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A Symphony of Echoes: The Chronicles of St. Mary's Book Two
A Symphony of Echoes: The Chronicles of St. Mary's Book Two | Jodi Taylor
Book Two in the madcap time-travel series based at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. In the second book in the Chronicles of St Mary's series, Max and the team visit Victorian London in search of Jack the Ripper, withess the murder of Archbishop Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, and discover that dodos make a grockling noise when eating cucumber sandwiches. But they must also confront an enemy intent on destroying St Mary's - an enemy willing, if necessary, to destroy History itself to do it.
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Super_Jane
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4.5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 #history #timetravel #funny

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Texreader
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Jodi Taylor wins two months in a row!! #readingbracket2023

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Mollyanna
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Another fun romp with the folks from St. Mary‘s! This time we travel to Whitechapel, look for Do-Dos and visit the court of Mary, Queen of Scotland. As usual there is drama, intrigue, tension and comedy.

My third and final finish for #MarvellousMarch

#SeriesLoves2023, St. Mary‘s Chronicles, Book 2 (one of my focus series!!!)

TheSpineView Great job 13mo
Andrew65 Brilliant, well done 👏👏👏 13mo
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Texreader
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A bad guy is fiddling with the timeline, killing and destroying history. St Mary‘s to the rescue (after a raucous dodo hunt as a stress reliever and team building exercise). Our heroine, Maxwell, and team head to Scotland to ensure events happen so the Queen loses her head and find the bad guy. Is history set right? I‘m looking forward to book 3. Hilarious, dramatic, a little of every genre—history, sci fi, romance… such a rip-roaring good time ⬇️

TheSpineView Sounds good! 13mo
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 13mo
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Texreader
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The Great Dodo Hunt is hilarious, the main reason I love this series! “Short of pulling the trigger themselves, they couldn‘t have had less sense of self-preservation”

#serieslove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

Johanna414 That whole storyline was hilarious! 13mo
TheSpineView I love books that make me laugh! 13mo
Andrew65 Sounds good, we all need a good laugh. 13mo
Texreader @Johanna414 I‘m still chuckling about it!! 13mo
Texreader @TheSpineView @andrew65 I think it‘s rare (at least for me as a reader) for an author to make me laugh out loud. This series does the trick, even though it‘s often deadly serious as well. 13mo
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Texreader
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Next up, book 2! This will be my first time to get past book 1, even though I have almost the entire series!!

My book reading buddy isn‘t impressed.

#serieslove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

Andrew65 Enjoy 📚 13mo
Itchyfeetreader I‘m jealous you get to read the whole@series for the first time! I found parts of book 1 a bit off putting and almost didn‘t continue and am SO SO glad I did! 13mo
TheSpineView Great job! Hope you enjoy the rest! 13mo
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Mollyanna
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Love the shout out to The Big Bang Theory 😄🎉👏🏻

annahenke These are so funny - they are GREAT on audio because of the fast paced style! 13mo
Mollyanna @annahenke I really enjoy them (so far anyway…). They are quick and fun. I‘ll have to check out the audiobooks. 13mo
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Laughterhp
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There was a lot of rereads for me this month and I‘m not choosing those as favorites just to be fair!

Out of the new books I read, the tagged was my favorite read!

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Laughterhp
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So I messed up my graphic and this is actually my #BookSpin - sounds about right for my month so far.

I‘m really loving this series! This is the second book in the St Mary chronicles. I love all the places in history they go. I already have the 3rd book, so I can‘t wait to pick it up. A plot line kind of confused me where I didn‘t understand exactly what was going on, but it kind of resolved itself.

#SeriesRead2022

TheSpineView Fantastic! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
Andrew65 Great 👏👏👏 2y
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Laughterhp
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Um is this a Big Bang Theory reference?

I‘m like 95% sure that was Leonard‘s last name.

#CurrentlyReading

smalldogs_bigbooks2419 🤣 I‘m not sure about the author‘s intention, but those are definitely the right names! 2y
Ruthiella Surely it is! 😂 2y
julesG Yep! She certainly did it on purpose. 2y
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NikkiM5
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Book 2 of St. Mary‘s Chronicles did not disappoint. No #bookspinbingo but I read #bookspin 5 (free spot tagged) and #doublespin 10 which was Macbeth (free spot)

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Fabulous month!!! 2y
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Johanna414
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These books are perfect when you need something fast paced, fun and not too serious. The characters are quirky and loveable, but I swear there was enough plot for 4 separate books here! I would have happily read an entire novel about the Jack the Ripper episode which took up all of 2 chapters...

Texreader I love this series 2y
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Johanna414
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We spent as much time outside as we could, but my house is suffering after two snow days at home... I cleaned up my reading corner, but the toddler mess will have to keep until tomorrow- I've got a book to read!

WJCintron Like it should be!! LOL 😂 Happy reading!! 2y
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HeyT
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Well for a book two it wasn't that bad. I had a great time reading about Max and company on their madcap adventure through time. I was a little over the romantic angst but I love the world and the characters so it was still a fun read. I can see why everyone who talks about this is so fond of it.

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LostInSpace
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These books are so fun! But really really long, it feels like the plot just goes on and on forever 😂

Still enjoyable though - already got the next in the series lined up!

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Weisubei
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4.1 🌟
Such a great book, it's a rarity I got to enjoy a scifi book without overfussing the world-building and magical/technology system. Super love the characters, go St. Mary!!! 💚💚

@TheAromaofBooks #bookspinbingo
@TheSpineView #seriesreads2021

TheSpineView Great job! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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Weisubei
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mavey Love this!!💖 3y
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Read-y_Picker
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Forgot to post my #bookspin update last weekend. I love these books! There‘s just always so much going on. Great when you just need to turn off and enjoy some action! This is the second in the series. I think the order dictates that I read 2 short stories before the next book but I found the last short to actually be quite boring so considering jumping ahead. Anyone read Jodi Taylor?
#seriesread2021 #booked2021 #charactersarefrenemies

Cinfhen Yay!! Congrats on completing your #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3y
TheSpineView Great job! 😍 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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Read-y_Picker
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Couldn‘t wait. Very good picks @TheAromaofBooks ! Super excited for this. Thanks!
#bookspin #doublespin

TheAromaofBooks I'm in love with both of these covers!!! 3y
Rissreads Such gorgeous covers! 💙 3y
Read-y_Picker @Rissreads @TheAromaofBooks let‘s hope the stories live up to them lol 3y
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sparrowssavvy
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I actually liked this second book better than the first. Charming, hilarious and action packed are just a few of the ways to describe this book. It is an interesting format as each book is like a series of TV with multiple stories happening in each book. I‘m eager to read the third one now

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Aussie_SFF
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The constant nemesis Ronan is back and that is after encountering Jack the Ripper, witnessing the assassination of Thomas Becket, Max and Leon being sent to a spa for the rich and famous and then having to travel into the future which is always problematic.
Not quite as irreverent as Jasper Fford but pretty damn close.
3.5/5 Stars.

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Lucy_Anywhere
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Another entry for #20series20days 📚 The time traveling historians of St Mary‘s are accident prone disaster magnets who often let their curiosity overwrite common sense and are always to be found near the kettle. Madcap, funny, and a lot of fun to read!
@Andrew65

Andrew65 These are on my to read list. 4y
MsMelissa I‘ve read the first three books in this series. It‘s great fun! @Andrew65 You‘ll love these books! 4y
Andrew65 @Book_Fiend_Melissa Thanks for the recommendation 😊👍 4y
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BookmarkTavern
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I‘m not actually going to get a bingo this month for #BookSpinBingo as the book I expected to get from the library hasn‘t come in yet. 😂

But at least I can knock one more book off the board.

Clare-Dragonfly That donut is making me drool. 4y
Fantasy_bookworm Ooh, a donut! 4y
MynameisSnow now i want a donut :) 4y
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Preciouz29
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I love this series so much!

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Texreader
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You know you married the right man 31 years ago when he gives you the bundled set of one of your new favorite authors, whom by the way I blame on Litsy and #wintergames. I started reading her short Christmas stories for #wintergames and fell in love with the series. It‘s like a hilarious version of historical fiction. I can‘t wait to dig in!!

#blameitonlitsy #tmskellington @crimson613 @clwojick @staycurious

#blameitonwintergames

Gezemice Nice! He is a keeper ;) 4y
inthegreensandblues I have got to start this series soon, it sounds so good! I have the first on my Kindle already. 4y
Bklover Which is the first? Sounds good! 4y
Texreader @Bklover it‘s not here. Husband didn‘t realize it was separate and didn‘t get it off my list. It‘s this one: 4y
coffees 1pt!! 12-25 oh yeahhh 😎 4y
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GidgetsTreasures75
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12-16-19: My 104th finished book of 2019! I finished this one outside of the library 😂 #asymphonyofechoes #joditaylor #chroniclesofstmarys 👍🏼📖#️⃣1️⃣0️⃣4️⃣

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monalyisha
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I found some pacing & timing problems in this second installment of “The Chronicles of St. Mary‘s,” which is especially unfortunate for a book that revolves around time travel. But, I‘m willing to forgive anything because the cast of characters is so, utterly charming. The audio narration‘s fab (it‘s the only reason I‘m hanging on to my Audible subscription), & the historical personages visited, fascinating: Jack the Ripper, & Mary Queen of Scots!

rmaclean4 This is such a fun series!! 4y
monalyisha @rmaclean4 I love it so much. I also hate it because I genuinely did want to cancel Audible. 😅 4y
rmaclean4 Have you tried Scribd? 4y
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monalyisha @ramaclean4 No...🤔 Tell me more? 4y
rmaclean4 @monalyisha half the monthly cost and "unlimited" books. They do slow your roll near the end of the month. Lots and lots of audiobooks as well as ebooks. Tons of new releases. The app can be slow to load at times...but that could be that my saved list is ridiculously long. The game changer for me is that you can adjust the reading speed, which is a must have. 4y
monalyisha @rmaclean4 I'll have to check it out! I usually do just fine with the MA & RI library consortiums, along with Hoopla -- but this is the one series that I can't find at the library (given the giant “Only from Audible“ advertisement plastered along its front). Is it weirdly on Scribd? (edited) 4y
rwmg @monalyisha @rmaclean4 The books are on Scribd, but not the audiobook versions. 4y
monalyisha @rwmag Okay. Thanks. I rarely do e-books (unless I'm traveling, or desperate, or Stephanie Burgis neglects to publish a print version of something 😉) but this could still be a helpful resource! (edited) 4y
monalyisha Note: I forgot to mention, too, that this second book is interesting because of the ethical dilemma(s) presented. Max has a professional duty NOT to interfere with history, & to make sure that things play out the way they‘re meant to, *and* she has a duty as a woman to other women to prevent pain, trauma, & victimhood. The problem is not solved — but it is touched upon, & its complexity & her complicity acknowledged, in a sad & nuanced way. 4y
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monalyisha
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“She was my rock, confidant, co-conspirator, drinking companion, and life-saver. Whatever was required. The word “friend” didn‘t begin to cover it.”

#femalefriendship
(bridesmaids shown; all friends for 15+ years)

sprainedbrain ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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Bookworm-Bobbie
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I‘m really enjoying these! They‘re easy to get into and quite fast paced. Nothing too serious, just a bit of fun. The narrator is also fantastic.

Read-y_Picker So much fun!
4y
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WeeWeegieBookworm
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Finishing off the second St. Mary's book on audio while working on my series tracker in my #Bujo

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rwmg
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Better than the first one with a more coherent plot and funnier

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rwmg
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Most gods seem to like their followers to suffer. Very few religious ceremonies take place on a tropical beach with the congregation benefiting from warm breezes and a continual supply of Long Island Tea.

Excerpt From: "A Symphony of Echoes: The Chronicles of St. Mary's series" by Jodi Taylor. Scribd.
This material may be protected by copyright.

#mycover

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toric
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Markham led the way on foot, banging a drum for reasons known only to himself and shouting, "Make way, make way," in English, French, Latin, and some incomprehensible dialect he said was Geordie.

As a geordie am I allowed to be offended? Lol

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Leniverse
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The banter in this series is excellent. 😁

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beaconhillbooks
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If you like fast paced novels with humor, history, time travel and romance then you will love The St Mary‘s Chronicles.
#amreading

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Well played, Jodi Taylor. 👏

rubyslippersreads I thought this was hilarious. 😹 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @rubyslippersreads These books are SO much fun!! 5y
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Dogearedcopy
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‘A Symphony of Echoes‘ is the second book in The Chronicles of St. Mary‘s, a series about a team of time traveling historians. In this adventure, they actually interact with history instead of just observing, but at the risk of creating a paradox (If you alter history, you alter the present/future.)

Not the best writing (Transitional bridges do not seem to be the author‘s forte) BUT individual scene work is very good and it‘s all FUN 🙂

Dogearedcopy And yes, as you can see, I‘ve already dnloaded the third book in the series: 6y
PatienceFortitude The series is one of my favorites. Some of the plot twists made me gasp 6y
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umbrellagirl
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Ah, I see what you‘ve done there 😆

umbrellagirl @C.Perone A fun little Easter egg. These books are great in general. 6y
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CaitZ
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Books about time traveling historians are fast becoming my favorite genre. I'm definitely hooked on this series and I also enjoy Connie Willis.

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BarbaraJean
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Mehso-so

I enjoyed this 2nd installment in the St. Mary‘s series, but not as much as the first. The first was a little all over the place, but pulled it together. This was just all over the place. Several digressions were fun but didn‘t seem to fit, so I found myself not paying attention to other digressions that turned out to be important. And I‘m still bothered by a scene with Bothwell & Mary Stuart...😕 But overall it was fun & I‘ll read the next one!

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BarbaraJean
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“It‘s no good moaning about what evil bastards they were. Men like that would see that as a compliment. Far better to regard them as an insignificant pimple on the arse of your success, don‘t you think?”

A pause.

“The arse of success?”

I shrugged. “It‘s been a long day. Best I could come up with, but you know what I mean.”

😂😂🤣

Texreader Oh this looks good! What is Book one called? 6y
BarbaraJean @Texreader The first one (which I loved!) is 6y
Texreader @BarbaraJean Stacked! Thank you!! 6y
DebbieGrillo I have the first one on my TBR list. 6y
BarbaraJean @DebbieGrillo I read the first one at Christmas—so much fun! 6y
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Sydsavvy
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I adore these books. I think I'm about to go through them a second time. #istillneedescape #octoberreads #timetravel

LeahBergen I still have the first one waiting for me on my shelf! 6y
batsy I have never heard of this and it sounds very fun. Perfect for end-of-year "I'm done with the world" reading. 6y
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @batsy I've had these books recommended to me by so many people, I just have to move them up the TBR list. 😊 6y
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Sydsavvy @LeahBergen oh my stars get it off that TBR right now!!! Actually, listen to the audio. It's so fun. @rubyslippersreads @batsy 6y
DarcysMom I love these books! The audio is tremendously fun! 6y
Sydsavvy @DarcysMom I couldn't agree with you more❣️. Have you heard the new audio production? I don't think its for first timers, but super for me when I had a longing to revisit the series after listening to the new shorts book. Marty Ross adapted it into an audio "movie." 6y
DarcysMom @Sydsavvy I will have to give it a listen. 6y
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tracy.anne8
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The second book in this series and it's quickly becoming one of my favorite series. I adore the characters and the historical events are always interesting. I wish I would have remembered to put book 3 on my #tbrbingo. #timetravel

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tracy.anne8
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My favorite blanket to curl up with and my #currentread. #bookandblanket #autumnreads

RaimeyGallant Looks comfy. 7y
tracy.anne8 @RaimeyGallant and very warm too. Unfortunately the weather is still warm here so it will be awhile before I get to use it. 7y
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tracy.anne8
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I'm a little late posting this. I always feel like my monthly tbr are just the books I started the previous month and didn't finish. Last month I started a lot of books and barely finished any so my current goal is to finish these 3 before I start any others. This will mess up my #tbrbingo but oh well. #mostanticipated #septembermostanticipated #autumnreads #fallintobooks

WhatDeeReads I'm also spending this month finishing books I started reading and didn't finish. 7y
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Karionie
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Madcap time travel adventures. The main character continues to annoy me, but the series is a lot of fun. This one started out strong, with an interesting (and creepy!) take on Jack the Ripper, but it tapered off after that. Still, worth a read.

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tracy.anne8
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Oh hell no! 😰😡 #timetravel

Sace 😡😡😡😠😠😠😠 7y
CoverToCoverGirl Horrid! 😱 7y
Gissy 😡 7y
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tracy.anne8
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Yeah! Book #2 came today for The Chronicles of St. Mary's! Sorry DODO. Even though I'm really starting to get into you, this series has my full attention right now. Don't worry, I will get back to you soon. #timetravel

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Jess_Read_This
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"IT, that goes for you too. Any difficulties, tell me, so I can stare at you, baffled and confused." ????

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️A fun, humorous, fast paced romp of a read. Time travel never encountered the likes of Maxwell nor had Jack the Ripper. Highly recommend this series for an escapist read that will not fail to entertain!

#Timetraveler #LolKindofRead #Recommendsday #JodiTaylor

LauraBrook I ❤️❤️❤️this series! 7y
elkeOriginal Ah, crap. I keep seeing this author recommended...I guess I have to try her! 7y
Itchyfeetreader Love these ! 7y
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Jess_Read_This @elkeo It is a great series! I have no other series to compare it too. Definitely an original. Plus, I just love the sarcastic humor in it! 7y
Jess_Read_This @LauraBrook Me too! I've only read the first two but have the others on deck to read! 7y
Jess_Read_This @Itchyfeetreader Omigosh, it is such a fun series! 7y
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