sometimes books work for my brain at certain times and I think I was just really ready to read a book

about the instability of what we think of as the present and what we think of as the future because it

feels so unstable and I just I don't think you can believe anything that the narrator tells us like this

entire book is about how all of these historical figures they get could change time.

The main character can actually see beyond herself and her own, like, obsession and fantasy

with like this Kate and Leopold fanfic she's having with this man, you know.

And I just, I think it's distracting because the book focuses from her

perspective on these things. But I think that's kind of the point.

Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host, Tracy

Thomas, and it is the Stacks Book Club Day. It's our

first one of 2025, and I am so excited to be discussing the Ministry of Time by debut author,

Cullian Bradley, with our returning guest, Jay Wortham. This sci-fi, speculative romance,

time travel novel follows a covert government agency working behind the scenes

to prevent changes to history, exploring the complexities of memory, time, and identity along the way.

Today, Jay and I give you a spoiler-filled conversation about personal responsibility,

colonialism, and the legacies that this book attempts to interrogate.

As a reminder, there will be spoilers on today's episode, so make sure you've read the book

before you listen. And listen all the way to the end of today's episode to find out what our

February book club pick will be. Everything we talk about on each episode of the Stacks can be found in the link in

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