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Beyond This Time

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I love Time Travel books and so I was intrigued when I saw this one available. When I first started reading it, I thought it might be kind of hokey, but as I continued, I got so into it, I could not put it down. It was great. The relationship between the two lead characters is so honest, so believeable, I really felt as if I knew them myself.
My other favorite Time Travel books are Replay, The Mirror, Time Traveler's Wife and 2150 AD, though some of these are not considered Time Travel books, they are real grabbers!

I felt the story was an interesting concept in the education of racism in the deep South during the early 60's,but as far as time travel novels go ,this has to be the rated low on my scale .

From 2003 to 1963 is one step across a line. Officer Kat Templeton and her partner, James Mitchell dare to step across into a world neither of them is prepared for; a world where segregation is the rule. Kat is black and Mitch is white, In 2003 they have been a good team. In 1963 it would have been impossible for them to team up, but Kat has a personal reason for daring to step across the line into 1963, even though she hasn't the faintest idea of the kind of prejudice that awaits her. She has a relative to rescue. Ms. Banchi is a master at dialogue and characterization. Her people practically leap off the pages. This book is a thriller in more ways than one, it gives insight into the problems of integration as well as a first rate mystery to solve.

I really enjoyed this book. I brought it on a vacation and my husband and I were reading it at the same time. We were constantly fighting over who got to read the book while the other
person had to read something else.

The black-white story line is terrific. The whole idea for a time travel such as this is great. It reminded me a little of the movie frequency.

I don't want to give away the ending, however this is a book you don't want to miss if you enjoy time travel.

The sixties were a time of change. The author has captured that feeling. Characters are true to the time period. The book holds your interest from page one. The outcome is never certain-- until the last page.

The writer can really tell a story. Knows how to describe the place and time. A very good book with interesting twists.

Beyond This Time is one of those books you think about after you've read the last chapter. The characters and their problems seem to hit home. Highly recommend it

Normally I love time-travel stories, but this one just does not hold my interest. The text is not as well-written as it might be, and the storyline is not very believable.

This is an awesome book. Covering two different time periods with very contraversal subject matter. The way times were in 1963 with the black/white issues should have never been. Have we changed all that much in 2003? I certainly hope so. Ms. Banchi transports you through these issues in both time periods. She gets you to thinking about these matters and actually live them out along with her characters. Through the two main characters you see both sides of these issues and it causes you think think - where do you stand on these matters? This is definately a book that everyone should read and will benefit greatly from!! Great Job!

Charlotte Banchi has dared to go where others fear. In Beyond This Time, she succeeds in transporting the reader along with her two main characters, one a young black female police officer, the other a white male officer, to the small segregated town of Maceyville in 1963.