... than today. Sometimes it is difficult to view characters within their own time, rather than our own - when I read Outlander earlier this year, for example, I had difficulty suspending my modern sensibilities, and so I think I was a bit harsher on the book than I should have been.

Hey, I thought we were going to read Outlander together! Of course, I was already halfway through when I put it aside, so let me know when you're done with part 3.

... talks directly to the readers.) I will go back and finish it, but I need something more engaging for now so I started Outlander and I am *totally* loving it! :)

... made me wonder whether there are stages to beyond hope though......terminally beyond hope anyone? I like the first few Outlander books but got bored at about the time they went to America. I don't know why, it just didn't captivate me any more. It all felt far too much like telling the same ...

I read Outlander at a former girlfriend's request. Can't say I loved it, though I did finish it. I kept wondering how she could forget her 20th century husband so easily. I doubt I'll pick up any of the sequels unless I'm stuck at some vacation place and they're the only thing there.

#229: If you are beyond hope, lunacat, I hate to think where I am!! BTW - My two cents on the Outlander series - I love them and cannot wait for An Echo in the Bone to make its appearance.

Aw, I love the Outlander books... they're great escapist reading, but just intelligent enough that you never feel as if you're TOTALLY wasting your time... And no, you're not beyond hope. :)

91. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 850 pages Desperately needed a slushy, 'no brain required', romance filled easy re-read and this fitted the bill perfectly. Won't bother to review, but it was just what was required and refreshed my befuddled brain nicely.

... multiple times. The next book in the series is An Echo in the Bone which comes out September 28. The original book Outlander was rather steeped in romance and sex, but the rest have pulled back from that. Having said that, I am amazed by Diana Gabaldon's research and writing. This ...

... of time-travelling and modern romance, it was pretty trashy and dumb, but I read it in a day. I love Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, but oh, the dreadful things she has inspired! Won't be reading the next in the series no matter how crappy the weather. Two stars 375 pages

... in judging its cover): Immaculate Deception by Courtney J Webb ;-} oh.....>112.....Mark, i have had a copy of Outlander for a couple of years...and never read it...don't know why..maybe because it's so popular....it's supposed to be a relatively fast read, though...let us know what ...

From Member Giveaway: Outlander by Diane Gabaldon I've heard so much here on LT, about this one, I have to find out what the fuss is about. It's another hefty one! From Bookmooch: The Zero by Jess Walter. This makes the 2nd book of his I own and haven't touched 'em yet. Bad!!

Finished Outlander finally! The last 100 pages took me a while to get through for some reason. Posted a review. Starting Time Traveler's Wife- I did initially request this through the library and was 94 in queue. So, my mother bought it for my birthday, I hope to finish it by Saturday, I want ...

... 54. The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. What ISN'T there to love about pandemics and time-travel?! 55. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Enjoyable escapist read. 56. The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch. Perhaps one of my favorites of 2009 so far. LOVED it. 57. Fiel ...

... Hale Currently reading: Beka Cooper: Bloodhound - Tamora Pierce The Summer Tree - Guy Gavriel Kay Outlander - Diana Gabaldon

... younger, you probably would like My Latest Grievance. I have to sheepishly admit that I've read the historical romance, Outlander, by Diane Gabaldon, a few times too.

Finished Shanghai Girls last night, will resume Outlander today. Shanghai Girls was I have to admit, pretty depressing. It was well written, but still depressing. It did give me some perspective on what was going on with the Chinese around this time, which I had no idea. . Will write my full ...

I've got about 150ish pages left of Outlander - put it down to read a book for a book club @ the library- Shanghai Girls.

... Greenberg 11. How Starbucks Saved My Life – Michael Gates Gill 12. The Prodigal God – Timothy Keller March 13. Outlander – Diana Gabaldon 14. Agnes Gray – Anne Bronte 15. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 16. UR - Stephen King 17. Summer - Edith Wharton 18. Lamb - Christ ...

... in CO. I threw out the package but I think it came from south Jersey. Very fast!! An aside...did anyone else request Outlander from the member giveaway last week? I didn't hear back either way so now I'm thinking that maybe I really didn't request it. Has anyone else heard anything?

Still working on Outlander. Swoon. . . ;) Also, probably going to put that down at some point and read Shanghai Girls for a reading group at my library next Saturday.

... it for me. So they did. There's actually a copy at my college library, but parking on campus is a nightmare. Enjoying Outlander. With it being a longer book than normal for me, I'm trying to set a goal of 100 pages a day. There is a book club meeting at my library a week from this Saturday. ...

... the whole library handbook current data, professional advice, and curiosa about libraries and library services. Also got Outlander, being that I'm probably the only female on the planet who wasn't read this series! :) Edit: Forgot to mention, I'm listening to Harry Potter series while I ...

#12, calm, I think that An Echo in the Bone the next book in the Outlander series is coming out on September 22 in North America, you could just order it from Amazon.ca or Amazon.com, maybe the shipping wouldn't be totally outrageous. I know I did that with a British book I was too impatient ...

... John and the private matter - historical fiction, only remotely fantasy because they are set in the same universe as her Outlander books Elizabeth Bear Carnival - science fiction The fourth book in Wen Spencers Ukiah Oregon series - Dog Warrior, but I don't know if it makes ...

I'm reading American Gods. I was in the middle of Diane Gabaldon's Outlander saga then realised the publication date for the next book wasn't until next year in the U.K> edit- touchstones

have readthe first 30 or so pages of Outlander, wiill keep you all apprised... thanks for the encouragement!

I'm reading Outlander and Eat,Pray,Love. You guys remebered me that i wanna reread Sorcerer's Stone a long time ago,i just don't know when i'll be able to do it...It must be magical to see the details of the beggining of the story that are connected to the whole rest...I think i'll cry too,whe ...

... seekers. I did write a review too as this book wasn't that often reviewed. Okay, I'm biting the bullet and picked up Outlander by Diana Gabaldon ... not sure why I hesitate on this LT-LOVED series, I think it's more the science fiction than the romance. Not a big science fiction/time ...

... I thought both Drums of Autumn and Fiery Cross dragged quite a bit, but loved ABOSAA. She was back on form. I re-read Outlander a couple of years ago, and now I need to re-read Dragonfly in Amber and Voyager before the new one comes out. I don't think I could put myself through the ...

... other friends told me how much they loved it I bought Book 1 and let it in my TBR pile for 2 years. I finally started, Outlander in March. So for 4 1/2 months I've been living with the Frasers. Yesterday I finished A Breath of Snow and Ashes book 6 and am going through serious withdrawal. ...

I love Fergus from Outlander in each story I enjoy him more & more There are several more but Im at work & Im so bad with names - this is a post I need to come prepared lol...

... ed. by Stephen King et.al. and Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler more on the way from Amazon Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Mistress of the Art of Death & The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin The Belgariad, Vol. 2 by David Edd ...

... towards what we always called 'hysterical romance'. Biased and stupid, I know... I think you're right, I'll give Outlander a go...

... don't know what you find objectionable about "romance", so I will say that there are sex scenes (not very graphic IMO) but Outlander is not what I would describe as "soppy romance". Except for the fact that one of the main characters has gone back in time I would label Outlander more as ...

... looked her series over several times. I'm a fan of both fantasy and historical fiction... but the "romance" aspect of her Outlander novels has always turned me away. Once again I'm considering picking these up. Any recommendations or advice?

... a genius. Read anything by him. The Hunger Games - young adult fiction. Probably the very best thing I read last year. Outlander - a huge epic historical romance series. I love 'em. The Tea Rose - another epic romantic tale. So good. I don't know if our tastes are similar, but these ...

The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk The Secret Knowledge of Water by Craig Childs Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Back to Barbary Lane Omnibus by Armistead Maupin The Newford Stories by Charles de Lint Into ...

#177 That reminds me of a line in one of Diana Galbaldon's Outlander books. The difference between an Englishman and an American: the American thinks 100 years is a long time, and the Englishman thinks 100 miles is a long distance.

I second the nomination for The Tea Rose. It's one of my favorites, and I LOVE the Outlander series, too. It's a little different, but you may enjoy The Clan of the Cave Bear. It's epic historical fiction, with romance, but it's set in prehistoric times. There are 5 books out in that ...

... Rose and The Winter Rose - both are historical romance epics set in London, and I thought they had a similar feel to the Outlander series.

... if anyone had any other recommendations that fit the historical/epic/romantic vein of these books? Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series Paullina Simons' The Bronze Horseman trilogy Jean M. Auel's Earth's Children series Lucia St. Clair Robson's Ride the Wind Colleen McCullough's T ...

... it been on your shelf? Nine or ten years? I know I bought it, Drangonfly In Amber and Voyager before even finishing Outlander, I was that taken by the book. 5. So far, what do you like best about this book? N/A as nothing (naturally) is new to me. 6. So far, is it better or worse ...

... in the novel -- and there often is -- the romance is just another part of the story. I think Diana Gabaldon in her Outlander series is an author who combines elements of both genres since her books contain a great deal of history and a great deal of detail yet romance is the driving ...

I take it back--have read a romance (Outlander and its sequels), loved it, but think the Scottishness and the NC setting and the historical aspect had tons to do with it.

And I just edited my list as well, replacing A Number and Outlander with Regeneration and Birdsong. That was hard, however!

... entire series. The only exceptions I seem to have any luck with are the Anne of Green Gables series and the Gabaldon Outlander series and I think that is just because I have read them so many times.

... right through the lot. It's also possible you might like the 'Jamie and Claire' series by Diana Gabaldon that starts with Cross Stitch or Outlander depending on which side of the Atlantic you're from. ETA Touchstones

#114 - I've been told by lots of people that I would like Outlander so maybe I'll pick it up with you in the fall. ;) I finished Eats, Shoots and Leaves and I really enjoyed it! (Review here if anyone's curious.) ...

So, I'm still in exactly the same place in Outlander as I was at the beginning of the month. I've been focusing a lot on the project, but now that it's winding down, I can start reading again, however, as much as I'm enjoying it, my summer reread compulsion is kicking in, so I think I'm going to ...

... The author was more focused on how to put more sex scenes that the storyline or characters. #1- irisrose> Try to give Outlander another shot. I know she gets very detailed on history, dates and events - but the overall story is so good (you can skim some of the history lesson) although it ...

... in but somewhere it becomes slow and I yawn and have to force myself insisting just get around this corner... Presently, Outlander, Parts of it I love and can't put down but other times oh hum... I mean I try and read light stuff sometimes... Your thoughts?

It almost seems a little like Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. But not really. I really would have thought by the description that it was the Kushiel series.

... I admit I lean toward the trashy stuff for some reason, I think because it all started when Robin convinced me to give the Outlander series a try). I've heard of Sunne in Splendour on some other threads around here, but not on anyone's whose taste I trust as much as yours. So on the list it ...

... a whim 3. How long has it been on your shelf? 2 months 4. So far, what do you like best about this book? I LOVE the Outlander series and was disappointed when I read Lord John and the Private Matter. This book is composed of three shorts that reveal a lot about Lord John's ersonality ...

... ory. A smattering of examples: The Inferno - Dante Alighieri - "stars." The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson - "love." Outlander - Diana Gabaldon - "possibility." Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov - "Lolita." And ever the great Homer closes his Odyssey with "voice."

... reading year. I see you have been reading Diana Gabaldon's books. How do you like them? I confess to being a rabid Outlander fan anxiously awaiting the publication of An Echo in the Bone in September.

... iegelman 27. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman 28. The monk by M. G. Lewis 29. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 30. The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket 31. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie ...

93: benitastrnad Nope I know what Outlander is (although it is called Cross Stitch in NZ for some reason) I am a HUGE fan of the Gabaldon series. I'm sure the Outlander was discussed... anyway I read the synopsis on the back and it still appealed to me. About a woman running away into ...

#87 The book Outlander that we were discussing earlier on this thread is by Diana Gabaldon. I think you got the wrong Outlander. Oh well, one more book isn't much. And I'll bet it is a good one. Can there be a bad book?

... ARC of I'll Never Be French this last winter. It was good and made me want to go visit Brittany. #42 You will love Outlander. Jamie Fraser is a hunk. And Claire is a wonderful heroine. I too have Crimson Petal and the White on my shelves. #65 Poisonwood Bible is beautifully ...

Friends of the Library sale today. I came home with: The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Farber Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood The Reader by Bernhard Schlink The Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner A Passage ...

... of the Wind. But for long distance memory it has to be Richard Sharpe from the Sharpe series and Jamie Fraser from Outlander. I don't know if I like the character of Sharpe so much because of the writing or because I associate him with Sean Bean who played him in the BBC production. OM ...

Jaime & Claire from Outlander Series Lestat from Interview with a Vampire

If you like Sagas, try the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon or John Jakes' books. I liked the Kent Family Chronicles.

... Bennet from Pride and Prejudice Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables is another favorite Jamie Frasier from the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon Jean Valjean from Les Miserables Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With the Wind

... The Bronze Horseman, , The Thorn Birds, Ride the Wind, The Witching Hour, Wraeththu, and Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series are books I will return to again and again when I feel the need for old friends.

... that category are books I've been really wanting to read but haven't for various reasons. Example: I have all the published Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon and I'm waiting for her to be finished writing them because I don't really want to reread books of more than 1000 pages more than once ...

scrpo1027 - ha-ha, I'm not surprised! It's my 2nd favorite after Outlander, the last 250 pages are impossible to put down-in fact the whole book is hard to put down!

I thought I'd go ahead and get this started. What I'm reading hasn't changed, still Outlander at home, Mary Chestnut's Civil War at lunch and Dr. Thorne on my currently non-existent downtime at work. I've got an ER coming at some point and I'll be starting Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold! ...

... - Jean M. Auel 4. The Plains of Passage - Jean M. Auel 5. The Shelters of Stone - Jean M. Auel February 6. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon 7. Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon 8. Voyager - Diana Gabaldon 9. Drums of Autumn - Diana Gabaldon 10. The Fiery Cross - Diana Gab ...

I'm finishing up Right of Thirst by Frank Huyler, as well as continuing through the audiobook of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I read Outlander a few years ago, but I'm trying to go through the series again before the next book is released in the fall.

I'm currently reading The Outlander by Gil Adams--not to be confused with the other Outlander, which it in no way resembles. It's about a young widow who has killed her abusive husband and is running away from his two vengeful brothers.

... not as good as the first book Through a Glass Darkly but it is very good. If you have read the Diana Gabaldon series Outlander you will like this one. One of the things I like about LibraryThing's groups is the fact that there are some readers who are not afraid to stand up and say ...

... to replenish. Here are some of my favs: Year of Wonders, pillars of the earth and its sequel, Katherine, the Outlander series, and Here be Dragons

... I heartily concur that Jamie Fraser is the sexiest man ever written! I've read the entire series through twice, and Outlander four times, and I always fall for him again and again! One of my ex-boyfriends was tall, muscular, extremely athletic, and had brilliant red hair, so I always ...

And then there are the occasions when you're looking at the "science fiction" shelf and see Outlander because it's a novel with time travel, so you get it... and what is it? Historical romance... sigh... (but, sadly enough, I really enjoyed it anyway)

#161: Outlander and the subsequent series. Soooooooooooooooo good. It's also put me in the mood for some Scottish games, and since I'm not going to Scotland this summer (:P~~~ Mandy) I went online to see if I could find any nearby. There were some 15 minutes away....last weekend. :(

... Peters 93. The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts August reads 92. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones 91. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 90. The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd 89. The Last Queen: A Novel of Juana La Loca by C.W. Gortner 88. Watchmen by Alan Moore 87. Woman ...

I started to dig in again on Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon I loved Outlander but after reading that I wanted some quick light-hearted books - I have 3 more books coming in from Amazon so until they get here I keep going back and reading bit by bit on Dragonfly.

This is hard, but I'll give it a shot: Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon The Wallflowers series by Lisa Kleypas, particularly Devil in Winter In Death series by J.D. Robb Slightly series by Mary Balogh Chicago Stars series by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Outlander was my favorite in the series, but the others are well worth the time.

I'm almost done with Outlander and am so excited to start the second book, but I hear it's harder to get through than Outlander, but that it's completely worth it.

bib - The Outlander series is one of my favorites! Hope you continue to enjoy!!

... trying to slog my way through my ER, but it's awful! So I'm going to review what I've read of it and I'm back to Outlander, which I'm enjoying even more than before, seeing as it's both well-written and interesting!

Five is not enough :) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie Open Season by Linda Howard Firebird by Janice Graham Say No to Joe? by Lori Foster

This is tough! This is not in any special order: Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon The Bride by Julie Garwood The Bronze Horseman Series by Paullina Simons Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning love the series as a whole The Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn ...

Kresley Cole IAD Series J.R. Ward BDB Series Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Colleen Gleason The Gardella Vampire Chronicles Melissa Mayhue Daughters of the Glen Series and there are soo many more ;)

... dogs suggested rating - Adult Recommended - If you're one of the people who loved the romance between Clare and Jamie in Outlander you might want to check this one out. Longer review on book page.

I guess I can jump in here... I read Diana Gabaldon's Outlander. I had picked it up by "accident" because I would NEVER read historical fiction (or traditional romance), in fact, I disliked the sci-fi To Say Nothing of the Dog because it had a historical setting and normally I love sci-fi and ...

I picked up Pride and Prejudice and Zombies this weekend, so now I'm debating putting aside Outlander in favor of that. Haven't decided yet. I won't have time to read today anyway, have to clean the apartment, unpack and do all that other stuff I didn't get a chance to do yet.

... Charlaine Harris, they're romance, mystery and vampires all rolled into one. For romance and time travel you can't beat Outlander by Diana Gabaldon! Wonderful stuff, Jamie will make you weak in the knees ;-) lol

I myself would love to read more romances where the male is younger than the female. After Outlander I kinda think that a younger man is the way to go. :D

I am loving Outlander right now, sis. How far are you? We'll talk about it tomorrow. Also reading Dry right now. Really enjoying it.

... Also read Demigod Files last night. I kinda wish I'd read that before Olympian, but oh well. I'll be going back to Outlander now. I figure the fact that I keep thinking about it means that it was drawing me in pretty well. I'm going to save the Trollope I started on the plane for the ...

I read the first three Gabaldon books - Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, and Voyager. Started Drums of Autumn and got totally bored. The storyline became increasingly strange and unbelievable. #206 - Rodo I liked Lord John and the Private Matter, haven't read anything else.

... read Gabaldons Lord John books and am probably the only person who liked them and didn't even feel tempted to read the Outlander series. I didn't like Jamie, and the more my friends tell me about Claire and the story the less inclined I am to read the books.

... is about 550 & I was thinking wow thats bigger than the majority of books I end up reading. Good example of very big book Outlander by Dianna Gabaldon and her 2nd book in the series Dragonfly in Amber is huge. But, they are such good books you have no problem flying right through them. ...

... to make it through two books on my trip, Something Borrowed and Something Blue. I also read about 50 pages each of Outlander and He Knew He was Right, both of which I'm enjoying. However, either today (if I'm not completely knackered) or tomorrow I'll be buying The Last Olympian ...

Just started Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Good so far!

Yes, I finished Outlander in March. I'm going to start Voyager soon, but after the third book I'm going to take a little break from the series. I'll wait until I'm back in the US for the summer before reading the others. Now I'm reading Sense and Sensibility, but I'm having a hard time ...

Oops! Sorry about the double posting. >32. Can't beat P&P!

I hope you read Outlander first? That was a terrific historical romance novel. You and nannybebette should have fun talking. She just finished the sixth book in the series.

... Some chick lit (Something Borrowed and Something Blue (I am going to a wedding)), a fantasy/romance/historical fiction (Outlander), some Brit Lit (He Knew He was Right) and some mystery, which will be whatever Amelia Peabody I get up to by then and the next one.

First 3 books of the Outlander series were clearly the most enjoyable so far! "Best" in a literary sense was Mother Night.

1760's Scotland and the West Indies in Voyager, book 3 of the Outlander series and lovin every minute of it! Talk about escapism...

#11 Voyager book 3 of the Outlander series.

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I tried so hard to like this book. I needed something light and fluffy in an attempt to destress before finals. Not a huge fan of most recently published romances out there, but hey, the series seems to be pretty well-regarded. Then 300 pages in the "hero" turned ...

17. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse Got suckered in by the "combination of Outlander and The Da Vinci Code" I saw in a review when the book first came out... Another book that really could have used some serious shortening with no really big payoff...

Because I had to take it back to the library before I actually got chance to read it I bought Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon today, and also Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen which was recommended on here.

judy - I think you'll like Building Coffins. It is definitely mystic realism at is rawest. The whole Outlander series is kind of a fluke for me, as I've never read (actually, I've stayed away from) romance books. I think my heritage comes into a big account there! Go Frasers!

... how we can rate some books equally highly (Ines of My Soul amongst others), yet others we can disagree on quite markedly (Outlander for example). Based on your review, I have placed The Sound of Building Coffins on hold at the library. It sounds wonderful! Judy

... What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? Either the An Assembly Such as This faux Jane Austen books, or Outlander 15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read? Finnegan's Wake 16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen? None of the obscure ...

... ear? Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer 8) What is the best book you've read in the past year? Best or most enjoyable? Outlander or World War Z for more enjoyable. 9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? The Blue Sword or A Tree Grows in Brookl ...

... into a movie? None, I prefer using my own imagination 12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Outlander 13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. I cannot think of one - I never can remember my dreams 14) What is the ...

... teachers no longer teach against it. 4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? Umm...Jamie from Outlander or Rents from Trainspotting (I like the accent?)... 5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Go ...

... is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? Either the An Assembly Such as This faux Jane Austen books, or Outlander 15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read? Finnegan's Wake 16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen? None of ...

... Quick that I have ordered. I found the others when I was looking at the reviews for The Four Seasons. I am also an Outlander fan - though have only read the first 4.

... the Rings - JRR Tolkien Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Watership Down - Richard Adams War of the Worlds - HG Wells Outlander - Diana Gabaldon The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy Danny the Champion of the World - Roald Dahl Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Skallagrig - Wi ...

My 10 Favorite: 1. Outlander series - Diana Gabaldon 2. Anthem - Ayn Rand 3. Dracula - Bram Stoker 4. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom 5. Abhorsen trilogy - Garth Nix 6. The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown 7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 8. One Flew Over the ...

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. :-)

... A Song Ice and Fire Series The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman A Scots ...

... Song of Ice and Fire Series The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman A Scots ...

#39 Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon More fun than Outlander, action-packed and entertaining. I have one quibble with the book, and it's probably because I don't read romance novels and am unfamiliar with the genre. The tragic, passionate, across-the-centuries love story seems to me ...

I loved the Outlander series and remember Heyer's Regency novels as fantastic fun! As for now, I have left 1800's England and Jane Austen behind as I finished The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen and I am now about to enter contemporary Rome with Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza ...

I'll join the club as well! I finished Outlander last week, and have read a couple chapters of Dragonfly in Amber. I can't wait to have time to sit down and enjoy it, but don't think I'll have time to do that until the middle of the month! I also want to finish North and South, which takes ...

Count me in to the Outlander Admiration Club! But today I am off to the early 1800's with April Lady by Georgette Heyer. This is only my second Georgette Heyer novel, but I am really enjoying her light and humorous touches as well as her attention to period detail. I plan on reading as many ...

#10 Dragonfly in Amber Took 17 years but finally gave Outlander a look, to see what all the fuss was about and got sucked in too!

... Scotland but about to go back in time to the 18th Century -- Dragonfly In Amber. Add another reader sucked into the Outlander series...

... coming up, so I'll probably be burning through them pretty quickly. I'm planning on starting Voyager very, very soon. Outlander was the greatest new book I've read in quite a while, so I'm hooked. Plus, I'm descended from the Frasers, and the end of Dragonfly in Amber just spurred me to ...

... son 2/26/09 - 3/1/09, *** Reviewed #19: The Courts of Love by Ellen Gilchrist 3/1/09 - 3/2/09, *** Reviewed #20: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 3/2/09 - 3/9/09, *****! Reviewed #21: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 3/9/09 - 3/10/09, **** Reviewed #22: The ...

I have to agree mama- MacCarrick Brothers was very good & I loved Outlander I also really enjoyed Melissa Mayhue's Daughter of the Glen Series 1st book is Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband it was very enjoyable & I thought each book got better.

I would have to say parts in Outlander by Diana Gabaldon such an all around good story!!

17. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon I first learned about this book through LT, and I was expecting a lot. I wasn’t disappointed! Outlander has history, romance, time travel (from 1945 to 1743), adventure, and wonderful characters that I plan to continue following through the rest of ...

Lamplight I really enjoyed Outlander, hope you did, too. I found it read like something that John Ford would have liked to have turned into a movie. The author's descriptive passages of scenery and conditions during harsh winters were exceptional. My only criticism was of a personal ...

I'm still reading Outlander by Gil Adamson. It's very good; I'm slow because I read in snatched minutes. I'm also reading Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult. In my TBR pile is Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. Two of the three are library books, and one is overdue already. Sigh. ...

... Kresley Cole has a MacCarrick Brothers series starting with If You Dare. They are very, very good. There is also the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon which is absolutely wonderful. History, Romance, Time Travel. I liked a Harlequin book called Taming the Highlander by Terri Brisbi ...

And how about the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon - history, time travel, romance, war, kilts - something for everyone!

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Eva Luna by Isabel Allende The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ...and #5 will soon be Dragonfly in Amber by Gabaldon.

I'm still reading Dragonfly in Amber, which is better than Outlander, IMO. I'm feeling very rollercoasterish (or sine wave-ish) WRT Jamie in this book, though. First he'll be awesomely amazing, then he'll say or do something stupid or borderline abusive, then he'll be amazing, then he'll say or ...

I'm late to the #92-98 Outlander discussion: I think I get what you're trying to say, Cait86... that with your modern sensibilities, it bothered you that he beat her. Annnndddd... it annoyed you that Claire should have those same sensibilities as you since she is also a modern woman, transported ...

Went to the library and got drunk on scotch! Borrowed Outlander for a friend to read, a Scottish Gaelic - English/English - Scottish Gaelic dictionary, and Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson. And from that, I'll bet most people on here are pretty sure what one-quarter of ...

Owned but unread: Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber After the events of Outlander, Claire Fraser is back in the present day and has been living in England with her husband Frank and daughter Brianna. When Frank dies, Claire takes 20-year-old Brianna to Scotland, finally able and ready to ...

Oh, Moomin, Cross Stitch is Outlander's name abroad, isn't it? I loved that book!

Eruntane - I started The Idiot, but alas, got sidetracked by Outlander. It had a lot of promise, and I was intrigued as to how it might end. Kira-Kira was good. It started very well, but kind of ran out of steam as the main problem increased. The climax was treated a little flatly, but ...

From the library I have now added Cold Comfort Farm, Cross Stitch and Bitten to the ridiculous backlog, and I bought Fairytale Detectives because it sounded fab from some of the descriptions on here.

OK, now that I've read Outlander, I'm definitely adding Jamie!

>10 That sounds interesting, Gwen, now I have to go wishlist it! It also occurred to me that the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon features time travel, though these books are much more romances (or maybe romantic adventure) than what one thinks of as sci fi. Still, they are very popular.

... book that uses sex as a crutch. Sometimes it enhances the storyline but too often it is just.. you know. I absolutely love Outlander and will at some point read the Lord John books.

#77: I do not care for the Lord John books. I infinitely prefer the Outlander series. I agree with you about the second Lord John book - it was almost as if Gabaldon was testing the reader to see just how much leeway she would be given.

... - I think I will pass on the book, since I love watching the movie (it is on right now, actually, LOL). I agree with Outlander - I read it this year, and was mixed. I will probably try the next one just to make sure, but romance is definitely a genre that is personal. Oh, Chapters ...

... find what you like on your own because it's a genre so particular to your own ideas of love and sex. For instance, that Outlander by Diana Gabaldon was recommended to me so many times by different types of people but I tried it and really didn't like it. I've found only one person in this ...

... to Canada Reads. This is the first year that I've made a point to follow it. Anyway, that was a close call today for the Outlander. Do you think it will survive? I was sort of surprised, because I think it had the least amount of attention so far. Anyway, if I were a beating person, I'd put ...

... It's different in specifics (being American history and no time travel) but is somewhat similar to Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books in mix of historical detail and story.

I'm home sick today as my medication wreaks havoc on my digestive tract, but I've managed to get quite a ways into Outlander between those unfortunate interruptions. I'm one of those people who will always read books with a distinctive dialect "aloud" in my brain, and I'm having a lot of fun ...

"I didn't do anything out of the way. It was only luck that I have small hands." Outlander by Diana Gabaldon "What is--it isn't, is it?"

Favorites include: Outlander, Gone With the Wind, Angelique to name three off the top of my head. How about you? What kind do you like?

"Not just at present, Chuckie." Outlander

I'm about to leave Berkeley and New Orleans in The Courts of Love and finally go to Scotland in Outlander. For a while now, I've been stuck in Russia with The Idiot.

What did you think of Outlander? I've never read it, but I keep seeing it here on LT.

#7 Outlander finally. I've only owned it for years... I'm really taking my time with Outlander and enjoying it. It's been years since I've read The Wolf and the Dove and all the historical romances of my 20's. Gabaldon has done a very good job. Pretty sure I'll read book 2 as well.

Oh! I'm starting Outlander next! I have about 80 pages left in The Courts of Love, which is not historical fiction but is certainly making me re-live the nineties, especially the Oklahoma City bombing which is only alluded to.

18th century Scotland -- finally reading Outlander

... one book from my sister-in-law and one book from my mom yesterday, but they didn't come into my home until this morning: Outlander by Diana Galbadon and Courts of Love by Ellen Gilchrist.

... 66. An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon 5 67. Hitler's Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell 4 68. Cross stitch aka Outlander by Diana Gabaldon R 5 69. The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford 4 70. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen 4 71. A White Darkness by Geraldine McCa ...

... fun too. I love the con man Davy Dempsey, and the story line is just so much fun! I have been slogging through the Outlander series for the last 4 months or so. I say slogging, because I have a problem with reading a book from page one to end, start to finish - I have to skip around ...

... 3 stars. Actually, another author that I began having the same kinds of feelings about is Diana Gabaldon who wrote Outlander. I loved that book, and read the next 2 or 3 in the series. But then I began seeing too much of the author in the book and gave up on the series. (Does that ...

#279: Jayde, As far as the narration goes, Davina Porter has no peer in doing the Outlander books. Even Gabaldon has said in The Outlandish Companion that to her, Porter is Claire. The only quibble I have with Porter's narration, and it is a minor one, is that she does not seem to me to ...

I don't know if I could watch an Outlander movie. It would mess up the book and I love the book.

I have read Outlander , and I'm waiting with bated breath for the next instalment to come out. One of my favorites in the series is Voyager, makes me cry every time. Are you a fan of Gone With the Wind?

I too am a big fan of Outlander's unabridged audiobooks, I listen to them contantly in my car commuting back and forth in one huge loop. Davina Porter is Claire. I'm so used to her voice that I fear a movie will ruin it for me too - though from what I hear a full feature movie is still ...

#275: One of the reasons I hope they never make movies of the Outlander series is because I feel like I know the characters so well, even their appearances. I think a movie version would just ruin the books for me. As far as the audiobooks go, I first discovered Outlander that way - I ...

#270: Cait, I am a fan of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, and when whomever in their infinite wisdom decided to abridge her books for the audio versions, I blanched. I have the unabridged audios from Recorded Books - the shortest one is 23 hours long. All of the abridgements ...

I noticed in your first post you said you were searching for an epic romance... I have you tried Outlander by Diana Gabaldon yet? It isn't usually shelved with romance and is considered historical fiction but it's the first in a series with a major focus on the relationship between the hero and ...

I don't specifically remember how long each of these were, but my two longest listens were: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb.

... Highland Guardian - I really enjoyed it. I wasn't to sure with the 1st book in the series because it was a lot like Outlander but I got sucked in & now I will have to continue with the series. Im also part way through Shadow Game by Christine Feehan I started this one a while ago ...

There is one passage in Outlander I cannot read for a similar reason - large nail, human hand and hammer are involved. Ick!

#29: No, she has not read Outlander yet. I think it may be a bit too old for her for a bit. #30: All of us girls at my house are big fans of Lynn Kurland. I think between the 3 of us we have everything she has ever written. In case you did not know, An Echo in the Bone is already ...

I love Outlander! And the rest of the series, through Drums of Autumn. After that they start going downhill. I don't know if I've ever read any Chapman, although the description of Charming the Highlander sounds very familiar. Unfortunately my hardcore highlander romance phase was before I ...

#27, ah yes, she must have a thing for highlander's too! Has she read Outlander yet? That's what started this whole romance business for me in the first place! I used to be so fond of literature! LOL!

... I'm not planning on reading either of them - I have more than enough other books in my pile for now (including all the Outlander books so I think I'll stop after this one... Cheers!!

... finished Thirty nights with a highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue - I enjoyed it although it was almost like reading Outlander by Diana Gaboldon (which I loved) this was fun & had a bit of a different ending which I enjoyed. I am going to start Highland Guardian by Mellissa Mayhue ...

... a certain time/place, like Scotland, it's hard to read other books like it and not compare them to the original, like with Outlander. ;) **I've still got to find the last 3 books in the Outlander series to read. My library is not very well stocked, I'm afraid, and I've yet to buy them either. Bu ...

... good, particularly the Battle of Culloden. But, overall, I thought both books were weak, but then I kept comparing them to Outlander and Gone With the Wind (believe it or not). :P

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and the rest of that series.

Her books were some of the first time travel romances I'd ever read (besides Outlander.) I was drawn to them by the highlander time travel aspect, but I thought they were just okay, nothing great, probably because I'd been so spoiled by Diana Gabaldon! I thought these books were on the ...

I consider the Outlander series some of my favorite reads. I love her writing and her characters.

Diana Gabaldon began writing the Outlander series in tidbits out of order on Compuserve listservs back in the 80s. She was just letting off steam by writing little vignettes and look where it got her!

... the condensed versions of the audiobooks - I do not like abridgements at all and when you take one of Gabaldon's books like Outlander that in abridged form is around 6 hours long, and in unabridged form is 23 hours long - that is just too much book to miss, and Outlander is the shortest of the ...

Book #14 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Book #14: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon I don't really know how to accurately describe how I felt about this book, but I am going to try. I read about it here on LT, I think in the Historical Fiction thread, and thought I would give it a try. I figured it would be a good ...

I started Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Im a little over 1/2 way through and I'm really enoying it!!

The Lymond Series by Dorothy Dunnett are very popular, very different from Outlander. They have intricate plotlines and really make you think.

Hi Everyone, Ummm Anita Blake was one of my favourites until Narcissus in Chains. Otherwise Jamie from Outlander still remains my absolute favourite character ever. Harry Dresden from The Dresden Files comes in a close second.

... of a Demon King it only took 4 Borders and going on my lunch break lol.. but I'm starting it now :) I also picked up Outlander by Diana Gabaldon since it was on the majority of everyone's top 5 - I though it was a must.

... five was difficult but I decided to go with my gut and the first five that came to mind when I thought of my keepers. 1. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon 2. Heart of the West - Penelope Williamson 3. Knight in Shining Armour - Jude Devereaux 4. Midnight Honor - Marsha Canham 5. For My Lad ...

... for a while, when I drift back, I know what's going on. I think The Princess Bride, The Chronicles of Narnia and the Cross stitch series will be added to the list as well.

Put me down for Gone With the Wind, Pride and Prejudice, Outlander and a Julie Garwood Scottish highlander romance novel or a regency romance by Julia Quinn.

I am only reading Twilight because I don't have a choice. I recommended Outlander to my sister in law and she loved the series like I knew she would. Well, she swears that I will love Twilight and that I should try it. I have never even had an interest in it.....but I guess I have no choice. ...

Harry Potter books, particularly the earliest ones Nancy Drew books, any I can find Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald

... ones that I practicaly know by heart - The Steinbeck 'funnies' - (Cannery Row and Tortilla Flat) - Diana Gabaldon's 'Outlander' books, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Sophie's World, The Crimson Petal and the White, The Secret History and any short stories by Saki. What ...

#81 You'll find there are plenty of Diana Gabaldon fans here at LT - I'm one of them! Her Outlander Series is my favorite series. It's rich in detail, romantic, exciting (a little over the top yes) but a very enjoyable read. I could go on and on - do yourself a favor and read these books!

... ear. Memoir: The Glass Castle -- what an incredible story of growing up with unorthodox parents. Historical fiction: Outlander -- couldn't put this one down and have since read the rest of the series and The Outlandish Companion. And to think I almost didn't read it because the friend ...

... of books in the background. You've managed to get your two loves in the same picture.And is one of those books from the Outlander series? That was in the last picture, so that would be real weird, but as readers, we shouldn't be suprised, right? That's a popular book, and that is one snazzy ...

OMG - it has to be Jamie from the Outlander series...sooooo romantic and unjaded. Prince on the white horse we all dreamed about (ok, what I dreamed about, with burrs in the hair and all...)

Oh I just realized, how could I forget Jamie Fraser from the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon??

#5 callen - I have all the hardcovers of Austen in Everyman too - I love them! I'll never part with the entire Outlander Series and Pride and Prejudice

... for romance and historical fiction, but sometimes I throw in a best seller or non-fiction as well. I love Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, so I've named it Outlandish Dreaming, since most of the books I read and review simply pale in comparison to hers. I've had it since last March and I'm ...

... plenty of books - even YA books - with sex in them during that time, although probably not as graphic as what shows up in Outlander (that one I saved til I was 16! ;) ) The Dragonrider books spring to mind as particularly titillating to my 11 year old self, although I suspect in ...

Count me in on the call off day. Outlander is my favorite book ever. I have read it 4 times at least and I rarely reread.

... Ticker Factory to your post so that the ticker will show up. I see you are a Diana Gabaldon fan. Have you read her Outlander series yet? I love those books, and IMHO, the Lord John books don't stand up nearly as well.

Thanks for the review of Midwife of the Blue Ridge. As an avid fan of the Outlander series, I think I will give this book a pass.

... British bureaucracy. I borrowed this book from a friend and while I didn't set out looking for a book comparable to the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, I couldn't help making comparisons due the the Scottish language woven into the story, which is set at approximately the same time. Gabal ...

Outlander was good, but the ending left me somewhat unsatisfied. I'm now readng Fruit by Brian Francis

... 3 Auel books and stopped. Maybe that's a series I should pick back up. I also keep thinking I'll read the entire Outlander series, but I have only read the first and part of the second book.

... and the Stone – T. H. White Catch-All Category 1. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart - FINISHED January 18/09 2. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon - FINISHED January 28/09 3. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris - FINISHED January 30/09 4. TBA 5. TBA 6. TBA 7. TBA 8. TBA 9. TBA 1001 ...

I highly recommend the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon (1700s Scotland and other) and lately I've been loving Philippa Gregory's works (Tudor England), especially The Constant Princess. Both are really good audiobook reads for those so inclined.

... n The Mysts of Avalon American Gods Don Quixote A Distant Mirror A Mercy Crime and Punishment Ulysses Outlander The Lathe of Heaven The Meaning of Wife

I heart Diana Gabaldon and her wonderful Outlander books. Reading you say that she was a very nice author makes me so happy! How lucky to have met her and subsequently have multiple autographed copies. Me=a little bit jealous!

I loved Outlander. I still re-read it and I still laugh at the same parts.

... bought a lot of books because the authors looked so lonely there alone at their table. Anyway, I bought a hardcover copy of Outlander from a very nice author and loved it. She signed the next three for me before I finished my degree.

... addict.) I became a romance novel junkie this past year, blame it on my wait for Diana Gabaldon's next book in her Outlander series of which I'm obsessed with. I also try to read some more literary books as well and have dabbled in writing myself, though that's on hold for now, since I ...

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Passion of Artemesia by Susan Vreeland Questions and Answers on Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

... still loving on Brandon Sanderson!! For me, I think they were: Mistborn: the Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Helm by Steven Gould (reread) ...I'm sure there were others, but darn my brain is swiss cheese this late in the day at work.

Wow it's been awhile since I've last posted. I stiil haven't finished Outlander. I read about 1/4 of it and put it aside. It wasn't because of the book itself, I think I got side-tracked with another book. (Maybe didn't want to commit to such a long novel). Anyways here are 2 more that I ...

Hi MDLady, thanks for the recommendation and the welcome. Will look into Outlander.

... Giardina (Victorian England; in July) Sometime in the fall: Michelle Moran's next book, as well as the seventh book in the Outlander series.

It has to be Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I just found it this year thanks to LT and it is my favorite book (series) of all time.

Welcome dianestm! I noticed that we share Time Traveler's Wife. If you liked it as much as I did, then you will love Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I am sure of it. Again, welcome to the group!

... Especially in a complicated epic. Yes, I'm talking to you, Diana Gabaldon. It's taking me forever to get through the six Outlander books, because I keep having to go back and try to figure out what happened when - and the little explanations given concerning major developments in previous ...

... as one doesn't get the point of view of other characters in the story - unless the author blends viewpoints. Like in Outlander - where the author uses first person and third-person omniscient. Are you perhaps thinking about the difference between 3rd person omniscient (the narrator knows ...

... (Finished 9-12-2009) 7. The Love of her Life by Harriet Evans (Finished 10-22-2009) 8. 9. Outlander 1. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon(Finished 3-10-2009) 2. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (Finished 4/30/2009) 3. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (Finished 6/14/20 ...

The later books in the Outlander series all take place in N. Carolina pre-Rev. War.

... Christmas gifts: The Master and Margarita, The Gate to Women's Country, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and Outlander.

>7 Seconded. Outlander kept me busy for 11 hours in an airport, and 3 hours on a plane back in March.

... Cook edited by William Cook --The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett --Messengers of God by Elie Wiesel (1/2009) --Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (10/2009) --The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham --The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton (3/2009) --TBD

#6 -- do you mean the Glass Castle? Yes, that book was astounding. I would recommend any of the books in the Outlander series for those stuck in an airport or similar. Enthralling and substantial for those long waits.

... Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr The Alienist by Caleb Carr Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon Voyager by Diana Gabaldon The Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon The Fiery Cross ...

The next book in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is due out in the fall of 09, I believe in September.. It's called, "An Echo in the Bone." I can't wait!!

... a member, but there's a lot of good writing there as well. I was once a regular at these boards for years, but once I read Outlander I lost interest in Mr. Darcy. My review goes over my addiction a little (I fixed the link above) Julie

... are (in no particular order): The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber The Dark Lantern by Gerri Brightwell Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber. both by Diana Gabaldon The French Executioner and Blood Ties, both by C.C. Humphreys The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova The Sha ...

... (Read in November, in Dutch) 7. The Savage Garden by Mark Mills (Read in August, in Dutch) 8. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Read in July, in English) 9. Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland (Read in August, in English)

... Follett- Excellent; haven't read World Without End yet, have to get on that... The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir Outlander/Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon- the third or forth time reading them, but they consistently rank highly on my all time favorites list, so they belong ...

... Hill (2, 7) 7/24/09 7. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris (2, 6, 7) 8/5/09 8. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon 9/2/09 9. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan 10/28/09 10. Nineteen Minutes This will probably be where I ...

... read The Magus - there were some interesting reviews. And, thanks cal8769 and ktbarnes for your recommendations for Outlander; I'm psyched!

I also throw in a recommendation for Outlander! From appydo1's library, I pick In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.

Lisa, do yourself a favor and read Outlander. You won't regret it. From LisaMorr's library, I pick 50 Great Horror Stories by John Canning. I love scaring myself.

... heard about the Outlander series peripherally, and in alcottacre's library I see them highly rated, so I'll jump in and try Outlander.

... / Adrian Stone **** june 2 (#62) 4. De hobbit / The hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien ** october 24 5. De reiziger / Outlander - Diana Gabaldon ***** december 3 6. Zoon van de duivel - Adrian Stone **** december 24 Overlaps 7. De clan van de wolvin / 1 De heksenoorlog - Mait ...

... by Alexander McCall Smith (finished 6/4/09) New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (finished 2/10/09) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Reading Lolita In Tehran by Azar Nafisi (finished 7/8/09) The Widow Of The South by Robert Hicks (finishe ...

... by Amanda Scott 56. Tess and the Highlander by May McGoldrick 57. Noble Destiny by Katie MacAlister 58. Cross Stitch (the British version of Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon 59. Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton 60. The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton ...

I would bring Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I have re-read this book probably 6-8 times already and yet every re-read is still wonderful. You can pick up things you've missed and evening knowing some of the dialogue by heart it doesn't get old. This is the only book I know I could keep ...

#106 Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Fun, trashy historical fiction that is almost as long as Ulysses. I'll probably read the next couple in the series someday, but I'm in no hurry.

... of the Earth... or anything by Rebecca Gablé that is set in Britain (NOT Catan) or, as someone before me said, the Outlander series. Even though I'd probably end up raped and/or killed two pages in ;-)

... soon... I'm currently reading The Mists of Avalon, which is a re-read but a fun one. Also about a third of the way into Outlander. I'm developing a bit of a crush on Jamie.

... ********************** My end-of-year awards show will take place in December. I have a feeling that two books I'm reading, Outlander and Mists of Avalon will be in a close race with Pillars of the Earth for The Are-You-Sure-This-Isn't-Porn? award for the most excessive, gratuitous, and ...

Working my way through the Outlander series. Almost done with Voyager, I think Drums of Autumn is next, correct? I am so glad you all recommended this - it's by far the best thing I've read in years.

43. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Finished November 15, 2008 Mass Market Paperback 850 Pages 12183 Total Pages Read 283 Average Pages Read

... Ghosh, which I'm really enjoying. It's moving along quickly, so after that'll come either Enchantress of Florence or Outlander.

#166 jfetting I would recommend Outlander as well, its very good and captivating if you like historical/romance. However, I personally would say that don't expect ALL of the books in the series to live up to the first one. Its a fairly long series and by the last one, I wasn't enjoying them ...

... into Borders while running errands this morning and came out with: Death With Interruptions by Jose Saramago and Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Haven't read Outlander, but a good friend with reliable taste ordered me to read it.

... my bookshelf in an organized catalog of pleasurable memories of hours spent in bliss. My keepers are Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, my Austens, my collection of the Oz books by L. Frank Baum and Anne of Green Gables books by L.M. Montgomery. Harry Potter isn't going anywhere, ...

#194 Fourpawz2: I will confess that ever since reading Outlander I have had a soft spot in my heart for all things Scottish. Now if I can only track down a copy of that trilogy - none of my local libraries seems to have it. Oh, well, on to www.abebooks.com!

1743 Scotland in Outlander.

I'm in eighteenth century Scotland in Outlander.

... progression into more steamy kind of romance books. My favorites are now Scottish Highlander romances due to adoring the Outlander books, while waiting for the next book to come out. I like most kinds of time travel books now because of Outlander. But, now I'm also into reading period and ...

I've reading and re-reading Outlander for about a month now, and last weekend I ordered the rest of the series from Amazon - but couldn't get The Fiery Cross in the trade paperback size, so I went to B&N and ended up with a few other things. I bought and read The Rogue Hunter by Lynsay Sand ...

... highlander romance that had some exciting elements in it, with a daring rescue scene of the very injured hero - a la Outlander. I recommend the first in this series, but the 2nd was awful and this one was just so-so.

I have never been a lover of romance myself. However, I fell in love with the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. I can't really pinpoint a genre becuase it has a little of everything. It really is a great read.

Interesting group of books, and I see you've read all but one of the Outlander books (my favorite series). Did you read them out of order? I also loved The First Man in Rome, that too is one of my favorite series, especially the earlier books, Marius and Sulla are so engrossing, not to ...

39 and my mom who is also an Outlander fanatic is 64

I'm reading Outlander. It's so long, and I don't usually like historical fiction, but I've heard so many good things about it, I had to at least try it.

Welcome to the group! Hope you enjoy your time with us. Glad to see another Outlander fan. One of my favorite series ever. She cannot write them fast enough to please me.

... Paperclip - 4/5 - Autobiography/Humour 20. The Other Queen - 3/5 - Historical Fiction (Elizabethan) 21. Outlander - 5/5 - Historical Fiction (18th Century/Time Travel) 22. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - 4/5 - Fiction (angst) 23. The Pillars of the Earth - ...

"Dougal's scouts say there's no sign of anyone nearbouts,"..."but ye can nevertell." Outlander by Diana Gabaldon "You think women aren't bright enough to understand the workings of a gun?"

... (I found myself getting bored at that point) The Clan of the Cave Bear - initially enjoyed but didn't finish it Outlander which I LOVED. Also read up to date with the series but haven't enjoyed them as much since Claire and Jamie went to America. Two young adult books that I ...

I'm probably one of the few that just had a so-so reaction to Outlander. I thought it was okay, but not wonderful or horrible. Right now I'm listening to Neil Gaiman's Interworld on CD. It is very interesting so far and is about a young man who accidentally discovers he is a "walker" ...

Rummies by Peter Benchley Falconer by John Cheever Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Dune by Frank Herbert

"Damned if I know. There isna any reasonable explanation I can think of for you." Outlander "So what does that prove?"

"You'll find out, my fine wee cockerel, you'll find out." Outlander by Diana Gabaldon "How the bloody hell did you know what I was thinking?"

... non-fiction choices, I try to make the next book one from a completely different time period. Except for when I discovered Outlander and the George R.R. Martin Fire and Ice books, I've never read series books one after the other or even two books in a row by the same author.

"Perhaps that it's just that I want to bed you." "Did ye think of that?" Outlanderby Diana Gabaldon "Why did you do that?"

... disappointing. I didn't find the plot all that appealing, and the characters seemed very shallow. I also picked up Outlander - I needed to spend at least $25 to get the special shipping rate @ Amazon. I can see why it gets such high ratings - its detail is incredible, and the story ...

I am so jealous! I stupidly lent my Outlander books to my sister-in-law who apparently was not as moved by the books as I was & they are either sitting in a black hole in her bedroom or she gave them away to someone else & won't admit it. Enjoy.

I was warned the first time I picked but Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series that it would ruin me for any other historical romance novels. Anyone who has ever read the series will agree that there is nothing else like them. Or are there? I'm in the middle of re-reading Drums of Autumn ...

>83 maryscott - I'm exactly the same as you with the Outlander series... The Fiery Cross just sort of wandered around for so long without having anything that I could point to as a plot. I'm motivated to start A Breath of Snow and Ashes fairly soon, though, since I have a friend who is ...

"Er, I should say that that was more or less your own business." Outlander by Diana Gabaldon "If you don't mind telling me. Why did you agree to marry me?"

28. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon I purposefully chose to re-read this during a week that I would be on vacation, so I would have an hour here and there to devote to it instead of a noisy 20 minute bus ride. Loved it just as much the 2nd...maybe 3rd?! time. People in my office who have read ...

... Close runners-up include Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, and Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Favorite Movie (so far): Legends of the Fall, Hunt for Red October, Pretty Woman, Field of Dreams, Dead Poets' Society, White Christmas ...

... series read not so long ago...I think that I liked this book better than Dragonfly in Amber but possibly not as much as outlander

Finished and reviewedOutlander.

>67 I feel like that too about The Mediator books, I just love them! I was feeling kind of tired of reading Outlander (which I did finish last night) so it was nice to have a fluffy, lighthearted break. I'm now up to the last book of the Mediator series, Twilight.

Number 81 Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Review - Claire and Frank had spent more time apart than they had together since their marriage due to WWII where they had both played active roles, Claire as a British triage nurse patching together wounded soldiers under less than ideal conditions. ...

I'm still reading Outlander, but am pretty close to the end. I figure either tonight or tomorrow night I'll have it done. I'm also working on re-reading the last Mediator book by Meg Cabot. After suggesting them so often I decided I really needed to do a re-read of the series. I have ...

I finished Dragonfly in Amber on Saturday and loved it - more than Outlander. I'm 100 pages into the 3rd book, Voyager, which in my editions is a rather daunting 1100 pages, but it's going quickly. And I'm into Book 2 of The Poisonwood Bible for the group read. It's my bus book. >51 ...

I'm closing in on the end of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and am also in the midst of re-reading The Mediator series by Meg Cabot. I'm currently on volume 4, The Darkest Hour.

77th book Ninth Key by Meg Cabot (Mediator series book 2) Actually, I'm in the middle of reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, but it is just such a LONG story, that I decided to take a break and I've really been wanting to re-read The Mediator books to see if they're as good as I ...

"I am an English lady,"..."and nothing more." Outlander by Diana Gabaldon "Well, what is it, then? What's the matter?"

I am still reading Outlander. It's been very slow going, not due to the book itself, just had a lot going on lately. The book is very good!

Jenson, I hope you enjoy Outlander. I am waiting impatiently for the next book. I just finished Four to Score by Janet Evanovich, Ransom by Julie Garwood, Irish Thoroughbred and Irish Rose by Nora Roberts and am about to embark on The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. The last ...

I just finished Havemercy which is a fantasy I REALLY enjoyed a lot. Up next is Outlander and I'm curious to see how it lives up to its reputation. My plans for tomorrow are to simply lay out in the sun and read and I'm soooo looking forward to it :-)

Thanks to all your suggestions. I have some great reading ahead of me. So far I was able to obtain the whole Outlander series. My local library had 3 of them for only 2 dollars each! I also went to my favorite place in the whole wide world (my lil' used book store) and picked up the The Wallflowe ...

... been reading for a couple weeks. I also started Havemercy which looked very interesting. I love the cover. I pulled Outlander out of my tbr pile as well and have it on deck to start. I'm trying to limit myself to reading only two books at a time.

... This was a great book! Technically, a Scottish time travel romance, but more like The Pelican Brief, The Da Vinci Code, Outlander and the movie, "Nurse Betty" all rolled up into one! A real page turner, exciting, sexy and a thriller - read it! ktleyed in Romance - from historical to contemporary : What Are You Reading the Week of August 25th? (Aug 30, 2008, 2:14am)

... Morning and am really enjoying it! I didn't realize it was going to be like The Da Vinci Code, The Pelican Brief, some Outlander and Nurse Betty all wrapped up in to one! So far so good!

... it and then write a bad review. After that I have another fantasy out from the library and I think I'm leaning towards Outlander to read along with it. Before LT I never would have read two books at once, but lately it is always 2 books and at least one manga at a time.

... storyline, as she put it in an interview "It's science fiction for readers who don't like science fiction'. Of course, Outlander is also a great choice. I think you'll just have to read both of them at once-- I know if it was me, I'd have to do that because other wise it's just to hard to ...

... to stave off being a total dweeb. :-) So I probably won't have a problem with the 'things' or time travel aspects of the Outlander series. I'm really dying to try these books out now.... 246: porchsitter55, you have admirable strength of character ... to put down 4 other books and only ...

... next week I'm thinking I'll start either The Host (not exactly a romance, but I've heard it has a romantic theme) or Outlander since I'll have large chunks of reading time.

I was pretty excited today. Our friend Dwain has been reading Diana Gabaldons Outlander series. I had mentioned to him that I had the books. He wrote an e-mail to me today - here at work, 30 miles from home - asking if he could borrow The Fiery Cross. I checked my shelf location, called ...

... thread next month at the rate we're going! And I'm not a hoarder! I just can't read as fast as I get... ;-) Oh, any Outlander readers out there might like to know one of B&N's book groups (I forget which one) is doing Outlander next month. If I didn't have so many ARCs to get through, ...

"Ah well," said Colum. "Possible, I daresay. The man's a bad reputation, to be sure." Outlander by Diana Gabaldon "Why? Don't you believe what I've told you?"

cameling, I was totally able to believe the time travel in Outlander series. I loved it and have read it more than once. The earliest books more often than the later ones. I have to admit that I totally believe in many kinds of magic.. but it is a fun read. Do try at least the first one! As ...

... from Book Depository with 8 books. *sigh* TRB pile? Try TBR towers 238: cmt, I've been eyeing the Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series ... is it as good as it promises to be?

... in the mailbox, mooched from another LTer. Just in case I run out of books, I went to the library and found the 2nd Outlander novel, Dragonfly in Amber. Oh and I had LT withdrawal symptoms for the first few days...

"The man finally removed his gaze and turned aside." Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

... anxious little faces when they put the book on the counter for check-out. I haven't been this engrossed in a book since Outlander! Makes me remember why I love reading so much.

"Tell ye the truth, lassie, I don't know." Outlander by Diana Gabaldon "But where are we going?"

Besides Barbara Rosenblat, who got me hooked on audiobooks, another favorite narrator of mine is Davina Porter who does the Outlander series. I am definitely going to have to check out the narrators on the list of whom I have not heard. BTW - for those who do not know, both Frank Muller and ...

"Don't know. We'll ask the Vicar, shall we, next time we see him?" Outlander by Diana Gabaldon "What did he look like?"

... at the time, but the experience stayed with me. Galilee - Another big book for me in high school. I'm not sure why. Outlander - I read this book my freshman year of college and the entire series became a kind of home away from home. Wraeththu - Another freshman year acquisition, it ...

... - Lucky Gone, thanks! Nicholas Sparks Nights in Rodanthe (v good) I also picked up Diana Gabaldon's Outlander and Voyager - but I haven't decided if I'm going to read them. I really hate romances and the description sounds kinda romance-y. Anyone know how they are?

#14 lindasbooks - have fun reading Outlander, it's my favorite series ever! I guarantee this won't be only time reading it, the whole series is worth reading over and over!

Okay, drum roll please.....I am just now beginning Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I am so excited about this book. Thanks to all your great remarks on this series, I'm sure I am going to savor it!

... Nice sarcastic sense of humor, had me chuckling out loud several times. Decent story. Gave it 3.5 stars outta 5. Next up Outlander by Diana Gabaldon...pretty excited about this one!

Outlander Series The Bronze Horseman Ride the Wind Jane Eyre The Thorn Birds

... Wife had me reaching for the tissue box by the end - wonderful story of an enduring love. I have and read all the Outlander books. I've have found that people either love them or loathe them. I'm in the former camp. I'm sure I've read more but can't remember them at the moment. Grea ...

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer The Rogue trilogy by Claire Delacroix Stardust by Neil Gaiman The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Didn't really think to hard on them, but they all were good books.

... romance novels and Claire Delacroix is a good writter. i have read both the Twilight series and about half of the Outlander series and i love both.

... have. I don't care if it is paranormal or what. The only one I could think of one my own was Claire & Jamie from The Outlander series (another favorite). Can anyone help?

... Middlesex Inkheart And these that I've been eyeing: The Stand Anna Karenina or War and Peace Don Quixote Outlander maybe a re-read of The Thorn Birds (TBA)

... series withLord John is about a gay aristocrat in Georgian era England. Same universe as the timetravel fantasy Outlander, but has no supernatural elements. I've tagged everything "Gay", others use m/m, so you might try a tag search with those terms.

... to boot. The Winds of war and War and remembrance by Herman Wouk are good reads. I keep re-reading the Outlander series every time Diana Gabaldon adds a title, just so I can keep up with continuity. Last time it took me 2 months to get through them and I felt strangely ...

... not only did 6 books show up from mooch and from Amazon ( used) yesterday, but so did a box of 6 books from Amazon ( The Outlander series) from Ebay, and then if that wasn't bad enough five minutes later UPS dropped off my ER book! All of them five minutes after he rolled out of bed at nearly ...

... (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 2) by Alexander McCall Smith All Came today AS WELL as my new copies of the Outlander series by Diane Gabaldon AND the came one single minute before the husband rolled out of his bed... ten minutes earlier would have mattered!!!

... read. I am in a book slump right now ( again) . Maybe I will just wait and see what the mailman brings... maybe Outlander will come and I will give it a reread? I hate when I can't settle on a read.

I must throw in some more votes for the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. I passed over this book in my mom's library for years because it seemed too romancy (made-up word, but kind of neat) in a Harlequiness way and the time travel aspect seemed too odd. Yet, it is so well-written the ...

... they are, of course, on the top list. 5/5 stars on all three I also read the first three books in the Outlander Series, Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, and Voyager this month, also top picks with 5/5 stars each. Also, the first three books in the Darkness Chosen series by Christina Do ...

... Not Seen by Andrew Clements There's a Porcupine in My Outhouse by Michael Tougias Outlander by Diana Gabeldon Bio of an Ogre by Piers Anthony Alternates: Walking After Midnight by Karen Robards Time Flies ...

Thanks Will .I might give it a go.I think i'll get my chops into Outlander first though ,as MDLady highly recommended it.

I never read the Camber books but I LOVED Outlander. *off to the wishlist*

I won!!! I lost my outlander series in a bad loan... So with all of this talk of rereading, I was aching for it again. ( and for the first three Camber of Culdi books. Camber I mostly mooched, I went to ebay for the Gabaldon books.. got 6 of them.... yay for me... I seriously love ...

... Neville was the first book that came to mind when I read the original post. Others that have been mentioned such as: Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon Historian by Elizabeth Kostova The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield The Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ...

Some books I re-read all the time, like Pride and Prejudice, Gone With the Wind and the Outlander series. Some books I read years ago and loved, and I'm almost afraid to read them again and find I don't like them as much. I read Stephen King's The Talisman when I was in my early 20's and ...

... book? Okay, it should be long, entertaining and fun if it is the only book I get for eternity. ( perish the thought) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, It is my favorite of the series and fits the above criteria. Mists of Avalon was a close second.

... is one that I reread often. The Once and Future King, Mists of Avalon are books that I have read many times. The Outlander series, I have read several times. The first book about 5 times. Black Elk Speaks and Ishmael have been reread a number of times.. I always enjoy each ...

I would absolutely second Outlander, anything by Elizabeth Hoyt (though The Raven Prince is my favourite so far), and Lisa Kleypas is a must for historical romance! :) Great suggestions Book Queen!

I'm chiming in on Outlander as well - my favorite series ever! Let me warn you, it is highly addictive, and it's easy to become obsessed! Many read it over and over (such as me!)

Ooooo yes! The Outlander series is the greatest romance I have ever read! It's a bit long but worth every second that you put into it. Enjoy!!

Thank you Book Queen. You have given me a good start. I think I might try the Outlander series. I have been hearing alot of good things about them.

... series myself (slowly), you'll love it! #37 Book Queen - isn't Voyager great? I loved it, it's my 2nd favorite after Outlander. Their reunion is sooo wonderful! Drums of Autumn is good too - I love Roger in it!

I'd like to second (or more) Outlander, the Stand, Les Miserables, and Wraeththu. They were all fantastic! I'd also like to throw out a tentative recommendation for Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. People either love it or hate it.

... of the Small series by TP Also Nathaniel Bonner from Sara Donati's books and Jamie Fraser from Diana Gabaldon's Outlanderseries. These last two books cannot be considered YA , as they are for the hella mature. They are both historical fiction and wonderfully written--there are ...

All this talk about Outlander Series has made me miss my loaned out never returned books more than ever.

I have to throw in votes for Outlander (and the rest of the series), Gone with the Wind, Anna Karinina and The Bronze Horseman. Others I must suggest: The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz. Much like Lord of the Rings, it was published in three volumes originally, but is actually one ...

... eries The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy The Anne of Green Gables books The Little House on the Prairie series Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh The Secret Language by Ursula Nordstrom The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Secret ...

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and all the books in this series.. pure entertainment, each one.

... The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Birth House by Ami McKay The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry Outlander by Diana Gabaldon ETA stuff

... read Julie Garwood's medievals and I've loved them, my favorite is The Bride - definitely read them! Anyone who's into Outlander will love her Scottish medievals too!

My favourites: Chronicles of the Cheysuli by Jennifer Roberson Ender series by Orson Scott Card Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Eight by Katherine Neville Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Eragon series by ...

... consider that the audiobook abridgements of Gabaldon's books are only 6 hours long, you can imagine how much is left out. Outlander, the shortest of the books, is something like 22 or 23 hours read unabridged. Gabaldon herself has said that Davina Porter is the voice of Claire for her. Port ...

... The abridged version is read by Geraldine James. The unabridged version is read by Davina Porter. I originally discovered Outlander through an unabridged recording at my public library and now cannot imagine anyone else reading it other than Davina Porter. I hope you stick with it if you have ...

I am reading A Breath of Snow and Ashes one of the Outlander series by Gabaldon and like all the others before it, it is a truely wonderful book. I just started Name of the Wind and 200 pages into it I am really liking it. In my car I listening to American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I am ...

I want to meet Jamie Fraser from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Or a reasonable fascimile..;)

75. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon This started out as an interesting time travel story, but ended up a really ordinary romance story. This is the first Gabaldon that I have read, but if this is one of her better ones, I won't bother reading others. I listened to it on audio and found myself ...

20> Start with Outlander first (or if you're in the UK it's called Cross-Stitch), then go from there. Her Lord John series is set in the same "world" as Outlander, but Outlander came first.

... I love the world I created in my mind so much and I do not want it to be ruined. (A few examples of these would be the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon and The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.) I read all the Harry Potter books before seeing the movies, and while some scenes from the ...

... here* I just got introduced to Fforde through The Well of Lost Plots. I'd enjoy book-jumping into something from the Outlander series. Also the Harry Potter series could be fun, as mentioned above.

I have just received my first Diana Gabaldon book in the post. So I'll shortly be in Scotland in 1743 with Outlander. (I have the UK version which is called Cross Stitch).

... I have found some new authors (new to me, at least) this way. I finished Highland Guardian, In Darkness Reborn and Outlander last week. Yesterday I started Dragonfly in Amber, which I am loving, of course! Also, I am reading Prince of Swords, which seems pretty good so far. Of ...

... Judgment of Caesar). I'll catch up on the first 7 next. There seem to be tons of us reading or just finished the Outlander series. I enjoyed the first one, but didn't love it - some of the things that happened just seemed a little **too** improbable. Maybe it was the hype getting to ...

Finished Outlander and all I can say is WOW! I love it, I absolutely love it! I am now on Dragonfly in Amber and so far I am still loving the series.. Oh why can't Jamie be real?! :( *SIGH* So, I have started a blog on Bloggers, where I am going to start putting my reviews for books.. I am in ...

Funnily enough, I am reading Outlander right now because of effusive recommendations here on LT. I'm a little more than halfway through and so far I don't love it as much as everyone seems to, but I'm liking it. Also started The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale today, ...

2, 7, 10, 12 - I too am a huge fan of the Outlander series. GeorgiaDawn, definitely hang in there with Dragonfly in Amber, as the following books are well worth your perseverance. I will admit, I thought Voyager was a bit slow going, but sailed through the next three. I've gotten my ...

... of those. I am wondering if I should spring for a full set sometime. It may or may not be a true bibliomergency, not sure. Outlander is my favorite, I think.

2, 7 - Dragonfly in Amber is a lot more straight-up historical fiction than Outlander, which I think is what threw me off when I read it. It's worth it, though... I cried SO HARD at the ending, even though I *knew* everything was going to be fine, because, well, four more fat books to come. I ...

... I know! they are two completely separate books, but they are Gaelen Foley's best IMHO and so I can't just pick one!) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Promise Me Forever by Lorraine Heath The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas Yours Until Daw ...

... I haven't read many of the good ones you've all listed, (but I soon will be!) This is what I've come up with so far: The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon The Bride by Julie Garwood The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons Reflections in the Nile by J. Suzanne Frank A ...

This is a challenge! I know I can't just name five. But here are my top faves. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh Simply Love by Mary Balogh Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne The Secret by Juli ...

Claire and Jamie from Outlander. @1: I love the Fool too!

My favorite book ever is Outlander, I adore the whole series. I've read the books many times, and am currently listening to Davina Porter's Outlander on CD in the car - I have them all and just keep listening in one huge loop over and over. These are the books that got me interested in Highlan ...

... has a title, An Echo In the Bone. There is an excerpt on her website, www.dianagabaldon.com This week I am listening to Outlander in the car, Into The Wilderness by Sara Donati while I walk and do housework and knitting and I am reading The Perils Of Pleasure by Julie Anne Long. ...

I first heard of the Outlander series years ago when my roommate back in college started reading them. She kept trying to get me to read them, but I never have. Since then, I've seen tons of glowing recommendations here and elsewhere for this series. I see Outlander in the bookstore ...

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I would love to meet the main characters in person.

... The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide which will provide more than simple facts. :) Now I am starting Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I have heard many good things about the Outlander Series for a year or more now, have had many people recommend it, but for some reason, I ...

May have to give that a try if nothing else works Cal8769. Outlander isn't my normal kindov book, but the 1000 5-star reviews from Amazon folk .And. your recommendation means it's worth taking a look at. ======= currently trying to read nothing as instructed :)

I may do the reread thing. I have Outlander by Diana Gabaldon which I have read at least 4 times already and LOVE it more every time. I think the size of my immediate TBR pile is bothering me and I can't get on to reading. I have so many books that are loaned to me or from the library or were ...

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. I am pushing it on anyone who will listen!

... I was first introduced to it in Gone With the Wind when I was 12 years old, and now I'm just so used to it in the Outlander series and the many Scottish romances I read, it doesn't bother me at all - in fact I almost prefer it! The last one I read (a Julie Garwood Scottish medieval) I ...

... used copy of Voyager by Diana Gabaldon because my mom is always looking for something more to read and really enjoyed Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber. She's more caught up on the books in my tbr pile than I am!! This one is really thick so hopefully it should last her a while. Also ...

#122 cmt: I haven't read Outlander or Reading Lolita yet. I wish wish wish I was a speed reader with photographic memory. That will be my first wish when I get my genie! My TBR pile is soon to be condemned as structurally unsound! and yet I get more.... ...

... never get round to finishing it! #21 shootingstarr7, congratulations on graduating. #116 koolaidmom - I just finished Outlander - have you read it yet? I posted about it on the other main thread here. And I really enjoyed Reading Lolita in Tehran too; hope you like it. It's the only ...

... of the...er... action in T&A. You might see what I mean later on. I don't want to give anything away! I've finished Outlander and have mixed feelings. I couldn't put it down , I liked Claire and though the historical setting was well done (not that I know anything about Scotland and ...

... - after The Black Jewels trilogy, unfortunately that seems to be all of hers I really like. Diana Gabaladon - after Outlander John Irving - after The Hotel New Hampshire

In case anyone wants it, I've just added the first Outlander book to my inventory - it's called Cross Stitch over here though!

#75 I am glad to hear that you liked listening to Outlander. I started listening to it a few weeks back and had to stop, I wasn't connecting with the reader. I may just try again. I have heard such great things about this series that I want to love it!

... Upon a Time When We Were Colored by Clifton Taulbert Jericho Falls by Christopher Hyde and from BookMooch: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon LibraryThing is responsible for this one... I hadn't ever heard of Outlander until joining LT!

My mom has the Outlander series. I tried to read Outlander, and just couldn't get past the first chapter or so. Maybe I'll force myself to read it again, this time going past the first chapter or so. She also has the first Lord John book... maybe I'll find that one more to my liking. ...I ...

Actually Diana Gabaldon's series begins with Outlander, the best Scottish Highlander Time Travel series out there! Talk about addictive!

I find upon returning that both my messages showed up so I will not give up yet. I am almost done listening to Outlander and must now find Dragonfly in Amber at the library on CD's. No tape player in my truck. I am breaking it up by listening to Stephen King's Duma Key though, which should ...

I found I could not stick with the book Outlander so I got the audiobook and I am really enjoying it. She is a thorough and insightful author, whose characters are relevant to moving the plot along. I enjoy her knowledge of the medical remedies of the time, and all things Scottish, particularly Ja ...

#4 - I LOVED Donati's Into the Wilderness series and the Outlander series (though I still have to finish the last two--I'm struggling with The Fiery Cross). If anyone has any recommendations for similar books or series please post them!

I'm somewhere near Inverness in Outlander. And I need a new LT group to read obsessively like I need a hole in the head, but you're reading such great books I couldn't help it!

... Bram Stoker The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Night by Elie Wiesel Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon

... lot! Scarlett O'Hara - Gone With the Wind Elizabeth Bennet - Pride and Prejudice Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser - Outlander Series Anne Shirley - Anne of Green Gables Aurelia from First Man in Rome Series Glencora Palliser - Pallisers Viola - Twelfth Night Katherine - Tami ...

... people in this group, so thanks! I'm so excited that I don't know where to start reading!! I snaffled... 3 of the Outlander series, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst, a lovely Folio Society copy of Dangerous Liaisons, a Threa ...

I have friends that read, but they don't read a lot and only read certain genres. So if I love a book or series like Outlander more than likely nobody will read it. If it is a Dean Koontz book or somehting light like Julie Kenner they might read it. This is why I love LT because I find ...

I love Diana Gabaldon's books, I can't wait for each one to come out. I don't usually like romance books, Outlander et al is not your run of the mill romance novel.

... my first read of the series and I figure once I finish..I'll go through the Lord John books, then do another read of the Outlander series to get the pieces that I missed. Then I will wait patiently(maybe not) for the next book. If you are on Myspace look up Outlander Fans! That's me..:)

... In The Bone," the one due out in 2009. She's also posted drawing and what not of a graphic novel that is in production of Outlander. So check out her site, if you haven't already. Also, I haven't read them yet, but picked up the first in the series: Lord John and the Private Matter. What ...

Jamie Fraser from Outlander I am female so I don't think I have to explain why I chose him. Honorable mention has to be Mrs. Weasley, Prof Dumbledore and Snape. I LOVE SNAPE!

... to get through The Fiery Cross and even A Breath of Snow and Ashes. But it is so worth the read. I have been pushing Outlander on everyone and their first reaction is, "it's too big!". But I say, if you're gonna read every night anyway..you might as well give it a try. I have hooked quite ...

... Reading your posts prompted me to go out and get A Breath of Snow and Ashes. I loved the characters throughout the Outlander series but thought I would NEVER finish TFC! Thanks for the encouragement - would hate to miss a good thing!

... can't think of now. I enjoy J.R.R. Tolkien and of course, Harry Potter. I have read Five People You Meet in Heaven and Outlander multiple times.

... Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zagon and A Breath of Snow and Ashes the paperback, so I have a matching set of all 6 Outlander books now.

I'm currently reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.

Book #16 is Outlander I am listening to this on audiobook, because I just could not get through the book! I am enjoying Davina Porter's fabulous rendition. Her skill at reading is unparallelled,perhaps equaled only by Barbara Rosenblat and 1 or 2 male readers whose names elude me at the moment. Th ...

... and Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine Out of my current TBR pile the one I'm most interested in getting to is Outlander by Diana Gabaldon since I've heard so much about it. It is just such a long book I'm a little scared of getting in to it. It might be a "have to wait until I ...

You won't regret it, it's a great book and sucks you in as does Outlander. It's not as good as DG, but close, even though the time and place is completely different.

I'm going to add The Bronze Horseman to my ever growing TBR. This book sounds great and I love the Outlander series.

#156 Rarcar1: Which version of the audiobook are you listening to? There are abridgements done of all of the Outlander series, something which boggles my mind. I recommend highly the ones put out by Recorded Books with Davina Porter as the narrator. As a matter of fact, that was how I ...

... and moving - I can't wait to read the next book to see what happens! This was recommened to me by many here on LT who were Outlander fans - thanks so much for the suggestion! See review. 27/75

... a bit that Lord of Scoundrels is #1, even though I personally love it. I would have thought that Pride and Prejudice or Outlander would have been #1.

I also love this series. Outlander is the best in the series, and then the next 2 are also great. Drums of Autumn was good, but not great, and well, I think everyone's covered the suckitude of The Fiery Cross. The series came back into my good graces with A Breath of Snow and Ashes, so ...

If you are in love with Outlander and you have a Myspace join our fan site at... myspace.com/sassenach65

The last thing I looked up was the Tuscarora Indians. I thought it was cool that they are written into the Outlander series because they are my ancestors. Just wanted to learn a bit about them.

I'm reading The Bronze Horseman and so far it's great. I heard about it here on LT, recommended by many who read the Outlander series. So far, I love it!

Just getting in to The Fiery Cross. It's book 5 in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. By far they greatest story I have read...ever...in the history of the universe! Well, in my universe anyway.

I'm now on book five in the Outlander series, The Fiery Cross. I am in love with this story. Such a mix of fact and fiction and humor and lust...all the things that make a great book.

... up to the Battle of Culloden, the battle itself and aftermath. Similar in some ways to Dragonfly in Amber, 2nd in the Outlander series, though written before Gabaldon's series. I am now about to start an LT recommendation, The Bronze Horsman by Paullina Simons.

... up to the Battle of Culloden, the battle itself and aftermath. Similar in some ways to Dragonfly in Amber, 2nd in the Outlander series, though written before Gabaldon's series. I am now about to start an LT recommendation, The Bronze Horsman by Paullina Simons.

... book in this series, The Pride of Lions. I found a lot of similarities in this book to Dragonfly in Amber (2nd in the Outlander Series that leads up to Culloden.) I recommend these books for die hard Outlander fans that are looking for something to tide them over until DG's next book ...

... Time Traveler's Wife. I mean cried. When you get to know these characters you feel what they feel. I cried at the end of Outlander as well, but there were a few spots in there that made me laugh out loud. I think if someone who maybe didn't enjoy the books as much as I did, wouldn't feel ...

Outlander!!!!!!!!

Diana Gabaldon Karin Slaughter Victoria Holt Jean Plaidy Philippa Carr Philippa Gregory Bertrice Small Sizanne Brockmann JK Rowling David Starkey

10/50outlander finished, Im not sure why Cross stitch doesnt come up as a touchstone! thought it was a mysteriously addictive read. Not usually what I read but found I couldnt put it down and read it really quickly, Im not sure though whether I want to read the next in the series straight away. ...

Jamie from Outlander. But then my husband is a 6'6" red head with blue eyes so it could have been him talking with an accent. TPBM is thinking about taking a road trip today.

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon fits both, a series and long books. It's historical romance with some time travel thrown in. I love those books.

... I found it a bit depressing at times but was still worth a read. I am now reading Diana Gabaldon Cross Stitch or Outlander to those in the US, and wow what a difference! I can see why so many are hooked on this series around here!I need to get a move on if I am going to hit 50 by the ...

... of the Civil War she has subsituted Culloden) and then I also couldn't help noticing a number of plot similarities to Outlander (although this book was written before it), though Diana Gabaldon's is by far the better book. Aside from constantly comparing her hero to Rhett Butler, and ...

... of the Civil War she has subsituted Culloden) and then I also couldn't help noticing a number of plot similarities to Outlander (although this book was written before it), though Outlander is by far the better book. Still, I enjoyed this book and her battle descriptions were vivid and ...

... Bride and The Wedding. Both are very good, sexy and funny. I highly recommend, I just read them myself. I also 2nd Outlander and the rest of the series. My favorite series!

>256 *lol* It's funny you should say that, because I used to rant about how much I hated Outlander all the time, but I got so many blank stares that I decided to just shut up about it. I loathed every sentence....

I don't think I've seen this one on the list yet, which suggests I may really be the only person who hates the much-loved Outlander series. People who I love and respect just rave about these books, but I found the first one so mind-numbingly boring that I could not finish it. Which is kinda ...

Me too, MDLady. I have read them all at least 2 times, Outlander 4 times. I'm addicted. I wasn't as crazy about the Lord John and the Private Matter though

Hello marianapdias, Right now I am totally in love with the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. I mean to the point of I can't stop reading them. Really excellent books. They have been around for quite a while but I have just discovered them thanks to LT. There is fantasy, humor, love, and ...

In the past I've been like that with Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series and the Laurell K. Hamilton series. Recently, I've been reading everything I can find by W. Somerset Maugham.

One new word is Sassenach from Outlander. Sassenach –noun an English inhabitant of the British Isles: used, often disparagingly, by the Gaelic inhabitants.

I love the Outlander series!!! I think Highlander obsession is a commen thing. I know I got it!!

... The Macleods of Skye Highlander Trilogy. Highlander Unchained, Highlander Untamed, and Highlander Unmasked. The Outlander series has given me a healthy/unhealthy obsession with highlanders.

Book # 10 was going to be Outlander but I could not stay interested so I am going to try to listen to it on audiobook. I picked it up at the library already. So Book # 10 was The Torment of Others by Val McDermid It was an excellent,suspense-filled novel about a killer they have to catch ...

... words on there are fabrics and food and dress styles and carriages and such. Probably half the words on there came from Outlander alone. I didn't even try to keep up with The Name of the Rose. :)

... includes An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears, The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox, War and Peace, the Outlander series and a whole host of others... Happy reading!! Kathy

... in the Nile by J. Suzanne Frank. I really got into this book. A time travel story, not unlike Diana Gabaldon's Outlander (but not as good, in my opinion - but close!) set in ancient Egypt with some of the Bible's Exodus thrown in for good measure. I found it vivid and engrossing. W ...

I finally managed to finish Outlander. Sorry, it took me so long, but school got in the way... Anyway, here's my review. tjsjohanna, why don't you read and review Candide: Or Optimism by Voltaire? I read it ages ago in Fr ...

... Angel Tower, part 1 - Tad Williams To Green Angel Tower, part 2 - Tad Williams Belladonna - Anne Bishop Outlander - Diana Gabaldon

I actually got my husband to read Outlander. He was not hooked. However, I give him lots of credit for crossing over to my side of the fence! He's hooked me on various hard SF I would never have picked up, though.

... love of fantasy. As an adult I fell in love with Time Traveler's Wife and right at this moment I am being swept away with Outlander.

... really impressed... Holly Lisle is definitely going on my list of authors to look out for in the future. Started reading Outlander this morning, and so far it's absorbing enough to distract me from a slight post-wedding hangover. I've also got Pride and Prejudice on my iPod, but haven't ...

... I'm not going to be too popular after this but here goes...Although I can definitely see the attraction,I am not enjoying Outlander nearly as much as everybody else. I can see that she has done a great deal of research and her descriptions are painstaking. Her characters are fleshed out well, ...

... because it took it's time and there was a lot of it to read. This is a time travel/historical, but you might also look at Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.

#16 and 17 - I read Outlander a couple of years ago. I have never read any of the other books, but I want to! This summer may be a good time. I'm currently reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult and still reading Pillars of the Earth. My reading time is scarce these days so I'm ...

... Eragon and Eldest as well as box sets of Lord of the Rings. I will be working my way to "special" copies of the Outlander series next.

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - I've been trying to get through the last 50 pages for weeks now. It's not that I don't like it, it's just too long and I have too little time... And because it's so long, I needed to read something else, which at the moment is I Am Legend by Richard Matheso ...

I would have to agree with others and say The Time Traveler's Wife is my favorite. I also really like Outlander. Does anyone remember the show "Voyagers" from the early eighties? That was about time travel and I remember I loved it. "Dr. Who" is great, too.

#7 yes, Outlander is the first book of the series and it is the greatest book I have read....to date.

#1 MDLady - I've been preaching about Outlander ever since I first read it 3 years ago! So preach on - I'm always trying to turn on readers to it. Jamie is by far my favorite literary hero, even exceeding Mr. Darcy (who was my #1 for years!). I'm afraid I've developed quite an obsession for High ...

... as a YA novel so I don't know if it was the full novel or an abridged version. #6 - I've heard good things about Outlander - is it part of a series?

... is the book that started my love of fantasy all those years ago. Of course time traveler's wife and my current addiction outlander.

... always be pushing Harry Potter on people....it changed my daughter's life, and mine for that matter. But now I am pushing Outlander. Maybe it's just that I was never into the "romancy" stuff and it seems new to me, or maybe it's a tall Scott in a kilt, who knows. It really has made an ...

#48, I'm on book four of this series. Love it so far. It was great to see familiar names from Outlander in this series.

... your post to be able to click on it and have an instant connection to information on the book, for instance I am reading Outlander and it is written by Diana GabaldonThe instructuions will be on the right hand side of the page when you hit post a message. I apologize if you knew that,chose ...

#16 MDLady - Yay! Another Outlander lover! After I read all the books (written at that point) I just turned right around and started them all over again! I loved them even more the 2nd time around - it was like reading them in technicolor!! But, that's mostly because I knew what happens ...

Just finished Outlander and I'm doing a thorough reread. I honestly never thought I'd like it as much as I did being the fantasy lover I am. Even being a woman I never went for the romance stuff. I can in all honesty say that this is the greatest story I have read...yet. So, I'm doing a reread ...

As referred to in message #37, I have begun to read Outlander, and it IS very enjoyable. The only issue that I find puzzling is Claire's acceptance of the fact that she has been transported to Scotland during the 18th century. I mean she literally only spends about 3 paragraph's pondering it! But ...

... true! (also: ew, gross!) >26 ktleyed - Ah, unfortunately, I don't currently own Dragonfly in Amber... Maybe I'll save Outlander for the end of the week, and see if I can pick it up at the airport. :)

#13 fyrefly98 - Outlander is a great idea for beach reading! But you might want to bring the 2nd book in the series of it too Dragonfly in Amber, since as soon as you finish Outlander, you'll want to launch right into the next one. I'm going away to the beach next weekend for a week as well, ...

... reading, but not so fluffy that I'll tear through them in a few hours - my suitcase isn't that big. I'm thinking maybe Outlander, a Jasper Fforde book, and one of the fat fantasy novels that I've got laying around?

... of this gorgeous man in a kilt with that accent. I am so happy that I stepped in here this evening. I just finished Outlander and I am breathless. I just hit ebay up for Dragonfly in Amber. I can't wait to get it and start on it. Outlander is by far my favorite book of all time. It's ...

How about Outlander by Diana Gabaldon? I think The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory could also fit here.

Outlanderseries All the Harry Potter series The Passion of Mary Magdalenby Elizabeth Cunningham The Return of the Goddess: a Divine Comedy by Elizabeth Cunningham anything by Greg Iles Edited to add authors (I forget that they aren't added automatically). Sorry.

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon pops into my mind. Most of the book takes place in the past, only shortly prefaced by present day. Excellent read.

It's taking me forever to read Outlander, but I enjoy it quite a bit. I started it in January, but school and real life kept me from finishing it. I'll hopefully finish it this weekend though.

I don't remember who recommended Outlanderto me but I could kiss them! I am really getting into it now and I can't put it down. Wow.

#111 First I am going to ask if you like the Time Traveler's Wife, if so then I highly recommend Diana Gabaldon's Outlander. Someone recommended it to me and if I could remember who it was I would kiss them. One of my favorite reads of all times. If you like fantasy from a "female" point of ...

... seem to remember not so great reviews. I'll give it a try, anyway. So pages were-403-Running total this year is 1702. On to Outlander

... Brood Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series (though, like Lilith's Brood, that may be more scifi...) Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series ... I'm rereading this series right now, actually, for something like, the 5th time.

... have a parallel story in them like Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager and Drums of Autumn (but you really have to read Outlander first to understand the storyline - but it's a great read. Also, The House on the Strand has a parallel story as well, present day late 60's, going back to En ...

... trust me, you'd love the character and want her to be your neighbor. Also Claire Beauchamp Fraser from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Claire is only in her mid-to-late 20's in the first book, but by the last book she and Jaime have children and grandchildren. Just a question, is 37 ...

... antibiotics and so forth with her the 2nd time she travels back to 18th c. Scotland - but in any case, you'd need to read Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber first to get to that point anyway. This series is my current passion - I'm obsessing until the 7th book comes out!

... shots and some surgical instruments, and photographs. That is such a wonderful story. Of course the first one which is Outlander must be read first.

... People, Nadine Gordimer Zookeepers Wife, Diane Ackerman For Rouenna, Sigrid Nunez Enemy Women, Paulette Jiles Outlander, Diane Gabaldon (really, it comes up under 'war') Obasan, Joy Kogawa Story of Zahra, Hana al-Shaykh Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape and a House in Marsei ...

As referred to in my post # 21 I purchased Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber Now I can't wait to get started after reading all your posts. Also, I definitely ran across Into the wilderness at the library but I can;t remember if I got it or not because I buy alot of books. Have to finish up A ...

... a Scott Turow next to the bed ready to start. I'm not sure I can read two mysteries in a row. If not, I might start with Outlander which I just ordered from Amazon along with Dragonfly in Amber. I'm trying to read an assortment of books. I usually read first novels, intrigued by what it ...

#10, Outlander is one of my favorite books ever - the whole series is great, I'll be surprised if you can stop after the first one! I'm currently reading When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. I recommend all her books, especially her Wales Trilogy beginning with Here Be ...

I'm still working on Outlander which I am loving. A great read so far. I have to get it done though so I can move on. I'm also reading the sixth book on the Ranger's Apprenticeseries. I'm hooked.

Jamie Fraser from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Finished Outlander. A very dramatic story! Are the rest in the series as good as this one? Going to start The Princess Diaries next. 2008 book total: 4 books read

... it seems her and her sisters did not get the closure I wanted anyways. Good story though. I am currently reading Outlander. 200 more pages to go! 2008 book total: 3 books read.

... the tags to "888" so they match the tags of others. I looked at the 888 stats. The two books most in common among us are Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and The book Thief by Markus Zusak.

... H/H had great chemistry and it was LOL funny in parts. And I swear one of these days I will get around to reading Outlander! I have several of them...I just haven't gotten there yet. I know that's sacrilege for someone who loves time travels and Scottish romances not to have read them, ...

... been given. I've just started reading some of the Karen Marie Moning books too. Not bad, but nothing nearly as good as Outlander I'm afraid. How was Man in a Kilt?

#9 ktleyed: I totally agree with you regarding Davina Porter and the job she does on all the Outlander books. Even more for me than with Claire, she is the voice of Jamie. She does his Scottish burr perfectly IMHO. BTW - I cannot imagine listening to these books as abridgements. I hate the ...

I really do not care for the idea of the graphic novel of Outlander at all. I prefer my own imagination as to what Jamie and Claire look like, lol.

would I need to read outlander first to really appreciate this series or can I start with any?

I first learned of the Outlander series when I checked the first book out of the library as an audiobook (I renewed it twice just to re-listen to it over and over again, and then finally gave up and bought it). I highly recommend the Recorded Books versions with narrations by Davina Porter for ...

#26 - greenery - Thank you for the insight, I had read somewhere (can't remember, but it was probably some Outlander site that had given me that impression. Now, I don't feel like I have to read The Last of the Mohicans first to read your book! Good to know, thanks for the tip! :)

I'm a big Outlander fan, and I've heard this book has some of the characters in it. I have it on my list, but I've been putting if off, is it really that good? I also want to read Last of the Mohicans, I hear that is key to reading it too beforehand. I hear the main character is sort of like ...

I got The Fiery Cross which I've already read, but it's the same paperback edition that all my other Outlander books are, so they all match now, and I also got Reflections in the Nile by Suzanne Frank, both from Paperback Swap.

Just completed Into the Wilderness. Loved it!! It was really an interesting story and if any of you are Outlander fans, you will really enjoy this series. Also, you'll catch several characters from Outlander in the story. It is not as technical as Outlander but very interesting indeed. ...

... read more books, but more different books than I usually do. Last year, I had a long list to read but got involved in the Outlander series, so those books took the place of ones I had planned to read. I have a feeling that the Into the Wilderness series might pose the same problem for me. ...

Jake Barnes from The Sun Also Rises Jamie Fraser from Outlander series Claire Fraser from Outlander series Hermione Granger from Harry Potter series Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter series

... Houston's The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree. Comfort adult books: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, and Sense and Sensibility.

... in the midst of reading the Dark Tower series now, recently finished The Waste Lands, I'm not sure what you're into, but Outlander and the succeeding books by Diana Gabaldon are a great series, a romantic historical fiction series, with a bit of time travel thrown in. Sounds crazy, but they ...

Thalia, I'd like to know what you think of Outlander - it ended up being my first book of 2008 and I really liked it. (Though I did finish listening to the audiobook of Stardust first in 2008, read by Neil Gaiman, it was only really the end. But I loved it, and thought Neil Gaiman's ...

We visited some friends for New Years and it turned out they have an amazing fantasy library! Woo! So I ended up borrowing Outlander (having worked out that it's called Cross Stitch in the UK), A Game of Thrones because I've heard so much good stuff about George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice & F ...

I've just left 18th century Scotland, in Outlander, which I found really enjoyable (slightly to my surprise if I'm honest I think!) and am now about to follow Maurice Herzog as he climbs Annapurna in Nepal.

MDLady, I loved Outlander. I thought it was well written and historically accurate. Gabaldon did a very good job.

... by tomorrow. It's just warm enough here that I shouldn't freeze while I'm outside. I am also going to put a good dent in Outlander. So far this is a great book!

... can capture the emotion (but, I don't imagine there will be much emotion from Murtagh's POV - LOL!) of story of Outlander. But it might fill in some gaps, such as what was Murtagh doing so far from Jamie (when he was hurt with a dislocated shoulder) when he first came upon Claire. ...

I'm a new member here, and a devoted Outlander fan. They are my favorite books. I've read them many times, and now I just listen to them (unabridged) in my car while commuting to work, I have all the CD's for all 6 books and just keep listening to them in one big loop over and over until the ...

I hope to finish a book I started three days ago today. And then I'll start Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.

Welcome to 2008. Currently reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Every now and then, it's good to step out side of and beyond my typical genres.

... the other day as it was out in paperback and started it, but I've now been sidetracked as someone on LT recommended Outlander and the friends we're staying with for new year have it, so I'm reading that now. Oooh, and we've been using our car journeys to listen to Neil Gaiman reading ...

... by Susan Carroll (touchstone wrong) The Courtesan by Susan Carroll The Wise Woman by Philippa Gregory Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Mary, Called Magdalene by Margaret George Also Read: Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland Christ the Lord: The Roa ...

... is posted here... http://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=dbolahood Thalia please read and review Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. It is my absolute favourite book and I would like to know what you think of it. For whoever picks for me please choose a fiction book that ...

47. Well, I finished Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and I haven't been this torn over a book in a long time. (*There are some spoilers in this post.) I think the story itself is engaging, fascinating and fun. It's well-researched and written, drawing me in from the first chapter. The characters ...

Don't get me started, I'm absolutely crazy about this series! I first read Outlander three years ago and have re-read it many times. I now listen to all the unabridged books on CD in my car while commuting to work, which lets me read other books. While waiting for the 7th book to come out, I've ...

If you like historical fiction with romance and time travel thrown in, you might try the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, although it is much weightier than the typical romance. This series is currently 6 books (and counting) long. You might also try the recent series by Karen Marie M ...

Hands down my favourite book would have to be Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Danielle

... Sherrilyn Kenyon J.R. Ward Maggie Shayne Katie MacAlister Kerrelyn Sparks Kelley Armstrong Time Travel Diana Gabaldon Karen Marie Moning (some paranormals new Fever series) Secret Agent/Military Type Suzanne Brockmann Sherrilyn Kenyon (She does a BAD series that ...

... River Run The first few made me giggle so I thought I'd share. :o) Not quite done with the unabridged reading of Outlander, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it!

... of the Giraffe, one of the #1 Ladies' Detective Agency books. I really enjoy these. I also picked up my own copy of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon from the bookstore and may not wait to finish my other current reads before starting!

... can help with this, if you don't mind me answering instead of KristiCritchley. The scene she mentions is from the original Outlander book. It is the section where Claire is in the thieves hole with Gillis Duncan and have been put on trial for witchcraft. Hope this helps!

... for 2008. I don't think I met the 52 books for 2007, however, I did read six books that were over 900 pages each. (The Outlander series). I did come pretty close. Over the past ten years or so, my reading has been strictly child rearing and homeschooling, with very little reading for ...

Via PBS: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - Lots of people love this, but I'm afraid I won't. Remains to be seen... Life Lines by Forrest Church

Here's a fuller list than what I suggested in the other thread: The Jim Dale-narrated Harry Potters The Outlander series To Kill A Mockingbird (read by Sissy Spacek) The Secret Life of Bees If you like mysteries, I'm finding I like Carol Goodman's books. I've "read" The Lake of Dead Lang ...

Enjoy Outlander, MDLady! I've read them and am so excited that the audiobook version of the first in the series just arrived. I can't wait to "read" it again -- the narrator of the series is wonderful. And MrsLee, enjoy The Secret Life of Bees! I loved that book (and it's audiobook version ...

Jamie from the Outlander series... young Jamie... he gets a bit old in the later books. Yummy! almost enough for me to want to visit Scotland lol. ummm Patrick Dempsey 'McDreamy' from Grey's Anatomy... or McVet for that matter.

58. The Fiery Cross #5 of the Outlander series. approx 1000 pages. Ok well yes it took practically a month for me to read. Some of it was because I had a final assignment to hand in end of October which meant a slow start. But I also think the slowness was because of the book itself. As ...

... John books. I finished Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade the other day and was not impressed. As far as the Outlander series goes, I know that there is at least one other book planned, per her official website. I cannot wait to see how she is going to resolve Claire and Jamie ...

... me very much of an ex of mine, so I always feel pains of guilt and borderline marital unfaithfulness when I read the Outlander series and picture myself as Claire. Most of my other characters have been noted above, but so it goes: Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice Aragorn, Lord of ...

I am totally in love with James Alexander Malcolm Mackenzie Frazier from the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. I told my husband about it, too! (lol) I also could handle Roarke from the In Death series by J.D. Robb - and he has the big bucks!

... 8) Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 9) Jane Eyre 10) A Light in the Attic Runners-up: Macbeth Outlander The Red Tent The Stand The Swiss Family Robinson Harry Potter series edited to finish adding touchstones and then to add Harry Potter (since ...

57. Drums of Autumn #4 of the Outlander series Another amazing edition to the series Drums of Autumn is my favourite. Brianna unable to resist searching for traces of Claire and Jamie in their lives 200 years ago finds a death notice for them both having died in a fire. She decides to go ...

... released this year, I haven't read the spin off series yet. The page on wikipedia also says there might even be an 8th Outlander book - woo hoo! I know what you mean by it being like crack or carbohydrates (not that I've tried crack). I was just thinking yesterday that books like that ...

... so far is not a worthy Pulitzer (IMHO, of course) Sappy, sappy, sappy. Just my 2 cents -- #26 kiwiflower and others -- Outlander series is very addicting. I always say its like carbs, or crack -- not good for you, but so good (ostensibly, in regards to the crack, by the way). Drums of Aut ...

... week I read Dragonfly in Amber by Diana gabaldon and The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. I'm still into the Outlander series. Yesterday I read Voyager from start to finish.. went to bed at 4:30am! Today I have started the next one Drums of Autumn still eager to keep reading ...

... Scandal by Penny Vincenzi and The Island by Victoria Hislop. And despite this I am on to the 3rd book in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, Voyager and want to read the next 3: The Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross and A Breath of Snow and Ashes and I am feeling an ...

15. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Pages: 850 Total Pages Read: 7226 ReRead. I still love this book.

This week I will be finishing The Gathering by Anne Enright and re-reading the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

... The Bride of Lammermoor, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, etc. (The 48 Waverly novels are all about Scotland.) Outlander by Diana Gabaldan The Observations by Jane Harris Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson The Master of Ballantree by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Or perhaps one of the sequels to Outlander? Later in the series, there are ties to North Carolina and multiple generations are going back and forth, which fit the above a bit better than the first novel...

Could it be Outlander you're looking for? Even though I think that starts out in Scotland...

#45, hobbitprincess, I'm so jealous you have Outlander on audiobook! I listened to A Breath of Snow and Ashes with the same narrator and now I want to go back and listen to the entire series, but my library doesn't have them :o(

... driving, so I can't listen to anything too complicated to follow. Rereads work well too. I'm currently listening to Outlander. The reader does a wonderful Scottish accent, which adds a lot to the book.

50 Book Challenge 2007 1. About Time by Jack Finney 2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 3. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 4. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 5. Under the Skin by Michael Faber 6. Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Hor ...

... that owns a publishing company. Set in the UK the first one, No angel, starts pre WW1. 4.Diana Gabaldon with her Outlander series are great! If you liked Sara Donati you would like these. 5.Edward Rutherford writes epic books usually based on five families starting with the ...

I can't help you with that particular book, but if you like that kind of story, I highly recommend Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series!

24. Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon - Romance (re-read : edited to add) 25. Line of Sight (Athena Force) by Rachel Caine - Spec Fic 26. Jinx by Meg Cabot - Spec Fic TALLY: Spec Fic -- 20 YA -- 1 Crime -- 1 Chick Lit -- 3 Romance -- 1

... I guess, glum but sweet. Not that I'm into the bodice ripping type books, but I'd have to admit to Jamie Fraser from the Outlander series being one character I'd definitely stalk. Sydney Carton of Tale of Two Cities (always pictured as Dirk Bogard of course), "Tis a far far better thing.. ...

Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre I was being made to read the booker prize for the library reading group at work, and this was one of only two on the list that I actually felt able to read, and enjoy. I was hooked from the first page, and couldn't put it down. I tend not to look at Booker ...

... a sweet m/m romance. Lord John and the Private Matter is only tenuously related to fantasy by way of the timetraveling Outlander (he first appears in a James Fraser book, don't know which), so it is more of a slashy historical novel. But really, really good. Can't wait for the sequelscoming ...

... Finder 25 - The Secret Hour Luanne Rice 26 - The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca Tahir Shah 27 - Outlander Diana Gabaldon 28 - Simple Genius David Baldacci 29 - Dragonfly in Amber Diana Gabaldon 30 - The Overlook Michael Connelly 31 - Safe Har ...

... enjoyed, (and have second hand copies of another two Jack Reacher novels ready to go!) I'm 3/5ths of the way through Outlander and LOVING it - delicious fantasy/romance-with-sex! but that will be finished in August.

Anything by Joanne Harris makes me hungry (including her cookbook!). The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon makes frequent mention of yummy-sounding food. And, #38 -- yes! Pouring maple syrup on snow is something I always wanted to try too. My mom let me try it with that fake Log Cabi ...

... of a City, 312-1308 George Duby, Early Growth of the European Economy John Marenbon, Early Medieval Philosophy Pierre Riche, Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne Marc Bloch, Feudal Society Johnathan Riley-Smith, A Short History of the Crusades R. W. Southern, The Making of ...

I vote for Jaime Fraser from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. What a hunk!

I picked up Dragonfly In Amber today on the 25 cent shelf at the YMCA. I'm hoping it is the second Outlander book. I'm going to have to do some sleuthing to see for sure.

... French Room With A View by E M Forster A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boule

Castleview by Gene Wolfe Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Chaos by James Gleick Hyperion and Endymion by Dan Simmons Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright

I read the first book, Outlander, about a month ago and am just going to order the second book from the library today. Are all the books as good as the first one? Sometimes series start out good then deteriorate. Please answer that without telling me what happens, if you can! I have to ...

Outlander The Bronze Horseman Pillars of the Earth Gone with the Wind Swan Song The Pride of Lions

... through water, though in DW the timetravel isn't physical. R. A. Macavoy - The Book of Kells Diana Gabaldon - Outlander Terry Pratchett - Night Watch Gene Wolfe - There are Doors, Free Live Free Steven Brust - Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille Kage Baker ...

... and partying. And then i think it was my senior year when i read Cold Mountain and loved it. I followed that with Outlander and i was hooked.

I like Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser from Diana Gabaldon's series, starting with Outlander. A very strong woman! Although, I would probably spell it Clare. :)

i'm not a fan of time-travel romance either. the only one that i truly enjoyed was Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. i tried Sandra Hill and Nina Bangs, among others, but i just couldn't get into it. and speaking of scottish romance... the element i can't stand is when the writer ...

... Reynolds Price dull as dirt! Virtually unreadable. Stay away, IMHO. Recently, I read Fiery Cross from Gabaldon's Outlander series. There is alot of pre-revolutionary war North Carolina history in it that was interesting -- mentioning the War of the Regulation, Govenor Tryon, New Bern, ...

I don't know about melodramatic, and I have not read any of the above, but take a look at Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series

... Cynthia Voigt and the Wrinkle in Time series. I did enjoy the Elizabeth Peters series, too. You would probably like the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

... to 12, so I read a lot of young adult novels which is fun. My favourite books include The Book Thief, Twilight, Outlander (my token smutty historical romance, lol), the Silverwing trilogy, Vimy by Pierre Berton, Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, The Red Tent, and Great Expe ...

... stage: Non-fiction is General George Washington: A Military Life, mystery is A Dash of Death, fantasy is a re-read of Outlander and several cookbooks. My daughter and I are working our way through the Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne. I look forward to meeting other ...

... for my Lisa Kleypas books Then Came You and Dreaming of You to arrive. So in the meantime i decided to read Outlander (i could not help myself) for the third time and now i am hooked all over again! I just love Jamie!!

Diana Gabaldon - the first three Outlander Dragonfly in Amber Voyager then they went off the boil Mary Stewart - I read and re-read these when I was younger My Family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell an all-time favourite - my dad used to read it to me then I read and re-read it - I ...

Claire and Jamie from Diana Gabaldon's books Outlander/Cross-stitch and so on - don't know if I could cope with Jamie's blatant sexuality though lol!

I've heard that Outlander is fabulous, but I've always hesitated to read it. Everyone who's read that series says they cried. Sounds kind of tragic... I'm not sure I could handle any tragic romances at this point in my life. I love a happy ending - and if there's a double-wedding, even better! ...

I didn't think I would like Outlander. Mostly because the series is just so god awful long. Loved it, recommend it all the time. Couldn't just read the first book. Cried reading the second. I was also resistant to Sherrilyn Kenyon's dark hunters for some reason but they are better than I ...

... that big on contemporary books... yet, but i am always reading something new. So far my all time favorite books are the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon and The Bronze Horseman (and it's sequel) by Paullina Simons. I also have to mention The Pillars of the Earth and Swan Son ...

84 Charring Cross Road & The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street both by Helene Hanff are my favorite books about books ! Hanff is a total book lover after my own heart who finds a Trans-Atlantic friendship w/a fellow book lover in wartime London during WWII. Check em out! Vanye

... years: Joel Rosenberg's Guardian's of the Flame series was fun at the time As an adult: Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series was really good, though some may classify it in romance, it was a fascinating historical read. It falls more in the "time travel" than it does in "other ...

I just finished Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston. It was good. I am about half way through Cross by James Patterson.

How's everyone doing with their goal? I read one off my list so far, Outlander. Of course I have looked into changing my list, adding and taking away some but for right now I will keep it the same.

... ones to add to the list that myshelves mentioned. As for historical novels, then I'd like to suggest Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. They're romance, history, adventure, time travel all rolled up into one - well there's six in the series so far - more to come :-) And Horatio Hornb ...

... winners this year (I'll mark them as such, too). January: (1) The Children's Blizzard - David Laskin (2) Outlander - Diana Gabaldon (3) Beloved - Toni Morrison (Pulitzer 1988) (4) The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily - Dino Buzzati (5) The Judges - Elie ...

I finished Outlander in January, that was over 800 pages. Most of the books I have to read this year are over 400 pages. A couple are shorter, but not many of them.

Hello all! I just found this group. I just finished reading Outlander and have to wait to order the other ones so I'm working on my TBR pile. I'm hoping that I can get them ordered in another few weeks. I'm dying to see what happens!

... Hunting Midnight, and am taking a long train ride tomorrow (and back on Wednesday) so going with me are Stardust and Outlander, which I have never read, but hear that it's good. Hunting Midnight is good, but I'm not sure it's a keeper. But I'm enjoying it. I got a stack of Emma ...

3. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Wonderful story telling, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to reading the next in the series. This book was highly recommended and now I know why.

Outlander on audio must have been awesome. I just finished reading it last night. Loved it.

... te Pretties by Scott Westerfeld Uglies by Scott Westerfeld Dancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton Audio: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore Graphic Novels: Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction Batman: Year One Promethea ...

... te Pretties by Scott Westerfeld Uglies by Scott Westerfeld Dancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton Audio: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore Graphic Novels: Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction Batman: Year One Promethea ...

I guess I mean short relatively since I just finished the third Outlander book.

... lol So far, 1. The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan r 2. Love comes Softly by Jannette Oke r 3. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon c 4. Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian n Outlander is over 800 pages so its taking a little longer. I have vowed I ...

... and it kind of fell flat for me as well. I don't know why - maybe because I've been on a month long reading binge of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon and even though I regarded it before reading it as "junk food" literature, I really enjoyed it. Maybe my tastes are "dumbing down" ...

... been thinking of you for some reason. Anyway, the message has been edited to reflect the correct recipient. I did read Outlander and enjoyed it, but it is one of the few time travel romances I've enjoyed. I haven't really been knocked over by the sequels to it, although I did read the ...

... orites. Also I see you don't enjoy time travel romance and I have to say it never appealed to me either. But did you read outlander? It changed my mind about time travel completely.

... of live journal, but I would like to participate. So far this year, I've completed two books and am currently working on Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Loving it and only on page 158. I am also skimming thru Master and Commander as I've borrowed it from the library. I wasn't sure it I ...

I also have The Outlander in my TBR pile so that would be one. The only other one is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows which I assume will be big (I hope!)

... and people in her life to emerge emotionally scarred yet still triumphant kind of schtick? And how many men here have read Outlander and liked it? How many women can read Updike novels -- over and over again with the philandering, misogynistic suburban husbands? Brillliant writing, ...

Shogun by James Clavell Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Sons & Lovers by D.H. Lawrence The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

... IMHO, definately would go with War and Peace over a Doestyevsky -- much more palatable, enjoyable. and homeschoolmom -- Outlander series is like crack -- you know you shouldn't, bad for you, so guilty, but you just can't help reading them. Intrigued by this David Foster Wallace fandom -- I ...

Welcome to the group, cjlib! The Outlander books are well worth the time to read. It is a great series and I think you will truly find it enjoyable.

... the Oxymoron (or just a moron LOL) but I was walking by the used book store on my lunch and couldn't resist. Picked up The Outlander in hardcover, Date me Baby one more time which I was quite frankly surprised that they had since we were just talking about this book and Master of Swords ...

... I always see such raves about The Sunne in Splendour and Here Be Dragons... homeschoolmom, I hope you love Outlander! It really is amazing, and you do actually learn quite a bit.

Just wanted to let everyone know I started Outlander last night. I got it in the mail yesterday and all was quiet last night so I started it. I didn't get too far, since it was already passed 11 and I was beat. I am enjoying it so far. Anyone else start their big books for the year?

DL, I haven't read that book but I'm about halfway through Must Love Dragons as i picked it up before I received Outlander. It's the first book I read by Stephanie Rowe and so far she writes alot like Katie MacAlister so pretty fluffy but fun. Brain candy : )

Hi I'm new to this group. I finished Outlander last week and am going to put it on my TBR again pile. I picked up Dragonfly in Amber and Voyager the same day I finished Outlander. I think this saga will take up most of my reading time for a while.

... prior to the new one so I can have everything fresh in my mind. Some series that come to mind are Harry Potter and the Outlander series. I know there are others, but I can't think of them right now!

... period. I also love scottish history, ancient rome, and well, actually all of it. I just ordered a Diana Gabaldon Outlander and Dorothy Dunnett The Game of Kings. Believe it or not, have not read the Master and commander series but have checked out the library for them. Like I ...

... with The Time Traveler's Wife and Time and Again, and The Mirror by Maryls Millhiser is one of my all time favorites. Outlander is good but mainly just the first book of the series deals with time travel (it is touched on in a couple of the other books but in more detail in the first, good ...

I bought Dragonfly in Amber and Voyager because I read Outlander and found myself hooked on this saga.

I finished Outlander yesterday and I loved, loved loved it! It's now on my favorites list. Thanks lorsomething and jbooklover for the recommendation! Now I have to order the rest. Next up Dragonfly in Amber. I have to say I'm a little disappointed with the 20 year jump in this book.

... that the more we fans demanded her presence at readings and signings the less time she had to work on the next book in the Outlander series. How awesome to meet Elie Wiesel and Umberto Eco Alubalibri!!! Wow - I must confess I would be speechless.

... Wind. I might try to squeeze in ladies of the club also. Will see how it goes. Another I want to give a try to is outlander. I just ordered it, can't wait for it to come in. A friend gave me a gift certificate to Amazon, already spent!! Yeah!

So many great recommendations! So little time! I am re-reading the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. I am about 3/4 through with The Fiery Cross. I am reading them guiltily, however, since we just moved house over Thanksgiving, & being jobless, I am in charge of the basic putting away & ...

I finally got Outlander in the mail today! 850 pages. I guess I'll be chewing it for a while. I also received A Knight in Shining Armor, both are recommendations by Jbooklover. I also received One of those Flings in the mail, which no one recommended but I couldn't resist.

... to Duke Leto I, from Frank Herbert's Dune, or Brianna, wife of the dreamy Roger MacKenzie, from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Why Bree & not Claire? Well, Jamie IS quite attractive, but Claire is medical, & deals well w/blood & gore, which I don't think I could ever overcome (bu ...

For $7.00 from the Friends of the Library bookstore: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Giver by Lois Lowry The Awakening by Kate Chopin Diplomacy of Wolves (The Secret Texts, Book 1) by Holly Lisle In the Hand of the Goddess (Lionness Quartet) by Tamora Pierce Lioness Rampant (Song ...

I'm waiting Outlander to arrive in the mail. Right now I'm reading The Smoke Thief and so far it's very imaginative. Anyone read Shana Abe?

In reply to Message 34 - There are only 6 books 1. Outlander 2. Dragonfly In Amber 3. Voyager 4. Drums of Autumn 5. The Fiery Cross 6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes and a Companion book for the first four The Outlandish Companion Jessa

... about a disfigured prince and an American beauty. I think I'm going to read Lady of Sin next since I'm still waiting for Outlander to arrive. DL Moon Called looks pretty good. You have to tell me what you think when you're done.

I am currently reading Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor. I purchased a copy of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and might read it next. It will proably take me a few days to get Amber read first.

I hope you're enjoying the Outlander novels, warbrideslass! They're some of my favorites! I'm currently reading The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters. It started out pretty weird (reminding me a bit of the movie Eyes Wide Shut), and the characters still aren't developed that well yet (and I'm ...

... to note that I think it's funny that you are reading Beauty while I'm reading Beast. (hehe) btw, JBooklover- I ordered Outlander so I hope to start that this month sometime.

A friend of mine gave me a few books that had belonged to her mom. Then I bought a couple more. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Voyager by Diana Gabaldon A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon Queen of Swords by Sara Donati The Last Wife of Henry VIII: A ...

I just started Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, just a few pages in so "no comment" yet. #63 - I didn't like Curious Incident either and everyone in my book club loved it. I like the little "mystery" and the insight, as well, but I didn't like the writing and I felt that the "good" story ...

... after reading Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper and so on... *and one of the funniest I heard: When reading Outlander, members were asked to bring a picture of what they imaged Jamie looked like. Photos of the notable and not-so-notable were brought in (someone brought in a ...

ejly I have read and reviewed Outlander as a result of your reccomendation. Simon

... of course! Perfume? Number?17 Song? Lips of Angel, by Hinder (right now) Book? For my Lady's Heart, Windflower, Outlander saga TV Show?Right now--Hero's Movie? All kinds! Cuisine? Italian Food? Lasagna Beverage? Diet Pepsi Snack? I'm not much of a snacker, but I love chocolate ...

... I hope its as good as I remember when I finally get to read it. I recently got my husband to read Cross Stitch (Outlander) and he enjoyed it as well, though it did take him a long time to read and he hasn't asked for the next one yet!

... group as I just posted in the "what are you reading the week of" forum that I just started reading the first in the series Outlander and though it isn't my normal type of reading I am willing to give it a try. I picked it up at the local used book store but I don't know if I'll find the rest ...

Just picked up my first Diana Gabaldon novel Outlander which is not my normal type of book to read but since it seems that this series has been read by almost everyone I know, I figured I might as well know what they are talking about. I am in a predominantly Scottish family so it seems like ...

... There was one line that shocked me so I went to the book to find it but it was not there. I love, love, love the unabridged Outlander series CD's. They are great. I own them all. Highly recommended to all if you have the money or if they are at your local library. - Jessa

... am a die hard fan! The narration is terrific and the characters come alive. I discovered the entire series when I checked Outlander out of the local library and loved it so much I listened to it 4 times in a row. The Recorded Books version of the books are unabridged. There is another ...

... Katherine is such a good starting point if you're at all interested in the War of the Roses and the Tudor dynasty. The Outlander series can sound a little flaky when you describe it ("Well, it's about this lady, and she travels back in time and meets this Scottish warrior type named Jamie... ...

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Stellar books, with great likeable characters, excellent dialogue and dialect, wonderful eye for detail, and a helluva plot. I wish I had more hands so I could give 'em four thumbs up!

... however at the end everything changes. I love the The Time Traveler's Wife as well as Connie Willis's works. Outlander is a great piece too, though the rest of Diana Gabaldon's efforts in that series are merely coasting on the success of the first.

... others by E. Nesbit The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Shogun by James Claval and a book of Robin Hood stories I came home to find that volume two of Thieves & Kings had arrived in ...

I loved Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, and don't anyone tell you it's a Romance book! It's about time travel... And history. :D I love that series, too, TheaMak. My first Bill Bryson, The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America was one I not only recommended to ...

... die out. Anyways, I go for the thick ones. Romance novels, that is. ;) I also like romance-fusion novels like the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon and the Kushiel's Dart series by Jacqueline Carey. The only thing I wish about most romance was that the cover wasn't so darn ...

... to inflict on me in high school, be it Maria Chapdelaine, The Tin Flute (Bonheur d'occasion) or, and especially, The Outlander (Le Survenant). Despite being strong on SF, I could never read my ass through dune either.

... which is not sci/fi or fantasy, except as the concept of time travel is fantasy. This series, which starts with the book Outlander, is sometimes, erroneously in my opinion, labeled Romance, but is probably most accurately labeled Historical Fiction. Time travel sets the saga in motion and ...