tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post2626136813828457791..comments2024-03-27T16:39:57.485-04:00Comments on My OUTLANDER Purgatory: Que Sera Sera...Purgatory Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-69708542015575990612015-05-28T10:36:30.511-04:002015-05-28T10:36:30.511-04:00I'm new to this party, but I love following al...I'm new to this party, but I love following along with your posts and finally decided to be brave and comment as well. I just started reading the Outlander books this spring. I'd been in a vera vera long drought of fiction reading and to find these stories, well, another fan of DG! Anyway, I was thrilled to see that Jamie knows how to astral travel (or lucid dreaming which is another way of describing what I think he does). I am wishing that Bree would get a job with NASA and find a way to get her parents back to the future so they can be one big happy family again. Oh well. BTW, I didn't know how to post with my name, but it's Cynthia. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-39331974401653510002010-04-12T22:33:23.241-04:002010-04-12T22:33:23.241-04:00Thanks Karen. I'm glad it's a novella and ...Thanks Karen. I'm glad it's a novella and not a full length. I'm much more apt to read it if so. Although... once I'm finished Echo I'll probably be rabid for anything Outlander-related... long or short.Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-47034816464702629942010-04-12T14:22:44.081-04:002010-04-12T14:22:44.081-04:00Carol - "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows&qu...Carol - "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows" (the story about Roger's parents) is a novella (I think DG said about 16,000 words), not a full-length book. Due out in November 2010. It promises to be a terrific story, from what I've seen so far.<br /><br />KarenKaren Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635855088490793965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-11315777383319383082010-04-12T13:41:07.432-04:002010-04-12T13:41:07.432-04:00PS -
Sirena - I'm with you on Roger Mac alth...PS - <br /><br />Sirena - I'm with you on Roger Mac although sometimes I'm like "Enough Roger! JUST DO IT!" (like Nike!)<br /><br />PCost - you are SO RIGHT. I'd be all over anything about Fergus...(LORDDDDD would I be all over anything with Fergus) and Roger... I'm verra interested in what I'm hearing about DG's upcoming novel about Roger's parents.Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-59785586740303210862010-04-12T13:38:26.703-04:002010-04-12T13:38:26.703-04:00Hi All -
Karen - as usual - thanks for your inpu...Hi All - <br /><br />Karen - as usual - thanks for your input. You are totally right - I worry way too much!<br /><br />Pam - I don't know if I'll go back and read them. BUT - I said that during my first Twilight read. "Why would I go back and read these again?" and then when I was finished I was SO devastated without the characters in my life that I had to go back and reread. So the fact that the LJG books have undiscovered Jamieisms and info... I have a feeling I'll change my tune about 2 days after I finish Echo.<br /><br />Angela - that's what I do - I pick Tracey's brain about the LJG books. It really helps (although I feel like I'm in school and looking at the paper of the person sitting next to me.) ;) <br /><br />Shel - YOU ROCK! I'm so glad you found the blog! Come to our chat tonight if you can!Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-62089656692414681502010-04-12T09:28:22.669-04:002010-04-12T09:28:22.669-04:00Hi all. I just wanted to comment and mention that...Hi all. I just wanted to comment and mention that I stumbled upon your blog while surfing all things Outlander. I was so totally smitten by your blog that I've gone back to the very beginning to read all your entries ... I know, a bit crazy, but I love all your theories and predicitions and how your thoughts change as you progress through the books. I've read all 7 books, finishing Echo in January and I'm so missing these characters that I'm planning on reading the Lord John books just to get a glimpse at them and to help understand who some of the "extra" characters from Echo. So, I'll continue to chug along reading all the back entries but I just wanted to tell you what a great job I think you're doing and to encourage you to keep it up and to keep reading.Shelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-84231223039314379232010-04-12T07:57:54.827-04:002010-04-12T07:57:54.827-04:00I still can't believe I haven't read the L...I still can't believe I haven't read the LJ books! Looking back on everything I've read, I can see now how a LOT of it would have made more sense had I taken the time to read those books. But I sometimes resented being pulled away from Jamie/Claire and Bree/RogerMac in the books themselves, so kind of wanted to keep reading. <br />I love it when the books describe their lives in Lallybroch! Sometimes I wonder how much more rogermac can take. I love it that Jamie has a small window into Bree's life at Lallybroch! I have always felt bad for him being locked out of their time-traveling ways, and this is in some small way kind of helps make up for that in my mind! Yee this book is sooo action packed (despite some of the drier stretches of stories I wasna so interested in but grew to love).Sirenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622232908141767076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-79524323743570720012010-04-11T22:50:04.737-04:002010-04-11T22:50:04.737-04:00I don't know about you Carol..but I wouldn'...I don't know about you Carol..but I wouldn't oppose any background given on the LJbooks by those that have read them. I hope to read them after Echo, but I have also tried to get into them, and just haven't had the time. I would love for those that have read to give some background on characters...so I don't have to dive into them. What can I say I'm lazy;-)Angela Fieldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678881738122384811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-17675373882269546262010-04-11T20:08:42.295-04:002010-04-11T20:08:42.295-04:00I couldn't get into any of the LJ books either...I couldn't get into any of the LJ books either and I've checked them in and out of the library like 3x. But I did read the last one Brotherhood because I thought that I could figure out why I should care about Percy, etc. Well, it's a little clearer but I still don't care. As much as I LOVE OL series, I don't care for the LJ one. <br /><br />Now, if DG wants to write a series with Ian or Fergus as the central characters....that's a trip to the bookstore and one for the collection.pcosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533931877043980675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-28400565720707841902010-04-11T14:41:25.964-04:002010-04-11T14:41:25.964-04:00Carol, I haven't read the LJ books, either. I ...Carol, I haven't read the LJ books, either. I tried, but just couldn't get into it. I have finished Echo, and probably would have understood a whole lot more about the intrigue between Percy and LJ, but it didn't keep me from understanding the plot of Echo. Like you, I am slightly offended that dg assumes that we have all read the LJ books, and writes as if we have.Pamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-48816904110721022922010-04-11T11:58:09.078-04:002010-04-11T11:58:09.078-04:00Carol:
If you want my advice <g>....quit wo...Carol:<br /><br />If you want my advice <g>....quit worrying about it. When you get to the end of ECHO, before you start the series over again (and become, like many of the rest of us, a perpetual re-reader of these books <g>), take the time then to read the Lord John books.<br /><br />Yes, BOTB helps a great deal in understanding who Percy is. Yes, you will get to know Lord John much better -- how he thinks, what motivates him -- if you read the LJ books. But can you still understand and appreciate and enjoy the OUTLANDER books if you haven't read the LJ books? Of course you can!<br /><br />To me, the whole OUTLANDER "universe" is like an amazingly intricate jigsaw puzzle, where the pieces all interconnect. If you haven't read the LJ books, you're missing some important pieces of the puzzle, but what remains is still very complex and immensely entertaining by itself. Reading the LJ books, for me, is a way of filling in the details of the "backstory", making the overall story even more intricate and layered and meaningful -- but it isn't, strictly speaking, necessary, in order to enjoy the OUTLANDER books.<br /><br />Just my two cents worth. <g><br /><br />KarenKaren Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635855088490793965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-46420125723907577622010-04-11T10:42:53.385-04:002010-04-11T10:42:53.385-04:00I don't feel like I "have" to read i...I don't feel like I "have" to read it - I feel like I'm "supposed" to read it. And that creeps me out a bit. And let's be honest - I call you and ask you who is who because I haven't read the LJG books. I guess maybe I'd be OK with it if I had read ABOSAA - and then had nothing to read and decided to read the LJG books - and then read Echo when it came out. But I have steadily read all 6 books (and ignored my book club books in the process!) and now find myself on book 7 and am a) dying to know what happens and b) really enjoying it. So I don't want to stop and read the LJG books.Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-42766424884476625972010-04-11T10:36:41.517-04:002010-04-11T10:36:41.517-04:00Carol: all comments in thread are readable.
Re: L...Carol: all comments in thread are readable.<br /><br />Re: LJ books--not sure I feel the same way with the marketing thing. To me, it's not like I "have" to read it--it's more like it's another opportunity to get involved with this whole universe that DG has set up.Tracey R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06775331935448970772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-53753373828180088302010-04-11T10:14:47.057-04:002010-04-11T10:14:47.057-04:00pcost I am afraid to read your last comment. Trace...pcost I am afraid to read your last comment. Tracey will read it and deem it safe or unsafe for me. They are usually safe; I know I'm paranoid. LOL <br /><br />Totally said the exact same thing about marketing. And I have to admit to you that I find that type of marketing extremely offensive. I don't like feeling like I HAVE TO read (aka BUY) the LJG books to understand a book series I have spent 6 MONTHS reading.Purgatory Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-80189472602770486712010-04-10T22:52:25.393-04:002010-04-10T22:52:25.393-04:00The best description of Echo that I heard was in t...The best description of Echo that I heard was in the OL Book Club where someone said it was more of a part 1 of 2. Tons of cliffhangers. Rabbie MacNab..at first I thought no way, he'd have to be too young. But then remembered that he was older than Fergus..so maybe. D.G. just can't let go of a character sometimes.pcosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533931877043980675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-64875770782325062112010-04-10T18:12:24.372-04:002010-04-10T18:12:24.372-04:00You'll be getting more videos in short order--...You'll be getting more videos in short order--Carol's daughter's first communion is in two weekends, and our other sister's son's first communion is the weekend after that (the same weekend as the birthday of one JAMES ALEXANDER MALCOLM MACKENZIE FRASER), so we'll have plenty of chances to make fools of ourselves on camera. Perhaps a remote feed from a Scottish bar??? ;-)Tracey R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06775331935448970772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-19030502225291105612010-04-10T17:11:16.539-04:002010-04-10T17:11:16.539-04:00HA! DG has a story being published in an anthology...HA! DG has a story being published in an anthology in November (?) that is all about Roger Mac's parents. I CAN'T WAIT! And when is the next discussion video? I LOVE those things!Jo Mhttp://bookreadingbookworm.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-49864354717935968892010-04-10T16:50:01.665-04:002010-04-10T16:50:01.665-04:00pcost: COMPLETELY, totally agree. I read the first...pcost: COMPLETELY, totally agree. I read the first two LJs b/c I was waiting for Carol to finish ABOSAA before I started Echo and because I had heard it wasn't a bad idea to read them, and I have to say I am SO glad I did. I'd say they're prerequisites. One negative about Echo for me is that it is really hard to keep track of so many new characters and storylines--it seems like there are way more than any of the other books--and the fact that I read Private Matter and Brotherhood means I already know a lot of the characters going. And honestly I don't see how you can really appreciate the LJ/Percy connection unless you've read Brotherhood.Tracey R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06775331935448970772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-69940204841783991172010-04-10T16:44:30.110-04:002010-04-10T16:44:30.110-04:00I don't know if it was good marketing or what,...I don't know if it was good marketing or what, but you have to read Brotherhood of the Blade to really know who half the characters are that show up in Echo.pcosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533931877043980675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-30964014070975708042010-04-10T11:10:44.386-04:002010-04-10T11:10:44.386-04:00I am officially midway through--p. 420, finished c...I am officially midway through--p. 420, finished chapter 40. Uh. Mah. GAAAAAD. This book had a stretch in part 2 that was hard going, but it sooooo friggin good now I canna stand it!!! Carol, if you think you can't put it down now, JUST WAIT.Tracey R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06775331935448970772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-78384896717009903962010-04-10T10:06:54.823-04:002010-04-10T10:06:54.823-04:00hi carol
i,m so glad your,e enjoying echo, a lot o...hi carol<br />i,m so glad your,e enjoying echo, a lot of people online have not give it a good writeup but i loved it.<br />i am biting my tongue to not comment and give anything away but order the ambulanceS now and stockpile the tissues. :-0<br />i am reading "botb", just finished "lj and the private matter" and i wish i had read them before echo because things are making sense now like you said, never mind it,ll help with the reread.<br />lesley :-)lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07417537289144754896noreply@blogger.com