Monday, February 23, 2026

Spotlight of In The Blink Of an Eye by Yoav Blum



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IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
YOAV BLUM
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When renowned physicist and amateur magician Professor Yonatan Brand is found dead inside his sealed study, the scene defies logic. 

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November 24, 2025

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PRAISE FOR IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE:

"I absolutely loved this book in so many unexpected ways. If you enjoy Sherlock Holmes style mysteries, mixed with a bit of sci-fi/speculative fiction, then you’re going to love this!" - The Faerie Review on In the Blink of an Eye

"If you like time travel books, this is the book for you!" - @book.addict.827 on In the Blink of an Eye

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ABOUT IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE:

When renowned physicist and amateur magician Professor Yonatan Brand is found dead inside his sealed study, the scene defies logic. No forced entry. No apparent suspect. Only a strange machine left behind—one that hints Brand may have been experimenting with time itself.

Two unlikely investigators, a washed-up actor and a reclusive librarian, are drawn into the case. As they dig deeper into Brand’s past and the tight-knit circle of friends surrounding him, they discover secrets that refuse to stay buried—and clues that don’t always exist in the same moment. What begins as an impossible crime quickly becomes a puzzle where time is as deceptive as memory, and the truth may lie somewhere between past and present.

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EXCERPT OF IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE:

The gateway opened high in the sky. Minor miscalculations had added up to a farther-than-expected distance from the ground, but it didn’t really matter.

There was green grass down there, gleaming with morning dew, and the trees cast a dark shade.

Still, it felt undeniably alien. There was no one there to remember the grass, the trees, or the wild animals roaming about indifferently.

Many years later, when humans discover fossils strewn around and try to find out who had ruled Earth before them, they will make some guesses about how the ancient fauna looked, what color the hide was, and how the skin felt. They may even be able to draw some conclusions regarding the animals’ characters, judging by their height, the shape of their legs, or the size of their teeth.

But fossils require certain environmental conditions in order to be formed, and while some habitats had allowed for their dwellers to be remembered, others—those where the type of soil or level of
humidity ruled out fossils —had sentenced their critter inhabitants to something worse than extinction or oblivion. No one will ever find any remnants of the animals that existed there; no one
will even imagine them.

The human who dropped out of the sky and landed with a heavy thump amid the tall grass would have probably screamed had he seen the face of the animal approaching to sniff him and then take a bite.

It would have been a wild scream of horror, because the thing that approached him was not the partly recognizable figure of a velociraptor or a T-Rex. It did not look like anything that had ever
existed in his thoughts. The way it moved, its stinking breath, the idle flutter of what would be called—in the lack of other options—eyes, the circular motion of its fangs boring into the flesh—all
of these would have paralyzed any human being with fear bordering on existential sickness; with the realization that he, too, was lost and that he, too, was closer to a beginning-less nonexistence than to an existence that ended in oblivion.

But luckily, the human was already dead.

He was already dead upon exiting the opening high in the sky, and he remained dead throughout the five long seconds of falling down.

The gateway had closed before his body even touched the ground. The animal that had been sniffing the body and nibbling at it walked away, almost bored. The flavor in its mouth felt alien, as if it had tasted something rotten.

Time will pass and eat into the corpse instead of the disinterested creature, deconstructing it in a way no animal, monster, or idea could. The dead human’s molecules will join the anonymous
multitude of particles encircling the world and vanish, leaving no trace behind. Like a tree that had fallen in the thick of a forest with no one to hear it fall or cross its path, such was this corpse—it had never actually existed.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Yoav Blum is an author known for blending high-concept speculative ideas with gripping mystery, thriller, and philosophical depth.

His work explores extraordinary situations—time travel, body switching, orchestrated coincidences—while grounding them in questions of identity, perception, fate, and free will.

Beneath each thriller or puzzle lies a reflection on what it means to be human.

His tone is introspective, suspenseful, and often playfully self-aware.

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It's Monday!! What Are YOU Reading - 2/23/2026

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I hope you had a great reading week.
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This is a weekly meme hosted by Kathryn at BOOK DATE!

Post the books completed, the books you are currently reading, and the books you hope to finish at some point.
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Books Completed:

SPRING MELT by Lori Duffy Foster - review wil be on March 11, 2026.

Not a bad read.

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IT GIRL by Allison Pataki - spotlight will be on March 10, 2026.

Disappointed - wasn't keeping my interest.

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MISSING SISTER by Joshilyn Jackson - spotlight will be on March 9, 2026.

Wasn't keeping my interest.

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WHERE THE GIRLS WERE by Kate Schatz - review will be on March 5, 2026.

A good read.

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I CAME FOR YOU by Kate White - spotlight will be on March 1, 2026.

Was difficult to follow...I normally like her books.

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GOOD GRIEF by Sara Goodman Confino - reading for my book club on February 22, 2026.

Ohhhh...so good and so sweet.  Be sure it's on your TBR if you need some goodness in your life.

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THE BOOKSTORE DIARIES by Susan Mallery- review will be on March 4, 2026.

A lovely read.

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THE SISTERS OF BOOK ROW by Shelley Noble - review will be on March 3, 2026.

A wonderful history lesson with wonderful characters.

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SIX LITTLE WORDS by Sally Page - spotlight will be on February 28, 2026.

Couldn't get into this book.  Nice writing, but not connecting with the characters.

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PINKY SWEAR by Danielle Girard - review will be on February 26, 2026.

Not a bad read, but not great!! 

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ALL IN HER HANDS by Audrey Black - review will be on February 25, 2026.

Excellent writing and historical information, but a bit too long.

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A GOOD ANIMAL by Sara Maurer - spotlight will be on February 24, 2026.

Not my cup of tea.

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WHEN I KILL YOU by B. A. Paris - review is in the book's title.

Another good one by B. A. Paris

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A SOCIOPATH'S GUIDE TO A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE by MK Oliver - review is in the book's title.

A good one - you won't believe what she does, how she thinks of these things, and then gets away with them.

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FIREFLIES IN WINTER by Eleanor Shearer - spotlight is in the book's title.

Not for me.

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THE FOURTH PRINCESS by Janie Chang - spotlight is in the book's title.

Couldn't get interested.

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THE KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN by Sadeqa Johnson - review is in the book's title.

Excellent as always!! 

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THE ORPHAN AT THE IRISH ADOPTION HOUSE by Michelle Vernal - review is in the book's title.

VERY good - emotional with wonderful characters.

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OURS IS A TALE OF MURDER by Nora Murphy - review is in the book's title.

It's good, but confusing.  I was still scratching my head after the last page.

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IT'S NOT HER by Mary Kubica - review is in the book's title.

SO GOOD - DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!!  Might be her best one yet!!  :)

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Book Currently Reading:

ACROSS A STARLIT SKY by Susan Shalev - review will be on March 15, 2026.

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Books Up Next:

THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS by Lisa M. Matlin - review will be on March 13, 2026.

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WITHOUT A CLUE by Melissa Ferguson - review will be on March 16, 2026.

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YOU DID NOTHING WRONG by CG Drews - review will be on March 17, 2026.

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THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN LETTERS by Izzy Boom - review will be on March 19, 2026.

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HARRIET HATES LEMONADE by Kim McCollum - review and blog tour will be on March 22, 2026.

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THE HIRED MAN by Sandra Dallas - review will be on March 31, 2026.
 
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KILLING ME SOFTLY by Sandie Jones - review will be on April 1, 2026.

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THE BARN IDENTITY by Diane Kelly - review will be on April 6, 2026.

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LOVE BY THE BOOK by Jessica George - review will be on April 7, 2026.

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO EDDY CRANE by Kate Crane - review will be on April 8, 2026.
 
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MEET ME IN ITALY by Brenda Novak - review will be on April 13, 2026.

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TOO CLOSE TO HOME by Seraphina Nova Glass - review will be on April 14, 2026.

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EXTRA SAUCE by Zahra Tangorra - review will be on April 15, 2026.

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MAD MABEL by Sally Hepworth - review will be on April 21, 2026.

LIAR'S CREEK by Matt Goldman - review will be on April 22, 2025.

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THE MOUNTAINS WE CALL HOME by Kim Michele Richardson - review will be on April 23, 2026.

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THE HOTEL GUEST by Rosemary Hennigan - review will be on April 28, 2026.

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MS. MEBEL GOES BACK TO THE CHOPPING BLOCK by Jesse Q. Sutanto - review will be on April 29, 2026.

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THE ISLAND CLUB by Nicola Harrison - review will be on April 30, 2026.

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SUMMER STATE OF MIND by Kristy Woodson Harvey - review will be on May 5, 2026.

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A LITTLE BIT BAD by Cassandra Neyenesch - review will be on May 7, 2026.

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THE PARISIAN CHAPTER by Janet Skeslien Charles - review will be on May 9, 2026.

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THE MAY HOUSE by Jillian Cantor - review will be on May 12, 2026.

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THE ANNIVERSARY by Alex Finlay - review will be on May 14, 2026.

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THE HOPE KEEPER by Heather Webb - review will be on May 19, 2026.

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GOOD JOY, BAD JOY by Mikki Brammer - review will be on May 20, 2026.

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A SPRINKLE OF SWEET SEREDIPITY - review will be on May 21, 2026.

LOVE her books.  Adorable cover.

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THE BURNING SIDE by Sarah Damoff - review will be on May 23, 2026.

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THE WINDSOR AFFAIR by Melanie Benjamin - review will be on June 2, 2025.

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MARION by Leah Rowan - review will be on June 3, 2025.

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BEACH THRILLER by Jamie Day - review will be on June 9, 2026.
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THE RAINY DAY BOOKSHOP by RaeAnne Thayne - review will be on June 6, 2026.

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LOST IN THE SUMMER OF '69 by Eliza Knight - review will be on June 11, 2026.

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IT COULD HAVE BEEN HER by Lisa Jewell - review will be on June 23, 2026.

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WHISPER CREEK by Allison Brennan - review will be on June 24, 2026.

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THE HALF LIFE by Rachel Beanland - review will be on July 14, 2026.

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THE STORY KEEPER by Kelly Rimmer - review will be on July 21, 2026.

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MEET IN PARIS by Kristin Harmel - review will be on July 28, 2028.

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THE NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING by Aggie Blum Thompson - review will be on June 30, 2026.

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BUYER BEWARE by Catherine Ryan Howard - review will be on July 29, 2026.

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THE WOMEN IN WHITE by Sarah Pekkanen - review will be on August 4, 2026.

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HOW TO FIND ROMANCE IN A BOOKSHOP by Poppy Alexander - review will be on August 18, 2026.

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