In Another Time: A Novel | 
pickIt only took me a day and a half to read this one. It is reminiscent of The Time Traveler's Wife. This is told from 2 POV, Max and Hanna and alternates between pre WWII to the years after the war. It is a story of love, music and survival and told beautifully. 4.5⭐
"Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings." This excerpt from the play Almansor by Heinrich Heine is in this book. I love when authors use quotes from other works.
pickI‘m a sucker for historical fiction books around WWII and this one did not disappoint! It pulled at my heartstrings all the way through. I was really hoping for a different ending, but completely understand the direction it took. I will be looking up more by this author because I really enjoyed this one. Also got to finish it up with cuddles from my sweet Luna ❤️🐶
Not the best angle for a photo from this chair, but I‘m loving that I get to relax on the deck with my kindle and two pups nearby ❤️🐶🐶📖
Started this one from our patio in Cinque Terre on our honeymoon and finally getting back to it now! The view is not as nice as it was in Italy, but at least the weather is fantastic on my lunch break ❤️
pickI am personally a sucker for a WWII story and this one definitely hit a sweet spot for me. One of my favorite books of all time is Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, and this felt like home for me. This had elements of time travel and magical realism, and she did really write this seamlessly.
For my full review visit: http://obsessedbookaholic.com/2019/07/18/in-another-time/
“He gave me a book to give her. Said that was the way to any woman‘s heart worth having.”
pickMax and Hannah fall in love as World War Two amps up. Also maybe magic?
Next up !!! ❤️❤️❤️
pickA novel about a Jewish woman who wakes up in a field missing ten years of her life and the absent German bookstore owner who loved her, the story is told in two timelines: Hanna rebuilding her life post Holocaust and Max telling the story of their lives as Hitler rises to power. There is a small speculative fiction piece to this as well. Full review at https://booknaround.blogspot.com/2019/02/review-in-another-time-by-jillian-canto...
so-soSo I went ahead and finished it and while I don‘t hate myself for doing so against my better judgement, the book just kind of left me feeling meh. The characters were ok, the story itself was ok, there was just nothing special about this book that really drew me in or touched my heart. It‘s done.
Now, what to read next?? 🤔🤔
I‘m about half way through this one and as much as I want to enjoy it, I‘m just not. It may make its way back to the library unfinished and maybe I‘ll try again in the future. I hate giving up on books but there are just so many others waiting to be read 🤔. Decisions, decisions. #tobailornottobail #tofinishornot
pickThe market is saturated with WWII fiction, but there are so many stories to be told. This one had a twist that made it different than the others and really held my attention.
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Readers will get a glimpse into a personal side of WWII.
IN ANOTHER TIME is a beautiful, beautiful tale of love, heartbreak, and an outstanding history lesson.
Since I‘m trapped under warm animals, I‘ll just have to read, right? At least until the light goes and then I‘m in trouble.
I just finished this beautiful book set before, during, and after WWII.
FULL REVIEW ON MARCH 6.
Hanna and Max found each other by accident or was there a reason they found each other?
We travel back and forth in time and learn of Hanna‘s passion for music, her violin, and Max.
Readers will get a glimpse into a personal side of WWII.
IN ANOTHER TIME is a beautiful, beautiful tale of love, heartbreak, and an outstanding history lesson.5/5
pickI have read some great books this year, but this one is near the top. A beautiful and bittersweet love story that alternates between 1930s Germany and postwar Europe. I couldn‘t help but get caught up with the characters, especially Hanna, an aspiring Jewish violinist. The parallels to anti-Semitism today are eerie. Review on LibraryThing, as I got this through Early Reviewer. 5⭐️ for sure.
“Wherever they would burn books, Heine had written, they would burn people too .”
I literally cannot put this book down. The chapters set in Germany in the ‘30s are chilling in their parallels to today.
My next LibraryThing early reviewer book. Looking forward to this, but my TBR seems farther and farther in the distance. It‘s my own fault, though. I need to ignore that early reviewer book list. Yeah, like that‘s really going to happen 😂
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The love between Max and Hanna endures throughout the years – each searching for the other. The characters were so real that my heart ached for the lovers who were continually torn apart. This is an emotional haunting story of love and self-sacrifice throughout time and across continents. It‘s a love that cannot be, yet cannot die. The ending was heart-wrenching and will linger with me for some time.
