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Wonderful! And quite haunting. This book has so many elements I am drawn to—questions of identity and belonging, ghosts, time travel, boarding school, WWI, the 1918 flu pandemic.

Another great NYRB pick. Wish I‘d known about this one as a 10-12 year old! Better late than never. I still enjoyed it thoroughly as an adult.

I asked the kiddo which of these three she wanted to read together next (by reading the backs). She surprised me by picking Charlotte Sometimes (one of my favorites as a kid)! It seems she‘s going to be a sucker for time travel just like me! 😍 🕰

A wonderful time travel book. Thanks for the tag, @Andrew65 😊

Tagging anyone who‘d like to play.

#AlphabetGame #LetterC

I am so sad that @24in48 is coming to an end. Once again it has been a great weekend of positive social media and reading great books. Now off to finish book #5 of the weekend. Thanks everyone for making this event so much fun. 👊📚💕

@vivastory tagged the #NYRBBook club regarding their fave nyrb reads. All my faves are in the New York Review Children‘s Collection. The literary novels are mostly hit or miss for me. I joined the #NYRB Reading Week sometime in 2010 where I talked about these titles and so many others, including literary fiction, as you can see here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-kc

I enjoyed this children‘s book- it‘s funny how different similar cultures can be, then add in time travel. I was also sad for all these children to have such dislike and distrust with adult relationships. But I know that was and still can be fairly common. Also I am really interested in reading more about WWI now. #blameitonlitsy

It‘s here! #blameitonlitsy and @LeahBergen I totally appreciate the author without reading the book because of you.

I tell myself that I have to get a grip on my 1-click habit and 10 minutes later I see a post from @Balibee146 and I'm falling off the wagon. #blameitonlitsy 🤣

Seeing the post from @TrishB reminded me of this childhood favourite.... Have this copy in the #tbr for some nostalgia

#bookmail
@LeahBergen is responsible for a run on this book over the weekend!
Can‘t really call your daughter after the song and not read the book! On the pile it goes.

4 stars! Definitely took an emotive turn at the end, the book itself was really well written and blended fact with time travel! Mysterious all the way through and definitely kept me wondering what would happen next. Very bittersweet. I'm definitely going to miss these characters. #bookish #penelopefarmer #bookworm #bookporn #charlottesometimes #history #booknerd

I had this book recommended to me by a work mate, so I'm going to read it tonight in the hope that I can get my reading back in order! I've definitely been feeling the absence of books in my life! #booklover #reading #bookworm #bibliophile #CharlotteSometimes #PenelopeFarmer

And another classic book about time-travelling British children before this year is over. I may need an intervention (especially with these gummies). Any fans of The Cure's song, "Charlotte Sometimes"? This book inspired it.

My father gave my daughters a subscription to a book collection from the New York Review of Books. They receive a classic children's book every two months, and this is the latest to arrive. It's about a girl who travels back in time forty years and has a different identity in the past.