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Monday, August 23, 2010

outlander


i just finished the first installment of the outlander series by diana gabaldon.

um.....

seriously.

i'm in love with a character in a book.

i'll only tell as much as what's on the back of the book, but basically, the story takes place in the 1940's after the war. claire beauchamp is finally being reunited with her husband, frank randall, after several years. they spent the war apart, she as a nurse and he as a soldier, and they've reunited in scotland on kind of a second honeymoon, if you will.

in their touristy journey through scotland, they come across a stonehenge type of structure. claire, some sort of budding botanist, later returns to the stonehenge structure to check out a plant she noticed and is sucked back in time 200 years. the story goes as you'd imagine if you'd been catapulted 200 years back in time - totally freaked out, she makes the best of it, and meets a man of interest.

this is so the readers digest, slash me trying not to give anything away version.

listen, as crazy unrealistic as this book sounds, you want to read it. promise.

the few readers who've also read this, will agree, i'm sure. enjoy!

5 comments:

Mrs. Potts said...

Oh yes please! More Jaime!!!

Kristen said...

i'm going to get it tomorrow :)

Anonymous said...

I just went to request the audiobook online from the library and it's 28 discs...that is a LONG book. I'm going to give it a try though!

A said...

Mrs. Potts - right!! love it.

Kristen - please do. and i'm open to discuss once you're obsessed.

Hannah - i promise you will never want to stop listening. if i had that, i'd never get out of my car.

Not Used said...

Hmmm....once upon a time I think I started this (maybe in high school). I'll try it again!