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Thunder of Time

Dinosaurs in Space Author: James F. David I’ve been relieving my childhood dinosaur obsession since Jurassic World Rebirth. I have replaced my bathroom toilet paper holder with a T-Rex (because I’m classy like that), bought (and worn!) three different sets of dinosaur themed pajamas, re-watched every Jurassic Park movie (some multiple times), made a Jurassic Park themed cake (with the T-Rex attacking the car from the first movie), and, of course, hit up ever dinosaur themed book in my library. When I came to Footprints of Thunder, I enjoyed the nod to a traditional Michael Crichton book and the look at [...]

Reading List: Time-Traveling Romances

If you think books about time travel are all nerdy sci-fi and not enough passion, think again! This hand-picked selection of novels explores the romantic possibilities — and complexities — that arise when past, present, and future collide. While the methods of transportation vary from stone pillars to malevolent houses to good old unexplained authorial magic, you’re guaranteed to swoon in delight as these chronologically challenged lovers find each other across time. All Our Wrong Todays Author: Elan Mastai Technically, I guess this is more of an alternate-timeline book than time travel, but it’s so fun and cleverly executed, who [...]

Shining Girls, The

Shine On Author: Lauren Beukes Spoiler Alert: Minor character spoilers in the time-travel analysis section. Won’t ruin the book. I’m slowly working my way through my own summer 2013 fiction reading list (one downside of living in the highly literate city of Seattle is that there’s tons of competition for hot library books). The Shining Girls made a lot of must-read lists this season for its fresh twist on the serial-killer theme: a would-be victim turns the tables, going on the hunt for her attacker. This is complicated by the fact that he can travel in time, aided by a [...]

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