It took me a while to get to read this marvelous time travel novel. I really wish I had read it back when I was first asked-it is that good! But since it is the first in a series at least now there are three others that I desperately want to read. There is a twist at the end that is going to make you either have tears running down your face (of happy)--or wondering--just wondering. The best recommendation I can give is that I just went in and purchased the rest of this series (all 3) and am following this author every imaginable way! If you like a bit of history, a little love story, combined with time travel-you are going to LOVE this one!!
About the Book: (from Amazon)
In May 2000, Joel Smith is a cocky, adventurous young man who sees the world as his playground. But when the college senior, days from graduation, enters an abandoned Montana mine, he discovers the price of reckless curiosity. He emerges in May 1941 with a cell phone he can't use, money he can't spend, and little but his wits to guide his way. Stuck in the age of Whirlaway, swing dancing, and a peacetime draft, Joel begins a new life as the nation drifts toward war. With the help of his 21-year-old trailblazing grandmother and her friends, he finds his place in a world he knew only from movies and books. But when an opportunity comes to return to the present, Joel must decide whether to leave his new love in the past or choose a course that will alter their lives forever. THE MINE follows a humbled man through a critical time in history as he adjusts to new surroundings and wrestles with the knowledge of things to come.
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About the Author: (from Amazon)
John A. Heldt is a reference librarian and the author of THE MINE, THE JOURNEY, THE SHOW, and THE FIRE, the first four novels of the critically acclaimed Northwest Passage time-travel series. The former award-winning sportswriter and newspaper editor has loved getting subjects and verbs to agree since writing book reports on baseball heroes in grade school. A graduate of the University of Oregon and the University of Iowa, he is an avid fisherman, sports fan, home brewer, and reader of thrillers and historical fiction. When not sending contemporary characters to the not-so-distant past, he weighs in on literature and life at johnheldt.blogspot.com.
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30 comments :
Sounds good. I am going to have to check it out!
Time travel stories are interesting. I think my hubby really likes them, too, so I will have to see if he wants to check this one out.
Time travel!! I sure would like to try it... even if it is by reading a book. That subject fasinates me.
Oooh, I love time travel! I'll have to check this one out, sounds like a fun adventure!
I always love when books have twists at the end. It makes them surprising!
This sounds like my kind of read! I love books dealing in different areas of time. I am definitely going to add it to my must read list!
isn't it great to have a last minute change at the very end?
One of the many great books you have featured here.
It really does sound like a great book.
Sounds like a really good book, I'll have to check it out. :-)
Nice to read time travel related sci fi books. He's a handsome author :)
time travel now that sounds fun lookslike you got another good book thank for sharing
Ohh this sounds so different - I've not read a time travel novel since Molly Moon and that's saying something lol x
Love Time Travel stories.. Sc--Fi have always fascinated me.. I will have to take a look at this book.. Great review :)- Vinma
Sounds like a book I would really enjoy to read. I will check it out in the Amazon and if the price is right, it'll be mine :)
Time travel books are so fun to read. Might add this to my reading list. ; )
My oldest son loves time travel books, he is always looking for new ones. I will see if he has read this one.
This book seems exciting and about time travelling! Love to read this!
I would love to go back to 1921 and see what my grandparents were like. How cool would that be. I think I would like this book.
That's quite a statement of thumbs up since you bought the rest of the series. Wow!
I really like books about time travel because it allows you to use your imagination to transcend time and space. This book seems like that kind of book.
Very interesting! I'd love to time travel just to observe, not partake :P
Wow how weird and cool going in the past and seeing your grandmother when she was 21. Would love to read if he does go back or stay.
This one sound pretty good I will have to go check it out.Thanks
I love reading! Unfortunately, with everything in my life right now, I haven't had time to indulge. Hopefully that will change this year!
One of my resolutions is to read more books this year, I really like this review. Thank you for sharing so much with us and giving me lots of good ideas. I will be checking back and I hope to find more good reads!!!!
Time travel is an interesting subject. There are tons of places in time that I would love to be able to experience first hand.
Time travel is right up my husband's alley! I will pass this one on to him. Sounds like a good story, but I think I'd get lost in it!
Sounds like an interesting book with lots to keep your attention.
This would be a great book for my DH. Thanks for introducing this author. I will ask my DH to check out his books.
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