Timeslip books

why do you say you can`t read now BlueBelle,, just asking, cos I used to be such a good reader, as a youngster I was in trouble with my mum for reading too much.. even as I grew up and worked always had my head "buried" in a book, now as I am older, yes, old!!!! ugh! I can`t read for so long, and really do not get on with small print, but I still love to find a book/story that I can get lost in,, so therapeutical (?) for me!
Mostly, I go to bed early, (cos tired) and read for at least an hour,, want to go on and on, but,, eyes get tired..

polnan like you I was an avid reader as a child always getting into trouble for having my head in a book I used to read on the toilet, at the table (iwhen I ate alone) in bed anywhere and everywhere Then as I got into adulthood books were my companions and I read avidly until about 10 years ago my eyes started to go with cataracts and then I just couldn’t read, it was too much hard work after I had my cataracts done I was so excited that I was gonna get back to reading again, but somehow my concentration had now slipped and I found it really hard although I could now see the words ok . I have tried
My daughter bought me a very interesting big fat book last Christmas. It took me months and months and months But I was determined to read it because she bought it me however although I thought that was the beginning of my reading again it really hasn’t come back. I’m not sure whether it’s concentration, memory, eyes (I do have other problems) I really don’t know maybe a combination but I’ve just lost the skill somehow.
Promise not to laugh but at the moment in a quest to get back into reading i m reading the magic Faraway tree let’s see if that can boost me and bunny hop me into a real book

But what is a time slip novel is it another name for a historical novel

oh BlueBelle (hugs and prayers) o.k I am 89! ugh! I hate talking "years" heart, well highbp.. but you so made me smile, I had forgotten about reading whilst on the toilet! lol I don`t know how to do the emojis below!
so I used to love historical fiction, well way back love ghosts and stuff,, the latter now now, no taste for it.. historical novels..?? dunno... but fantasy, well I guess that is what time slip is for me.. o.k .. now here we are in the 2025 season, something happens,, (that is the differences in the stories) something occurs, and wow I am back in the ?? whereever the story takes us... that is the timeslip for me.. I guess we can timeslip forward.... here I am sitting at my computer, desktop, chatting on the internet with you,,, and my mind wanders or something apparently physical happens and I am there,, back or forward Timeslipped! I have my tv currently running in the background, every so often a voice comes to my attention... wow I have slipped in Time the voice apparently BBC`1 news on 24th November 2025 is speaking from.... ?? whereever the story takes us...

How`s that for you BlueBelle?

Clear as mud 🤣🤣🤣Polnan
No sorry 🤣do you mean you start reading the story set in say today then something is mentioned something that happened years ago and the story slides into an inner story about that time and happenings, then do you go back to the original settings of today
If so I ve read some like that in the past so maybe just a new name for an older concept 🤣 thanks for your answer

I have read a couple of more contemporary time travel/slip books and enjoyed both. Not historical as such but both good reads

One More Yesterday by Charlotte Butterworth

'Jessica Bay’s life was full – of chaos. As a busy GP, mother to two teenagers, and wife to a man who could recall the last time they had sex (632 days ago) but couldn’t remember to take out the bins, Jessica reached her limit. Tired and frustrated, she escaped the mayhem by relocating her family to a tiny, remote island in the English Channel.

Moving away gave Jessica the change of pace she so desperately wished for. But when she discovered a bench that allows her to revisit her past, she remembered why you need to be careful what you wish for'

The other is 'The '86 fix' by Keith A Pearson.

'The '86 Fix is the bestselling '80s time travel novel from Keith A Pearson

Imagine if you could travel back in time and relive one weekend as your teenage self — would you change anything?
On the way home from school in 1986, Craig Pelling decided to buy a can of Coke. He wasn’t to know a seemingly innocuous visit to the local newsagent would dramatically change the course of his life.

Fast forward to his forties, Craig finds himself trapped in a loveless marriage, earning a living in a dead-end job as the manager of an electrical store. He could have been so much more, achieved so much more.

However, fate hasn’t finished with Craig Pelling yet'.

There is also a sequel called 'Beyond Broadhall'.

Both available on Amazon

Timeslip novels for those of you who are unsure is when someone accidentally moves from the era they are living in, to another century or earlier in their own century.

I have just finushed the wonderful series called Wonderland by Irana Shapiro set in 2015 and the 17th century, best set of books I have read in ages.

polnan, what a wonderful post. You should try writing a timeslip story/(novel??) yourself with your talent for describing your own timeslips!

what is a timeslip book? or am I missing something?

if its to do with historical content, then I have been reading some from M.C. Beaton

I'm a huge fan of time travel fiction and have read a few of these.
Just checked Irina Shapiro and the first book in the series is available free on prime reading ATM.

BlueBelle

What’s a time slip novel please ? I used to read a lot of historical novels although I can’t read now I m always trying to

I hadn’t realised that there was a specific genre of books that were ‘ time slip’. I’m aware of Outlander because of the tv series. And my two of my favourite books are The Children of Green Knowe and Tom’s Midnight Garden. I, too, struggle to read these days. Whenever I stay at my partners I usually take a bag full of books but don’t read them So this time I only brought 4 small books with me and I still haven’t read them. I listened to a Backlisted podcast about the Earthsea books so bought them a couple of days ago from a lovely new bookshop that has just opened. I wanted to support the shop anyway but have got a bad feeling that they will end up on my ever growing pile of ‘books to read’. I’m mainly reading children’s fantasy literature at the moment. Or should I say I buy children’s fantasy literature and then usually watch a film or tv series of it having attempted to read one or two chapters. I keep planning to subscribe to Audible but I know once I do that I won’t read at all. Reading was such a huge part of my life and it saddens me that I can’t seem to do it any more. I think the internet is partly to blame.

I have often enjoyed a book written for Children.. sounds good MayBee70

The last two books from Santa Montefiore, my favourite author, are timeslider novels, with a third in the pipeline.
Shadows in the Moonlight and Secrets of the Starlit Sea, in that order.

Thanks shysal I will check these books out 👍