Tag Archives: Outlander

Two Dorks, One Book: Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on December 31, 2014 by

So, this is the series that wrecked my Goodreads goal for the year (by like 20 books, but whatever). AND, it was so not worth it. I mean, don’t get me wrong, overall, I think I liked the series as … Continue reading →

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Written in my Own Heart’s Blood (Outlander #8) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on June 26, 2014 by

Oh man. There’s so much here that I COULD complain about. I could complain that this book didn’t really advance any storylines at all. Nothing life-altering happens, no big mysteries are solved, they basically spent the whole book thinking that … Continue reading →

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An Echo in the Bone (Outlander #7) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on June 24, 2014 by

I am not cool with this book. I could maybe learn to be OK with leaving the Claire and Jamie chapters to see Bree and Roger in the 80s and living at Lallybroch once in a while, but…I do NOT … Continue reading →

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A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on June 19, 2014 by

***Spoilers all over the place up in here!*** Well, things definitely happen in this book, evenm though most of it felt like long, unedited, random filler at the time. Fergus is finally around more than the past few books but … Continue reading →

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The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on May 23, 2014 by

Ugh. I just…I don’t know what to say about these books anymore. It’s so difficult to review these since they’re SO FREAKING HUGE and they don’t necessarily have a theme. So much stuff happens that things that happened in the … Continue reading →

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Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on May 21, 2014 by

Drums of Autumn picks up 2 months after the end of Voyager, with Claire and Jamie in America. There’s the most boring and un-dangerous pirate robbery EVER, where Claire decides to A) ignore Jamie being in danger and worry about … Continue reading →

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The Lord John series – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on May 9, 2014 by

These all seem to be mysteries, which is not generally a genre I’m drawn to. I don’t entirely understand why there are so many books about Lord John, who I always considered to be a rather boring character, but Gabaldon … Continue reading →

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Voyager (Outlander #3) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on May 5, 2014 by

So at the end of the last book, Dragonfly in Amber, Claire realizes that Jamie didn’t die after Colloden and so he could still be alive in the past, 20 years later. Well, I don’t really think I’m giving too … Continue reading →

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Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2) – Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on April 29, 2014 by

So this is an enormous series of books, and it’s got all kinds of novellas and short stories, so the author actually has a chronology on her website, which is really helpful. And for Dragonfly in Amber, she writes: “It … Continue reading →

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Two Dorks, One Book: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
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Posted on April 25, 2014 by

Michelle says: So this is an enormous book in a ginormous series and I really wasn’t sure I was going to like it. Unfortunately, I was also afraid it would take me a long time to get through, so I … Continue reading →

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