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What Time Is It There?
Just over a year ago, Bean and Zak headed for colleges two thousand miles apart, promising to write, but to see other people … until Bean fell for the wrong guy and Zak fell off the planet.
Now, Bean’s got two weeks’ worth of Zak’s year-old letters that she still can’t bear to open—and a broken heart. Her new best friend, a guy named Amp, wants her to read the letters and be done with it, but he may have his own reasons for that.
When Sam shows up at Bean’s school unexpectedly and Bean tumbles into the 19th century from the cellar of a ruined church, things start making a bizarre kind of sense. That is, if she can just fit all the pieces together again…
Now, Bean’s got two weeks’ worth of Zak’s year-old letters that she still can’t bear to open—and a broken heart. Her new best friend, a guy named Amp, wants her to read the letters and be done with it, but he may have his own reasons for that.
When Sam shows up at Bean’s school unexpectedly and Bean tumbles into the 19th century from the cellar of a ruined church, things start making a bizarre kind of sense. That is, if she can just fit all the pieces together again…
174 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 29, 2017
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Christine Potter
6 books244 followersChristine Potter is a writer and poet who lives in a very old (haunted) house on a creek in Rockland County. She has an organist/choirdirector husband (Ken) and two spoiled tom cats. One of the house's two ghosts lives in the room behind her office.
Christine's newest book is a YA time travel novel, What Time Is It There? (The Bean Books, Book 3), newly released by Evernight Teen. The first book in the series is Time Runs Away With Her, and the second is In Her Own Time.
Her two poetry collections are Zero Degrees at First Light (2006) and Sheltering in Place (2013). She has also had poems published in Rattle, Fugue, The Irish Examiner, HOOT, Eclectica, and The Pedestal, among other magazines. Her third book of poems, Unforgetting, is due out this spring from Kelsay Books.
Christine's newest book is a YA time travel novel, What Time Is It There? (The Bean Books, Book 3), newly released by Evernight Teen. The first book in the series is Time Runs Away With Her, and the second is In Her Own Time.
Her two poetry collections are Zero Degrees at First Light (2006) and Sheltering in Place (2013). She has also had poems published in Rattle, Fugue, The Irish Examiner, HOOT, Eclectica, and The Pedestal, among other magazines. Her third book of poems, Unforgetting, is due out this spring from Kelsay Books.
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February 13, 2018
What time is it there? Is the 3rd book in the Christine Potter Bean book series. I would recommend you start with book one as it will enhance this story, however, this book could be read as a standalone. The 1970's rocked and Bean is just a girl in the world trying to find her way.
Rebecca Donohue 'Bean' is back and ready for college. She is leaving her hometown and saying goodbye to old friends. Zak her former boyfriend is moving across the country to study art and has promised to stay in touch. If it's meant to be it their feelings will stay strong.
Bean Summer job on the radio leads to greater things in college and everything is looking pretty good. She starts dating a new boy and try's to find a new life. Even her relationship with her mother is looking up. The more Bean realises the mistake she made with Zak the more she slips into the past. Bean time travels and sees her former self. The past, the present and the future become blurred. Can the past bring her the future she wants?
This series has unique wrote all over it. Zak is of an acquired taste and his unique character is what draws Bean in. Now Zak has left Bean struggles to find the right path. Music, sex and drugs influence the 1970's. Women are more able to choose their own path and Bean is happy to lead the way. We meet some new and old characters. The story really brings the series together. 4 stars out of 5. This series is constant and the bizarre keeps flowing. I received an ARC as part of the Chapter by Chapter book tour.
Rebecca Donohue 'Bean' is back and ready for college. She is leaving her hometown and saying goodbye to old friends. Zak her former boyfriend is moving across the country to study art and has promised to stay in touch. If it's meant to be it their feelings will stay strong.
Bean Summer job on the radio leads to greater things in college and everything is looking pretty good. She starts dating a new boy and try's to find a new life. Even her relationship with her mother is looking up. The more Bean realises the mistake she made with Zak the more she slips into the past. Bean time travels and sees her former self. The past, the present and the future become blurred. Can the past bring her the future she wants?
This series has unique wrote all over it. Zak is of an acquired taste and his unique character is what draws Bean in. Now Zak has left Bean struggles to find the right path. Music, sex and drugs influence the 1970's. Women are more able to choose their own path and Bean is happy to lead the way. We meet some new and old characters. The story really brings the series together. 4 stars out of 5. This series is constant and the bizarre keeps flowing. I received an ARC as part of the Chapter by Chapter book tour.
December 26, 2017
1972. Bodichon College. The scratching of a needle on vinyl. The crackling voice resolves from static. The radio is on. The show begins. Reader—you’re home again.
Brace yourself, Bean fans. We’re headed back to the Age of Aquarius. Get ready to re-immerse yourself in Christine Potter’s tapestry of past reality we recall so well from TIME RUNS AWAY WITH HER and IN HER OWN TIME. There’s the music, the politics, the fading innocence of characters mirrored in a society undergoing the same change, the often quiet warmth of settings established by an author who lives in her world while she writes it. BUT … there’s the 19th century, too, the wreck of old buildings, past lives, secrets buried in time.
All is not safe for Rebecca “Bean” Donahue—nor is it for many of the characters we’ve come to know and welcome into our Kindle like friendly seasonal ghosts. Bean and Zak have separated—bizarre—and our hero has aged somewhat, testing dangerous waters with often questionable choices and relationships: like with this character Josh, whom the reader immediately recognizes as an insufferable ego-driven doofus from the time we meet him, even as it takes Bean a little while to get there. Zak and Sam and Suzanne aren’t immediately present in this story. We miss them right away. We’re worried and frustrated—and you know what? That’s just how good Christine Potter is, how invested we are with her world … and before you get too upset and inadvertently heave gak into the sink, don’t worry too much. The author ultimately delivers on everything we, the readers, want—in her own time. (See what I did there?)
What’s in the letters, Bean? Bean, you’re killing me. Listen to Amp. Come to your senses …
(Sorry. I’m just remembering my first experience with this book. I’m having flashbacks. Potter does this to me, you understand.)
The plot darkens and expands in WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? Apart from the forward momentum of this story, which introduces some pretty terrifying supernatural elements (again, no spoilers) and takes us to some pretty uncertain precipices that are simply rife with cracking and crumbling suspense, there’s also a bit of a backstory being filled in. It’s very gradual, peeling away in layers to keep us guessing, interspersed with rich and loving and fun character interaction—until the fit hits the shan again, so to speak.
Time travel! Tarot reading! Ancient musical compositions! Mausoleum battles! Popcorn! Pizza! And all the singing and music and groovi-ness—a storm of nostalgia and story—that we’ve come to expect from this wondrous series. Something old, something new—the continuation of a tale that grows in imaginativeness with each installment. Christine Potter has done it again. Find out WHAT TIME IS IT THERE, reader. You’ll be so glad you did.
Brace yourself, Bean fans. We’re headed back to the Age of Aquarius. Get ready to re-immerse yourself in Christine Potter’s tapestry of past reality we recall so well from TIME RUNS AWAY WITH HER and IN HER OWN TIME. There’s the music, the politics, the fading innocence of characters mirrored in a society undergoing the same change, the often quiet warmth of settings established by an author who lives in her world while she writes it. BUT … there’s the 19th century, too, the wreck of old buildings, past lives, secrets buried in time.
All is not safe for Rebecca “Bean” Donahue—nor is it for many of the characters we’ve come to know and welcome into our Kindle like friendly seasonal ghosts. Bean and Zak have separated—bizarre—and our hero has aged somewhat, testing dangerous waters with often questionable choices and relationships: like with this character Josh, whom the reader immediately recognizes as an insufferable ego-driven doofus from the time we meet him, even as it takes Bean a little while to get there. Zak and Sam and Suzanne aren’t immediately present in this story. We miss them right away. We’re worried and frustrated—and you know what? That’s just how good Christine Potter is, how invested we are with her world … and before you get too upset and inadvertently heave gak into the sink, don’t worry too much. The author ultimately delivers on everything we, the readers, want—in her own time. (See what I did there?)
What’s in the letters, Bean? Bean, you’re killing me. Listen to Amp. Come to your senses …
(Sorry. I’m just remembering my first experience with this book. I’m having flashbacks. Potter does this to me, you understand.)
The plot darkens and expands in WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? Apart from the forward momentum of this story, which introduces some pretty terrifying supernatural elements (again, no spoilers) and takes us to some pretty uncertain precipices that are simply rife with cracking and crumbling suspense, there’s also a bit of a backstory being filled in. It’s very gradual, peeling away in layers to keep us guessing, interspersed with rich and loving and fun character interaction—until the fit hits the shan again, so to speak.
Time travel! Tarot reading! Ancient musical compositions! Mausoleum battles! Popcorn! Pizza! And all the singing and music and groovi-ness—a storm of nostalgia and story—that we’ve come to expect from this wondrous series. Something old, something new—the continuation of a tale that grows in imaginativeness with each installment. Christine Potter has done it again. Find out WHAT TIME IS IT THERE, reader. You’ll be so glad you did.
January 14, 2018
I haven’t read the previous book so maybe that’s why I am a bit confused with this story. Once I got into it I fell in love with Bean! She's such a fabulous character. She has a tumultuous history that includes time travel. I like the angst of dealing with the letters from Zak and the secrets hiding behind Amp. Action, romance, time travel, it makes for a fun read.
I’m definitely going to check out more from this author!
I’m definitely going to check out more from this author!
January 10, 2018
Another Excellent Bean Book
Incredibly, they just keep getting better each time. I love following the time traveling adventures of Bean, Zak,, Amp, Julia and all the gang.
Incredibly, they just keep getting better each time. I love following the time traveling adventures of Bean, Zak,, Amp, Julia and all the gang.
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May 5, 2021| Reader Fox Blog |
I feel like the book's synopsis may not do a great job of selling the book to readers. Ultimately, I can't remember when or why I added it to my TBR, but in going through my books I'm starting to get the feeling that Christine Potter's What Time Is It There? probably isn't going to be for me. And that's alright, though perhaps calling attention to that fact might allow it to reach a few readers who may enjoy it.
There are a lot of good reviews for this one, from what I can tell. So much so that I nearly didn't take it off my TBR. And, who knows? Maybe one day I will change my mind and decide to read it. Until then, I'm switching shelves.
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I feel like the book's synopsis may not do a great job of selling the book to readers. Ultimately, I can't remember when or why I added it to my TBR, but in going through my books I'm starting to get the feeling that Christine Potter's What Time Is It There? probably isn't going to be for me. And that's alright, though perhaps calling attention to that fact might allow it to reach a few readers who may enjoy it.
There are a lot of good reviews for this one, from what I can tell. So much so that I nearly didn't take it off my TBR. And, who knows? Maybe one day I will change my mind and decide to read it. Until then, I'm switching shelves.
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