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I can‘t resist the enigma of time travel 🕰️. Poignant story of pregnancy, loyalty, motherhood, widowhood, and reconciliation 💝💔❤️‍🩹

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When Carly learns her pregnancy is threatened by a heart defect in the baby, it‘s lucky that her brother in law time traveled from a decade with the technology to help.

An interesting, soft sci fi book. Slow, & very character focused. I liked the play of the time travel & when characters know different things. I wish we could have gotten more of Carly‘s character beyond “Mother” though. & everything wrapped up a little quickly for me.🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

#BeginsWith #Dream

Okay here‘s my stack. Sorry it‘s always hard to narrow it down bc they are all calling my name 🤦‍♀️. Let me know which ones piqued your interest @Kayla.Adriena @sharread @LiteraryinLawrence

Overall Rating 5⭐ | Narration 😕 = Should‘ve had more narrators
There is something about a time-travel story that gets me every time...I really love the fish-out-of-water feel you get when someone from the past time-travels to the future. You know it‘s gotta be surreal. Hmmm...if only, right? Essentially, this story has a lot of heart, a few surprising twists, and a rather perfect ending.

I really enjoyed this book! I didn‘t know what it was about before I started it and I‘m glad, because I may not have picked it had I known it was about time travel. But I‘m happy to say I loved it! To me, the telltale sign of a good book is when I find myself thinking about the characters long after I‘ve finished reading and this is definitely one of those books. Beautifully written. My favorite Diane Chamberlain novel so far.

I only read three books this month but I enjoyed all of them. The Dream Daughter was my favorite, by far.

I picked up these two books at my dollar tree today for my little free library.

The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain... One of my favorite books of the year. I love me a time travel story.

I had no idea what this book was about, went in totally blind. Also had never heard of Diane Chamberlain. I pretty much finished this in one sitting which hasn‘t happened to me for years. You really have to suspend belief but that‘s ok, this one is a super quick read while still having emotion. Perfect for summer. This picture is my dog (Sadie) in the trailer we bought yesterday. I thought I‘d share since it‘s #nationaldogday #doublebookspin

Rating: 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review:
This book was phenomenal especially the time travel storyline!! I also loved Carolyn's character!!

Can't wait to read more by Diane in the future!!!

Starting Book 5 of August and Book 114 of 2020!!!

I completed 7 books this month. Yay! 6 of them were on audio. 3 five ⭐️ reads! I would also highly recommend How Much of These Hills is Gold, but it might not be for everyone. Tagged book was my favorite. #julywrapup

Never been so anxious to find out what happens next in a book, it‘s been quite awhile!
Love love love this book so far, glad a friend recommended it to me.
#readathon #julypicks

I am absolutely loving this book. I‘m all teared up most of the time listening to it. The audio narrator is perfect as Carly. It might have been nice to have a male actor do Hunter‘s voice though. This is likely going to be a 5 ⭐️ for me. I‘m about 40% in.

Whoa....I really loved this book!!! Such an emotional romp through time. Very interesting and engaging!! A young woman is pregnant with a baby who has a heart problem which cannot be solved in her time (1970) and has to time travel to 2001 for fetal surgery to save her baby‘s life. What happens from that point is an emotional ride.4💫
#NorthCarolina

Borrowed this one from @AmyK1! Sadly, not my favorite, as I was a little bored for most of it. The end was really good though!

I gave it 4,5 star. Its was amazing and surprise me. I would say its contemporary and science fiction. It's really a unique story and I loved every bit of it ❤. Just read it

Wow!! I have loved Chamberlain‘s writing for years, but I have been trying to repress my binge-reading ways by going through her extensive backlog since my 2013 discovery of her more slowly... This one, last year‘s release, totally blew me away!! It‘s a different direction in some ways and had me totally hooked! I certainly didn‘t plan on listening to this whole book in a day!! But I loved it!! I laughed; I cried... wonderful!! #Audiocoloring

Some severe weather came in, canceling our lunch plans, so in we stay.

Happy Monday All! I hope y‘all enjoyed your extra hour for the end of Daylight Savings. I managed to get 7 books in, I totally feel that my reading slump is over.

Full my full recap, visit my blog at: http://obsessedbookaholic.com/2019/11/04/weekly-reading-round-up-november-4-2019...

This is my first book that I have read by Chamberlain. I have had it on my shelf since it came out last year, but decided to read it, because the Currently Reading podcast is doing a book club for their Patrons. First thought, I am so happy I read this. It was just a lovely story.

For my full review, please visit my blog at: http://obsessedbookaholic.com/2019/11/02/the-dream-daughter-book-review/

This was a good audiobook to listen to while I quilt. It wasn‘t too outlandish to believe. It had relatable characters and good emotion.

My favorite book of 2019 so far, an incredible 5🌟 read!
#mbcreadathon
#MBCfrogsread12

Another book that isn‘t my usual type to read but wow! An incredible story about a mom who is willing to do anything to make sure her daughter survives. Even if it means time travel. This is an incredible story!

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Loved it...left me with “good book hangover”!

I am hosting a giveaway on Instagram for this book! Head over there and check it out. This book is fantastic. Tag a friend!! https://www.instagram.com/p/BzId6Ecg-qw/?igshid=1uxr3w3yvs9e2

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wow. I loved this so much. Without giving much away, I will say this is a page turner. I was so emotionally invested in this, and was anxious about the events throughout this whole book. I had to take breaks even though I wanted to read it in one sitting. This was so much more than I thought it was going to be. ❤️

What to read today?...decisions, decisions. 🤔 I really should just stick with one book. haha 🤣

It is between: The Dream Daughter or Shadow of Night.

I‘m still reading Written In My Own Heart‘s Blood, but taking a break (I want to finish it closer to her next book release, I think). 😉

BTW - Sarah‘s Key is on sale for $2.99 (Kindle version)

3.5/5

Chamberlain is a hit or miss author for me, but this was (mostly) a hit. She still doesn‘t quite pull off the southern voice, but her craft improves with each book. The plot kept my attention, and kept me trying to figure out how she would resolve things.

1. Tagged book for book club; Henry IV Part 2 for #shakespearereadalong; O Pioneers! for #catherbuddyread; The Little Friend, just because.
2. Open Meetings and Local Government in NC (jealous yet?)
3. Blue.
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

1. tagged;
2. Lots of dining and lots of church;
3. Yes!
4. Aiden;
5. 👍🏻
#friyayintro @howjessreads

Time travel.....is changing the chain of events, to change the future a wise choice? I cant wait to see if Carly will chose time travel, to save her unborn baby with a heart condition......is she chooses to travel forward in time, how will this effect her fetus....and her?
This one has me on the edge of my seat.....just starting and loving it....

Wow! I cannot say enough great things about this one!! I loved the writing style and was completely invested in it. Carly is pregnant and lives in 1970. She finds out her daughter has a serious heart problem and there is no medical procedure to help her. Her brother-in-law Hunter has a solution, but can Carly pull it off!? My heart broke, I celebrated successes, found myself surprised and kept imagining myself in her situation. Check this one out!

I have enjoyed every Diane Chamberlain book I‘ve read so far. I was excited to hear about this one and see all the good reviews!

After a day filled with 4 visits and an afternoon/evening of babysitting 3 boys (and getting my finger pinched at the park causing several layers of skin to rip off - ouch) I cannot wait to sit down, relax, and start this one!

It‘s 1970 and Carolyn is hit with news her unborn baby has a fatal heart defect. She discovers her physicist brother-in-law is a time traveler from the future when he intervenes sending her to the year 2011 for an advanced fetal heart surgery (being done at that time in history.) #turnbacktime

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I love this story!! It is about a girl whose husband dies in Vietnam. She finds out she is pregnant. However, the baby has a heart problem that cannot be fixed in 1970. You will be surprised by the solution. Highly recommend.

This was such a different book for the author and I really enjoyed twisting through the various times and situations of the characters. I can‘t say that I would have made the same choices that they did but I found it interesting to see how they came to them. My favorite part was watching the main character navigate the many social, cultural, and technological differences in the future timeline. A very enjoyable read! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Excellent read. I loved this book and it was totally unexpected from Diane Chamberlain. I‘ve read a number of her books, this is the first one that pushes reality. Or could it be possible? This book reminded me of The Time Traveler‘s Wife.

A great time slip novel that makes you think. A little different than her typical books but still a great one.

Happy New Year! 🥳🌈 All of these books were on my 2018 TBR that I didn‘t get around to reading. I‘m going to try to prioritize these in 2019.

Have you read any of them? Any you loved or hated?

Also pictured is my fabulous new 2019 bookish planner! I‘m in love with it and can‘t wait to start filling it out!

#rainbowstack #rainbowbookstack #rainbowbooks #bookspines #thegreeneyedreader

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Finished this one last night. Love this author. I have no hesitation in HIGHLY recommending this one.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was addicting. I'm not a huge fan of time travel but this was so well done I needed to find out what was going to happen!!

I really didn‘t think I‘d enjoy this book since it involved time travel, boy was I wrong. This was not my first Diane Chamberlain book, but I was concerned that it would be heavy on the science fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it got me out of my book funk.

Diane Chamberlain adds a touch of science fiction to her signature style in The Dream Daughter. The result is a charming, heart-tugging story about the depth of a mother's love & the lengths to which she will go for the sake of her child's well-being.⭐⭐⭐⭐
Full review: https://tinyurl.com/yavlxz29

Holy cow this was good!👍🏻
5 ☆ for a deeply moving story I couldn‘t help but get caught up in. In 1970 Caroline is hit w/heart-wrenching news, her husband‘s been killed in Vietnam + her unborn baby has a fatal heart defect. Unbeknownst to her, her brother-in-law is a time traveler. He intervene‘s sending her to 2011 to save her unborn daughter‘s life. A true treasure of the depths a mother will go through for the love of her child. Recommending!