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Outlander
By Daina Gabaldon.
So far more than halfway through the book is good reading. Starting to go past my reading allotment time...
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Been reading those since they were first out. You will fall in love with the characters. And it takes her like 5 years to write a new book. On Starz as a series now. They are doing a good job with it.
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Do not start on TV until you've read all the books.
Just another damn Dave Fluent in Pidgin Cigar Spanish
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Just another damn "Dave" Decidedly unpleasant, does not play well with others. Fluent in Pidgin Cigar Spanish. http://sherlynpopelka.net/ Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. *Usual manly disclaimer applies, if applicable.
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Outlander
Subsequent installments are the size of the Unabridged Dictionary Of All The Languages Of The World. Large type edition.
Just another damn Dave Fluent in Pidgin Cigar Spanish
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Just another damn "Dave" Decidedly unpleasant, does not play well with others. Fluent in Pidgin Cigar Spanish. http://sherlynpopelka.net/ Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. *Usual manly disclaimer applies, if applicable.
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This series never resonated with me though I enjoyed the first half of the first book well enough when I read it twenty-five years ago. Of course, I also burned out halfway through the first book of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy and didn't particularly care for the Harry Potter books either. Alas, I suspect I'm missing some sort of gene for enjoying fantasy genres in series .
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The Walker River Lodge does not offer Starz as one of the direct tv (SUX!) channel offerings...
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Outlander
Actually, it's pretty accurate historical fiction with just a bit of an ability to suspend disbelief needed for the time travel.
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Yep, trying to pick up Scottish...
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So, ye havna got the Gaelic, then?
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Tryin' hard ya ken...
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Hi I'm Tom. Darned if I can remember anyone else's name. MDCGA The Road Goes On Forever... To Ride is Life... In search of the Doof 43. . . . ....... . . Colorado Motel Wreckers 2012 ... Midnight Riders of The Beartooth 2013... |
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Quote:
But I digress, as usual.
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Oh, and never call her on the occasional error that she makes. She has an assistant who answers her e-mails that will just double-talk you to death. And if you bring one up on her Facebook page, her rabid fans will just vilify you for daring to bring it up.
House Finches did not exist outside of the American Southwest until the 1940s. So, probably not in NC in the 1700s...
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As fun as trying to get across to the Lowes chat line person, that after driving 80 miles to the store, there are still not nine clamping knobs in the hardware bin that were not there three weeks ago, even after the hardware guy said the order was coming in next week. Three weeks ago...
I need a job where I can lie to everyone and deflect shortcomings onto someone else. But I am not that person, my shortcoming is I care too much.
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Wouldn't dream of correcting anyone's errors on Facebook; I've made enough errors as a writer that I avoid excoriating other writers in front of their public and hope they would extend the same courtesy to me.
Of course, if someone writes about being bitten by diamondback rattlesnakes in Wyoming, all bets are off. There are some errors that tip over into idiocy and should not be perpetuated.
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