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Time and Time Again
Time and Time Again: A Novel | Ben Elton
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If you had one chance to change history...Where would you go? What would you do? Who would you kill? In Time and Time Again, international best-selling author Ben Elton takes readers on a thrilling journey through early 20th-Century Europe. It's the first of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth. No one he has ever known or loved has been born yet. Perhaps now they never will be. Stanton knows that a great and terrible war is coming. A collective suicidal madness that will destroy European civilization and bring misery to millions in the century to come. He knows this because, for him, that century is already history. Somehow he must change that history. He must prevent the war. A war that will begin with a single bullet. But can a single bullet truly corrupt an entire century? And, if so, could another single bullet save it?
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rachaich
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You know what, this was better than I'd anticipated. It seemed to borrow plot from other plots but surprised me in veering off in a different way.
Not sure I'd read any others but this was good.

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rachaich
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A book club vote for May.
I've not read any by Ben Elton. I like the blurb, reminds me of many books I've enjoyed, but am dubious about how well written it'll be!

TrishB I love this book ♥️ 12mo
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Balibee146
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I have a mountain of physical and electronic tbr.... But I fancy a re read of this gem!

TrishB Hi 👋 I love this book too. 2y
Balibee146 Hi @TrishB so looking forward to the re read. Hope you are well x 2y
TrishB Same old 👍🏻 hope you‘re all doing ok. 2y
Balibee146 @trisb same here.... All OK just busy now my mother in law is staying and our annexe build is nearly completed for her.... Never have a moment lol 2y
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Djspens
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I finished these two historical fiction books this weekend. One about a southern mother wanting a girl so bad after 6 boys, she decides her latest newborn son will be a girl. And the other contains time travel.. WWI… changing history…but does it make the future better or worse? 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟for both!!

TrishB That Elton is one of my faves 👍🏻 3y
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TheAromaofBooks
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Lots of fun reads in January!! My original goal for #JumpStart2021 was to average 300 pages per day. I didn't quite hit that - I totalled an incredibly round 8888 pages (how???) for the month, so about 287/day. I'm calling it a win, though - and I also thoroughly enjoyed the bingo board!! Thanks so much for hosting @Clwojick & @Lizpixie !!!

Lizpixie Congrats on all those bingos! You did much better than I did🙌🙌 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Lizpixie - Thank you!! I have a weakness for bingo boards of all kinds 😂 3y
Read-y_Picker Omg that‘s a LOT of pages!! 🙌🙌 3y
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TheAromaofBooks @Read-y_Picker - I can't tell you how excited I was when I added yesterday's pages and realized it came out to such a fantastic number! 😂 3y
Clwojick You did great! Thanks for joining us! ♥️ 3y
ishan0986 Those are quite a lot of pages. 👌 🙌 3y
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TheAromaofBooks
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Whaaaat??!! This book was fantastic! It's been a while since I got sucked into this kind of story, where I HAD TO KNOW what was going to happen next! Not a perfect book & if you have a rosy view on the human race (i.e. that, left to their own devices, humans are inherently good) this may not be for you. It's not my usual style in the sense that it's not really a happy book, but I am willing to make exceptions to that rule if the writing is good⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) & the premise well-executed, & this one totally delivered.

#SeparatedbyaPondTour - Cambridgeshire - @Andrew65
#TBRDeckofCards - @Clwojick
#JumpStart2021 - @Lizpixie @Clwojick
#BookSpinBingo
#JoyousJanuary - Book 8/7 - @Andrew65
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Crazeedi Great review, and I definitely agree with premise that people are not inherently good, we are not good and we strive to BE good! Do you have to teach a little one to be bad? Their favorite word, no, we have to teach goodness! 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Crazeedi - Exactly, I don't think that it's impossible for humans to be good, loving, giving, etc., but it isn't always the natural inclination - the strong tend to take from the weak unless they are taught otherwise, & generally our first thought is to protect ourselves & those close to us rather than to think of what's best for the world at large. In this book the question is, if you could change a moment in history, would it make the future ⬇ 3y
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TheAromaofBooks brighter & better? Does history take a downward spiral because of one or two pivotal people or moments, or is our trajectory always going that direction? Despite being a generally upbeat person, I tend to think that humanity in general devolves rather than evolves, despite technological advances. Anyway, this was a fun one - it really isn't a philosophizing book, it just makes the reader think!! 3y
Lucy_Anywhere Such a good book! 3y
Crazeedi @TheAromaofBooks only a people who have morals and values survive, all other civilizations die when they fall into amoral pits. It's a sad fact. We need to know that we will be held accountable for our actions, to keep justice and goodness and freedom alive 3y
Andrew65 Looks good. 3y
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TheAromaofBooks
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#weeklyforecast - already halfway through the tagged book & I am SO HOOKED! The Knockout Queen is an #LMPBC book that's been wandering around the postal service & finally decided to arrive yesterday so it has jumped to the front of the queue. I've had The Newark Earthworks out from the library for MONTHS so time to either read it or send it back! The McManus books are a mystery series he wrote that I haven't gotten around to reading despite ⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) growing up on his other books & loving them. Then my random number generator gave me TWO pioneer books that have been on my shelf for years - The Covered Wagon & The Pioneer Cow. Both are random book sale picks from eons ago. We'll see how far I can get!!

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Cinfhen So glad you‘re loving one of @TrishB favorite books!!! 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Cinfhen - it's so intense!! 3y
TrishB It definitely makes you think! 3y
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dariazeoli
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I‘m posting one book per day from my ever-increasing TBR. No description. No explanation. Just books to read. Join the fun if you want.

Day 42.

#fromthetbrstacks

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BookishTrish
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Mehso-so

A well meaning time traveller (played in my head by Jason Statham) goes back to 1914 to prevent the assassination of Frank Ferdinand. Chaos ensues. The story, action and humour worked for me. The trio of underdeveloped female characters - mother, lover, killer - not so much.

wanderinglynn Jason Statham 😍😍😍 4y
BookishTrish @wanderinglynn Agreed 😍🥰😍 4y
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BookishTrish
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Finally Friday

kspenmoll Yes!!!!! 4y
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BookishTrish
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Thank you #poutinepenpals for your birthday wishes and gifts! I love our little group and so look forward to sinking into these! I‘ve been wanting to read the Ben Elton book forever ❤️💚❤️

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Happy Birthday 🎉🥂 4y
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Debblyliz
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An interesting concept around time travel and changing a pivotal moment in history. I struggled with most of this book until near the end when things became a bit more interesting. Full review here: https://thecuriousmagpie2018.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/review-time-and-time-again...

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Balibee146
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#gratefulreads Day Two
I always hesitate to state a #preferredgenre...too hard to choose... But I do have a lot of loved books that feature time travel and/or alternate realities ⌚📚
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

TrishB I live a bit of time travel too 👍🏻 4y
sblbooks Me too! I think it's actually considered a subgenre of fantasy. The odd thing is fantasy is one of my least favorite genres. 4y
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suvata
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I sure am happy that I didn‘t miss this one. This book is a gripping historical thriller. It‘s the year 2025 when an ex-military man hooks up with a group of academics who have been guarding Sir Issac Newton‘s “secret to time-travel” for 300 years. They have one opportunity to travel to 1914 in order to stop WWI from occurring, thus changing the course of the 20th century. It was great writing, great characters and a great history lesson!

Texreader Awesome review 5y
suvata @Texreader Thank you 5y
Kaila-ann I feel like I need to bump this one up on my TBR list. 5y
suvata @Kaila-ann It‘s so good!!! 5y
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Libby1
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Time travel and historical revisionism plus a dollop of humour from the writer of Blackadder.

I really enjoyed this one.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

TrishB I love this book 💕💕 5y
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Caroline2
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Cambridge Scholars find away to send someone back in time to 1914 to stop the First World War and who do they send....Bear Grylls!!! 😆 I really wanted to love this; the history was spot on and fascinating but I couldn‘t connect to the characters and the plot was kinda meh! Interesting still tho! 👍🏻

Cinfhen Still need to read as the awesome @TrishB gifted this book to me ages ago! 5y
TrishB I love this book ❤️ @Cinfhen 5y
JazzFeathers That cover got me the first time l saw it 😍 5y
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Caroline2 @Cinfhen it‘s good! I think my expectations were maybe too high! 😆 5y
Caroline2 @Cinfhen it‘s good! I think my expectations were maybe too high! 😆 @TrishB (edited) 5y
Caroline2 @JazzFeathers it‘s a lovely front cover isn‘t it! 😍 5y
BookwormM Despite your feelings I really now want to read this 🤣🤣 5y
Caroline2 @BookwormM Good!! Everyone else seemed to really like it so it was prob just me! 🤷‍♀️ 5y
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Caroline2
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I couldn‘t resist this one after @TrishB recommendation! Time travel...WWI...changing history...I‘m in! 🙋‍♀️

Tanisha_A The photograph is niceeee! 😍 6y
MaGoose I agree with @Tanisha_A - it's a nice photo. 😍 6y
Cathythoughts Beautiful pic 💫 6y
TrishB I hope you like it 🤞🏻 6y
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TrishB
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#favouritetimetravelbook #julyinbooks18
Love time travel books and this one is probably my favourite!!

Kristy_K I have this one but have yet to read it. I‘ve never heard any hype surrounding it, so I‘m glad to see you like it! 6y
TrishB @Kristy_K I have definitely posted this a lot 😁 6y
Cinfhen You gifted this to me last year!!!! I‘ve tried to start it twice but I‘m not connecting 😩I‘m gonna keep trying because I‘m sure it‘s brilliant 6y
TrishB @Cinfhen some books just aren‘t for everyone 💕 I loved it though in case you hadn‘t noticed 😘 6y
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ralexist
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This was really really good. All about that eternal question of if you could change one event in history what would it be? But it continues into the next more important question of how would that change affect the history yet to come?

A stand alone, if you enjoy time travel in your books then this should be a must read. Great story with an intriguing twist towards the end!

TrishB One of my all time fav books 👍🏻 6y
Nute Sounds good. I enjoy stories with time travel. Never heard of this book. Checking it out soon! 6y
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nickimags
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Just discovered this book this morning through another #bookblogger. It's really good and only 99p on Kindle in UK at the moment!

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Lidia
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I've been in bed all weekend with a cold so I managed to finish this book today and it was great! Historical fiction and alternate worlds set in Europe in 1914 just before WWI started. Could history really be changed if we could change just one key event? It was really interesting.

JacqMac Hope you feel better. 7y
TrishB One of my fav books 👍 7y
JaclynW Hope you feel better soon! 7y
nickimags Reading this at the mo and it's really good. 6y
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Cinfhen
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Do you know what's better than #bookmail?!? #SurpriseBookMail 🎉😀💕🙌🏻Thank you sooooo much @TrishB for the most wonderful gifts!!! I LOVE it all...especially the fabulous notebook, hilarious card and thoughtful book you choose for me!!!! #LittensAreTheBest 💘💘💘💘💘and how awesome for #FallintoBooks ....all the new #bookmarks you included 🙌🏻❤️😘#ShakespeareAndCompany #Paris 🎭can't wait to read your favorite book! #MadeMyMonday

Cinfhen Honestly, I feel so blessed! Thanks @TrishB 7y
Marchpane How awesome and kind are littens? @trishb you even got Bowie in there! You are winning #septembowie 👏👏 7y
TrishB Yay 😀😀 so glad it got there I was beginning to think it was lost in the post!! Glad you like them 💟 7y
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Cinfhen You're really amazing ❤️so thoughtful & generous! Thank you, I especially appreciated your note @TrishB hope to meet in real life one day 🥂🍻🥂🍻 7y
TrishB That would be awesome wouldn't it!! 💟 one day - we're not that far away! 7y
Reviewsbylola Nice!! 7y
LeahBergen How wonderful! 😍 7y
TrishB @Marchpane Bowie seems to be a constant in my life 😂 7y
minkyb ❣️❣️❣️ 7y
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NikkieLH
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My Sunday sorted....sat in my bean bag (which I won't be able to get out of) reading some more of this thought provoking book

TrishB Love this book 💓 7y
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TrishB
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#timeaftertime #augustgrrrl
@Cinfhen
One of my fav books - history and time travel 😀👍

Melissa_J I've never heard of this one before. It sounds really good! 7y
TrishB @Melissa_J I've gifted this book so many times- I really love it 💝 7y
Cinfhen This does sound fabulous #stacked 7y
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SharonGoforth This sounds really good! Stacking... 7y
Reggie You go to this book's post history and you have 4or 5 different posts for it. Lol Which mean it must be pretty good if it always comes to mind. Stacked. (edited) 7y
TrishB @Reggie lol 😀 once everyone's read it I'll move on! 7y
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NikkieLH
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I've listened to my dad rave about this book for about a year now so it's time I gave it a go and gave it a holiday from my #tbr shelf

TrishB Hope you liked it 👍 7y
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Birdsong28
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Very good. Was gripped all the way through. Questioned my idea of history and how things can spin on a single person or event, even the ending suggested that if something had been done that wasn't done would the whole story I had read would have been totally different. Recommend. 📖📚

9/20 #20BooksofSummer
#TransworldPublishers
#PenquinRandomHouse

TrishB Loved this 👍 7y
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TrishB
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Nikki15 I love Ben Elton! This books sounds great ❤️ 7y
TrishB @Nikki15 it's brilliant. I have given it to so many people as a gift! 7y
Nikki15 @TrishB I like books set in wartime so I really enjoyed Two Brothers and The First Casualty by him 7y
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TrishB @Nikki15 I liked them too - this is even better IMO. 😀 7y
Nikki15 Now I'm really excited to read it!! 7y
TrishB @Nikki15 enjoy 😀 7y
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Lidia
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Second part of my package: 3 books from my favorite genres that look super interesting and by Australian authors. I loved the cute postcards inside each book too. Serena, thank you so much for everything you sent me. It looks like you really took the time to pick things I would really enjoy ❤️. Looking forward to starting these books and the yummy snacks! 😊. #Summersantagoespostal #Summersolsticebookexchange

JoeStalksBeck 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 7y
TrishB Time and Time Again is awesome 💗 7y
CouronneDhiver Woohoo! 7y
MrsMalaprop I do hope you enjoy them. I figured that by choosing Australian authors in the genres you like, then I could be sure you hadn't read them. Time and Time Again was on you TBR too I think? Happy reading 👏. 7y
ferskner 😍😍😍😍 7y
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GlitterGirl
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TrishB
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#tinydancer Ben ELTON - ELTON John.....best I'm doing today.......
#lyricalapril
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KarenUK 🙌🙌💕 7y
Cinfhen Nicely done ✅ 💕 7y
minkyb Good one! 7y
ClairesReads Loved this 7y
TrishB @ClairesReads me too 😀 7y
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Balibee146
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Fantastic book.....anticipated the end twist but it was brilliantly executed and strangely haunting. Quality. T completed #litsyAtoZ #read2017

TrishB One of my favourite books 😀 7y
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aefc1981
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Pickpick

A brilliant read about the adventures of a time traveller where history becomes fiction and fiction becomes history.

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Balibee146
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About halfway through and really enjoying this so far.
Here is a picture of Franz Ferdinand and his gravity defying 'tache to enjoy......

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Balibee146
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Just started this and looking good so far!

Seshat I'm a sucker for time travel. 7y
Balibee146 @Seshat me too!! 7y
TrishB Love this book! I have given it as a present to many people! 7y
Balibee146 @TrishB I feel an all night book binge approaching :-) 7y
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Balibee146
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So I went food shopping with the kids......

TrishB One of my favourite books 😀 Have brought this for quite a few friends! 7y
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aefc1981
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New book... 😄📚

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TrishB
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Same 😀 great book too!
#greatdedication #riotgrams

Clare_Riley I loved this book and have recommended it to some of my book-reading friends! 7y
TrishB Me too 👍😀 7y
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Aaronlisa
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This book had the potential to either be good or be a dud. Time travel is always a device that can ruin a good story. Especially the going back in time to fix a great wrong. This book kept me on my toes and was really enjoyable.

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EnidBiteEm
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This book!, again!!, is one of two that have been my most worthwhile reads to process a year that has been world-wide crappy elections and votes. Maybe somebody had to come back in their time machine and ensure Trump and Turnbull and Brexit prevailed bc the alternatives would have been the catalyst for so much worse? Maybe we're destined to not know? Or maybe this is just the bargaining stage of the 5 Stages Of Grief. Who knows? 🤔🤔🗽🕰

Kalalalatja I hadn't thought of that, but it makes everything a little bit better 👏 7y
TrishB Loved this book 😀 7y
EnidBiteEm @Kalalalatja Re-reading it definitely made me feel better. Elton's exploration of fate and faith is very close to how I think the world works, time-travelling opportunities or not 😀 7y
EnidBiteEm @TrishB I ❤️ all Ben Elton's novels, but this one is my FAVOURITE. 7y
TrishB @EnidBiteEm I prefer his historical books rather than the comedy ones, he is a very talented writer to do so many different styles. Like you, this is my favourite 💙 I have brought this as a gift for quite a few people! 7y
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GlitterGirl
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Nitpickyabouttrains
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Great time travel book. Rules are laid out clear and followed.

TrishB One of my fav books 😀 Did really make you think. 8y
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EnidBiteEm
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If you could go back in time ... Could a single bullet really start a war? Could a single bullet stop one? If you could go back in time and stop some of the biggest madness and suffering the world has ever seen! HOW would you stop it? Like many Ben Eltons, I #couldntputitdown #septphotochallenge #somethingforseptember

bookfrivolity Ooo.. What a fantastic concept.. 8y
EnidBiteEm @bookfrivolity I LOVED the way Elton dealt with it 😀 8y
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RandomBookMuses
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"This book was a fantastic read for me because I couldn‘t stop thinking about it." Reviewed by Urania https://goo.gl/0ScDXn

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Christy2318
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Would you change history? Should you?

MyBookLife It seems like he's discussing the same questions that King does in 11.22.63!? 8y
Sue Wow, I think the last Ben Elton book I read was Stark 20 ish years ago. Will definitely check this one out. 8y
Christy2318 @MyBookLife - Yes the premise of the story is very similar to 11/22/63. 8y
ShatterMeFangirl This looks so cooool 8y
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