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backtoblue

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14. Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 08:15 PM

Jan 2019

Last edited Sun Jan 27, 2019, 11:28 PM - Edit history (1)

It's a companion novel to her All Souls Trilogy.

ETA a short excerpt....

"It took me eighteen hours to bring that boy into the world, and no time at all for some idiot with a gun to steal him away." Mistress Bishop pulled a small bottle out of her pocket. "War is such a waste of women's time."

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What Fiction are you reading this week, January 27, 2019? [View all] hermetic Jan 2019 OP

... FirstLight Jan 2019 #1

The Abridged Field Guide to North American House Creatures violetpastille Jan 2019 #2

Same one as last week. I been slackin. dameatball Jan 2019 #3

I finished "The Flood" by Ian Rankin TexasProgresive Jan 2019 #4

A Quiet Life in the Country by T E Kinsey. Cozy mystery. Very droll and a few parts have Squinch Jan 2019 #5

Yikes hermetic Jan 2019 #8

"The Reckoning" - John Grisham Ohiogal Jan 2019 #6

Yeah, I know what you mean hermetic Jan 2019 #9

The Overstory by Richard Powers Ohiya Jan 2019 #7

I'm so pleased hermetic Jan 2019 #10

I like the sound of that Bayard Jan 2019 #11

Thank you, hermetic, for the weekly thread. Going to have to check out Noir. japple Jan 2019 #12

Gosh hermetic Jan 2019 #13

I understand Cather's place in the canon, but she's just not my jam. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #17

Might be too wordy for you, but I really enjoyed it. japple Jan 2019 #19

Just responding to your reads. Don't get me wrong. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #22

Have you read True Grit? Or News of the World? Both japple Jan 2019 #25

Coincident to your post, cilla4progress Jan 2019 #27

Ivan Doig is one of my favorites. I have read most of his work, and have japple Jan 2019 #40

Cool! cilla4progress Jan 2019 #41

I should read True Grit. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #39

Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness backtoblue Jan 2019 #14

Nice quote. hermetic Jan 2019 #15

I keep a notebook backtoblue Jan 2019 #18

Well, maybe not so odd hermetic Jan 2019 #20

Coraline by Gaimen and then Leah on the Offbeat by Albertalli Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #16

Yeah, Coraline hermetic Jan 2019 #21

I could read Gaiman all day, every day. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #23

So, this just happened hermetic Jan 2019 #37

I got that email, too. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #38

"A ghost in the machine" by Caroline Graham The King of Prussia Jan 2019 #24

Interesting hermetic Jan 2019 #32

Everything Drumpf tweets. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2019 #26

Hawaii, Michener Freethinker65 Jan 2019 #28

For sure hermetic Jan 2019 #33

Just started "Primordia III" by Greig Beck. Latest in the Primordia series. dameatball Jan 2019 #29

Ah, this one is just out hermetic Jan 2019 #34

A few matt819 Jan 2019 #30

Awesome! hermetic Jan 2019 #35

Just finished "Botticelli's Muse" by Dorah Blume northoftheborder Jan 2019 #31

That sounds lovely hermetic Jan 2019 #36