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#WordWeavers 30: What do your characters get nostalgic about? What triggers that?

Jim's lost his entire world. That's a lot to miss and grieve over. It's the little things, half-familiar, that get him the worst. Even lunch.

"Including sliced disks of a spicy meat so heartbreakingly close to salami that I had to fight back tears for a moment. Both Manayka and Atosho noticed, yet forbore from asking."

It's officially #baseball season, so I thought it was as good a time as ever to read Two In The Field by Darryl Brock. It's the follow-up to his time travel/baseball novel If I Never Get Back. I read the first book in my adolescence, and then enjoyed it again about a year ago, which is also when I discovered the sequel.

Admit it: "time travel" and "baseball" is not a plot combo you've seen before! Somehow, Brock makes it work.

#FridayReads #Books #Bookstodon #TimeTravel #AmReading @bookstodon

THE SIMPLE LIFE

"Do you know what was most interesting about living in the past?"

"Ugh. This again."

"I know you don't believe me—"

"Why would I? How could I?"

"—but I spent six years in the 1320s."

"So you say."

"Anyway, the most interesting thing is that it wasn't a 'simpler time.'"

"Who said it would be? I never thought it would be."

Prompt 44 - a book that features a married couple who don't live together - March 25, 2025 - I love a good time travel tale, and this one is no exception. The story is unique, told from the point of view of a "bridge," a person employed by the government to help time travelers adjust to our timeline. It has intrigue, romance, and adventure. I feel like this book is going to stick with me for a long time.