."
We can just hope! Looking at my reviews the last couple of months (fiction and non-fiction), I'm turning into a picky reader!
Please provide your answers to as many or as few of the questions as you’d like in the comments below. Feel free to ask more questions if you’d like.
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1. Joanna’s family history plays a big role in how she perceives herself. What are the positive and negative ways families and genetics affect her identity?
2. Should the time travelers request permission to take DNA samples from the alternate universe, even if the people never know the true purpose for the samples? What would be fair compensation?
3. Lyon’s Legacy was partly inspired by the author’s love for a famous rock group that she never got to see perform. If you could travel to the past to meet someone, who would it be and why? What would you want to bring back with you?
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Thank you, Sandra Ulbrich Almazan, for inspiring these wonderful questions.
Feel free to also share your reviews and or thoughts on the book in your comments.