Book Ends

From Library Journal:

“After being separated by seven years of World War II, Claire and Frank Randall return to the Scottish Highlands for a second honeymoon. Left to her own devices while her husband immerses himself in historical pursuits, Claire inadvertently enters a circle of standing stones and is plunged back 200 years to a Scotland on the verge of the second Jacobite uprising. Her pluck and skill as a nurse win the Scots’ grudging respect, but only marriage to a Scot will save her from the clutches of Frank’s vicious forbear, Black Jack Randall. Though first novelist Gabaldon uses time travel primarily to allow a modern heroine, this is basically a richly textured historical novel with an unusual and compelling love story.” – Cynthia Johnson Whealler, Cary Memorial Lib., Lexington, Mass.  Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.  

Being mostly a Non-Fiction reader, I was told about this series by my aunt.  Having a love for anything Scottish, I decided to read it.  At the time, there were 4 of the 6 books released and I read all of them in just over two weeks.  I couldn’t put them down.  These books are very large, 600-900+ pages of ____ (insert your own adjective here, because these books have it all).  For some, the Scots’ dialect may be intimidating, but I ken (know) you will get used to it.  I highly recommend the whole series for adults, starting with Outlander, followed by Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, The Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, and coming in 2009 (I’m so excited!), her 7th book, An Echo in the Bone.

~Contributed by Susan H