Time Windows

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Summary: One of the best books of all time (pardon the pun)
Review: I cannot believe that this book has recieved so little recognition. You never hear anyone talking about this book. Ever. But it is such an intriguing and well written story that I have since fallen in love with it over and over again each time I reread it.

The story is about this girl who becomes obsessed (and with good reason) with a mysterious dollhouse in her attic. It is trying to tell her something and Miranda (the girl) is trying to figure out what its secret is fast because something about the dollhouse is taking over her family.

I love this book and would reccommend it to everyone.

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Summary: awesome
Review: I got this book when I was still in elementary school...I am now 21. I found it again when I was cleaning my room some time ago and decided to read it again! This book is an excellent book to keep a child reading! I have read this book five times or more since I was about 9 or 10 years old. I urge anyone who likes a good story to pick this book up, but don't intend to be able to put it down!

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Summary: Do not start unless you intend to finish!
Review: I Love reading it is a passion of mine! When I read a book even if I like it alot, I have a hard time reading it again. I tend to skip parts and I don't enjoy it that much cause I know what is going to happen. I have read this book two times and I'm in the middle of the third. It has not yet ceased to grab my fears, curiosities, and emotions. I love this book. I get lost in it and have a hard time not losing myself totaly! Like Miranda I fell it calling to me though in her case the mysteries of the enchanted dollhouse had her wrapped up and lost. For those who have not read this book Buy it or check it out. Anyone would like this book. Kathrine Reiss has a amazing talent. I intend to look for more novels written by her. This book may be on the reading level of 9-12 years of age, but I'm 14 and can guarantee would capture the attention of all ages young and old!!!!!

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Summary: An old friend
Review: I read this book many many years ago, and I still consider it to be one of my childhood favorites. I have the first version of the paperback, all tattered from so much use. I haven't read it in quite a while, but I definitely recommend it to anyone of any age who enjoys unique storylines with characters that stay with you when the book is finished!

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Summary: Dolls Move When They Tell Flashbacks
Review: Thirteen-year-old Miranda Browne is moving with her parents from a cramped New York apartment to an old house in a small Massachusetts town. As her family settles in, she finds a beautiful miniature version of her house in the attic. But this is no ordinary dollhouse - it has a secret magic to it that only Miranda can witness. And through the dollhouse's secret, she learns of her own house's secret tragic history. Let me tell you, once I came to the part where Miranda finds out about the dollhouse's magic, I wouldn't put the book down - not even for a dentist appointment. Eh heh heh...

Anyway, this is a wonderfully complex tale of transcending time and changing the past. Indeed, to fully enjoy this story you must pay full attention to it and don't skim, like I habitually do, if you don't want to keep flipping back a few pages to recap what has happened.

Miranda is a believable character, and Ms. Reiss has done a marvelous job of relaying her thoughts and feelings. The reader feels as if he/she IS Miranda, and is impatient to learn the whole story of her house. The other characters, such as her parents and new friend Dan Hooton, are strong as well, and Miranda's interactions with them aren't the typical bland personality-lacking conversations you sometimes read. You can actually relate to these interactions and the characters.

Overall, Time Windows is an excellent book, brilliantly written and captivating. If you are a fan of sci-fi or fantasy, you will definitely enjoy the book. Heck, if you're anybody old enough to appreciate this kind of literature, you'll enjoy it.

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Summary: Best Book Ever!!!
Review: This book is the best book that i have ever read! if you like mysteries, even if you dont, you will certainly love this book! If you dont like it at first, keep reading. You will be glad you did. The book is about a 13 yr old girl who has moved from her busy New York City home, to a little town in the country. When she goes to explore her new house, she finds a dollhouse. An exact replica of the house she has moved into. The girl Miranda looks into the dollhouse and can see what happened in different families who lived in the house in the past. She discovers something is evil in the house and is making all the mothers who live in the house evil to their children. Miranda has to unlock the mystery and change the past to help someone, and herself, when her own mother turns on her. You will love this book, i could not put it down!

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Summary: Time Windows Review
Review: This is for people in their early-teens, but the plot intrigued me, since I'm interested in writing mysteries for young adults myself, so I picked it up and gave it a try. I was impressed, not only with the plot and characters, but the talent Kathryn Reiss possesses. She is a great writer for teens and it's hard to understand how she isn't more well-known. She definitely deserves much more press than she gets.

Time Windows was about Miranda Browne, who just moved to her new Massachusetts home with her father and mother. In the attic, she discovers an old dollhouse. But this is no ordinary dollhouse, as she can see the past when looking through the windows. Soon, her mother begins taking on the unpleasant characteristics of a woman who lived in her house at the turn of the century and Miranda must put a stop to the horror before it gets worse!

So yeah, pick up this book, enjoy it, and check out all of Reiss's other books. Whether you're a teen or whether you're much older, I can guarantee you won't regret putting this book down.

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Summary: Incredible Story
Review: TIME WINDOWS by Kathryn Reiss had an intricate plot, a great deal of suspense, dashes of humor and took a little too much work to figure out. However, Ms.. Reiss definitely wove a story that was worth reading. A kind of original book, the main plot is a girl who moves into a cursed house finds a dollhouse that replays scenes through its windows of people who lived in the house before her. Soon her own "Mither" (weird) is acting like the women in the scenes from the doll house and getting touchier, meaner and more hostile. Miranda solves the mystery behind the evil that is exerted over all the women along with a boy across the street and as she changes the past, she also changes the future. A good read, fascinating for people who like to think. For someone who just wants to read a book and not have to stop, turn back a few pages, and get a headache, this book is a no-no. I rate it a 4 out of 5. Ms. Reiss deserves it.

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Summary: Finally found it!
Review: Time Windows is by far the best book that I have ever read. I read it for the first time when I was in third grade and I couldn't put it down. Unfortunately, I let a friend borrow it and never got it back. Unable to remember the title, I have been searching for the book for years. Now that I have finally found it, I can read it again and again. It's a must read!

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Summary: Dolls Move When They Tell Flashbacks
Review: Would you spend all of your time in a stuffy, old, crummy attic with a dollhouse that looks like your own house? Well Miranda Browne does. But this is not any ordinary dollhouse you see in stores!! While you read this book you will find out that this dollhouse has windows that you can see flashbacks through. All these flashbacks in this horror book are from along time ago! No wonder they call this book Time Windows By Kathryn Reiss.
Kathryn Reiss has also written Riddle Of Prance Bride and Where Did the Thief Go? If you have read Holes or Dollhouse Murders you probably think Time Windows has a connection with each of these books. Well they probably do! In Holes there are a lot of flashbacks. In Time Windows there are also a lot of flashbacks.
In Dollhouse Murders the dolls come alive!! The same is true for Time Windows!
This book will make you think. You will want to argue with the book at times. You may get confused some times, only because of the flash backs they sneak in. That is in the beginning. But in the end all of those flashbacks come together to tell a story. Since the book has many confusing flashbacks, I recommend this book to people 12 and up. Will you have to break a spell by getting clues from dolls in a dollhouse?