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Last Year
Last Year | Robert Charles Wilson
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Two events made September 1st a memorable day for Jesse Cullum. First, he lost a pair of Oakley sunglasses. Second, he saved the life of President Ulysses S. Grant. In the near future of Robert Charles Wilson's Last Year, the technology exists to open doorways into the past--but not our past, not exactly. Each "past" is effectively an alternate world, identical to ours but only up to the date on which we access it. And a given "past" can only be reached once. After a passageway is open, it's the only road to that particular past; once closed, it can't be reopened. A passageway has been opened to a version of late 19th-century Ohio. It's been in operation for most of a decade, but it's no secret, on either side of time. A small city has grown up around it to entertain visitors from our time, and many locals earn a good living catering to them. But like all such operations, it has a shelf life; as the "natives" become more sophisticated, their version of the "past" grows less attractive as a destination. Jesse Cullum is a native. And he knows the passageway will be closing soon. He's fallen in love with a woman from our time, and he means to follow her back--no matter whose secrets he has to expose in order to do it. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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PurpleyPumpkin
Last Year | Robert Charles Wilson
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I finally had a chance to tally up my 2023 reads and update my Goodreads list. I‘m quite happy with the end result although I‘d have preferred that I‘d stuck with my goal of reading mostly my own books. There‘s just so many good ones at my library!😅 I‘m going to try to make more of a dent in my TBR this year. And I‘ve upped my GR goal from 60 to 75 books. 🤞🏽Hope everyone has an amazing reading year in 2024!💜
(January 4, 2024)

TieDyeDude 🎉 🤘 4mo
marleed You could apply my theory to library loans… I few years back I saw a breakdown on my taxes and I think it was $245 went toward my public library. So let‘s say I can get new books at a discounted $15. That means I need to read 16 books to nullify my tax cost. Same theory after 16+, I start subtracting $15 from my tax bill for each book read! …So, now it‘s totally justified when I hit my library TBR over my physical TBR! 4mo
PurpleyPumpkin @marleed That‘s a fantastic approach! Looking at it this way, I HAVE to use the library for at least some of my yearly reading. I like it! Thanks so much for sharing!🙌🏽 4mo
marleed @PurpleyPumpkin Absolutely, I don‘t consider my library use as free until I‘ve surpassed 16 loans. Then I still don‘t think of it as free so much as making tax dollars work to my advantage. 4mo
UwannaPublishme Wow!!! Way to go! 🥳🙌🏻📚📚📚 4mo
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PurpleyPumpkin
Last Year | Robert Charles Wilson
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Happily, I surpassed my GR goal of reading 60 books in 2022. For 2023, I‘m hoping to read 60 books again, with a chunkster or two in there. I‘m also not doing as many challenges but rather focussing on reading books I already own. It‘s time to make a dent in my voluminous TBR stack! Wishing you all a wonderful reading year in 2023! 📚
(January 1, 2023)

MaleficentBookDragon I agree. Have you signed up for the GR Mount TBR Challenge 2023? It‘s for knocking books off your owned stack. 1y
PurpleyPumpkin @MaleficentBookDragon I have! That challenge is going to be my main focus this year. Thanks for mentioning it!😉 1y
Texreader Whoohoo!! 1y
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UwannaPublishme Yay for you! My goal was 50 and I wound up reading 62. I see we both had a great year. 👍🏻 I‘ll have to check out the Mt TBR challenge. 1y
PurpleyPumpkin @UwannaPublishme Yay for you too! Yes, do check out Mt TBR. It‘s a low key challenge that helps to keep me focussed!😅 1y
UwannaPublishme I just signed up! Thx for the idea. Thought I‘d start with Pike‘s Peak. How about you? 1y
PurpleyPumpkin @UwannaPublishme 🙌🏽 I‘m climbing Mt Vancouver. At 24 books, I didn‘t summit last year. But I did summit in 2021! Here‘s hoping I make it again this year.🤞🏽 (edited) 1y
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PNWBookseller85
Last Year | Robert Charles Wilson
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Top 10 of 2022. Narrowed down quite easily from 90 titles.

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Twainy
Last Year | Robert Charles Wilson
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🎧 THIS WAS FUN!!

In the future a corporation makes its fortune taking people on trips back in time to visit the 1870‘s where their portal remains for 5 years in the basement of Future City then closes forever. Time isn‘t linear. There‘s infinite pasts. This is never explained but how could you so it was just good fun!

Fun book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+ 👇🏻👇🏻

Twainy Jesse Cullen is a Local from the current time that is on a protection detail & saves President Grant from being assassinated. The Gunman has a future gun which shouldn‘t be possible so an investigation ensues that takes Jesse & Elizabeth from the future as his partner into Jesse‘s dark past & more is revealed about Future City.

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Twainy Jesse is a great character as you get to see future tech, community & lifestyle through his innocent eyes. It‘s like DATA from ST-TNG.

Scott Brick did a fine job narrating.
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PurpleyPumpkin
Last Year | Robert Charles Wilson
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2019 wasn‘t my most stellar year of reading, but it wasn‘t bad. I didn‘t quite reach my GR goal of 75 books, but I‘m satisfied with this finish. On to 2020!👍🏽😉📚

UwannaPublishme Way to go! 👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🏻👍🏻 4y
readordierachel Well done! 👏🏼🎉 4y
mrp27 🎉👏🏽📚 4y
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TEArificbooks
Last Year | Robert Charles Wilson
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Got my last book done with minutes to spare. Now for the hard decision of which book to read first in 2019. It sets the tone for the whole year.

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closethipster
Last Year | Robert Charles Wilson
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I go to the kitchen for one minute...

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Bookfan13
Last Year | Robert Charles Wilson
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This was a fascinating read! I always enjoy Robert Charles Wilson's writing....the end felt unfinished though, hoping that there will be a sequel.