My Favorite Books: Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
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My senior year of high school, I was lucky enough to score a job at my favorite library in the town next to the one where I lived. I LOVE that library. I loved it then too. A big part of my job was to put the returned books back on the shelves. You wouldn’t believe how many people do not understand the dewey decimal system. Even today in 2020 my local library has signs in each stack asking people NOT to reshelve the books because people just do not understand how it works. Oh how I miss the library…..Maybe someday soon I can walk into our local library and just stand among all. of. the. books. Sigh.
I’m getting off track as usual. Outlander. Have you read it? Or the entire series? While I was shelving books way back in 1991, I discovered this book. I still discover new books this way: I walk into the library, pick a stack and wander through until one of the covers catches my eye. Pluck it off the shelf and take it home and just dive in. You will be amazed at the new authors you will find doing this. After the first chapter of Outlander I was hooked. And it was so painful to have to wait until the next book came out. This is why I resist new TV shows with Denton. Firstly, I don’t like to watch a lot of television because it cuts into my precious reading time. And secondly, if I get sucked into a new show that only has one season, I forget what’s happening by the time the second season comes out. Same thing with my favorite books. I love it when I discover a new to me series that already has quite a few books in it. Lucky you if you haven’t read this one yet! Eight books, woohoo!
If all of that didn’t make you want to get your hands on a copy of this series today, here is a short summary:
Outlander (published in the United Kingdom as Cross Stitch) is the first in a series of eight historical multi-genre novels by Diana Gabaldon. Published in 1991, it focuses on the Second World War-era nurse Claire Randall, who travels through time to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser. A mix of several genres, the Outlander series has elements of historical fiction, romance, adventure and fantasy. With 25 million copies sold, Outlander is one of the best-selling book series of all time. Outlander won the Romance Writers of America’s RITA Award for Best Romance of 1991. A television adaptation of the Outlander series premiered on Starz in the US on August 9, 2014. (via)
Have you read this book or the series? What was your opinion? I LOVE it. Let me know!
You can find all of the books I’ve read this year here.
You can find all of my FAVORITE books here.
What are you reading right now? I am always on the lookout for another book to read.
I think I asked you about these a couple weeks ago😁My favorite series of all time. I am currently re-reading the series for the umpteenth time (currently working on Drums of Autumn) and right this minute watching Season 3 of the Starz show. Curious what you think of the TV show. I am watching it because I love all things Outlander, but in my humble opinion they have changed and left out way too much.
You did! Thank you, because sometimes I need a reminder. I have so many favorites it’s hard to remember to tell you all about them. I haven’t actually seen the TV show yet, but my husband loves it, lol. I can only stand to watch one episode of one show at at time which is why he far surpasses me on all of the shows. I’ll have to add it to the loooong list of shows to eventually see. But I’m with you, I hate it when they change and leave things out.