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East Texas Parrothead wrote:

maggiemay56 wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:
Has anyone read the Outlander series by Diana Galaldon. I want the 6th in the series, a Christmas hint for my family.

A friend of mine LOVES those books. I bought the first 3 or 4, and read the first, and started the second, I think. Seems like I got bogged down & quit. The setting was France?? I'm confused.

Should I try again?

Diana Galaldon wrote a glowing jacket note on THE POET OF LOCH NESS. I thought I might want to read her.

MM56: Should I read them in order of publication?

They definitely need to be read in order to understand the plot.

big hat carmen wrote:

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

maggiemay56 wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:
Has anyone read the Outlander series by Diana Galaldon. I want the 6th in the series, a Christmas hint for my family.

A friend of mine LOVES those books. I bought the first 3 or 4, and read the first, and started the second, I think. Seems like I got bogged down & quit. The setting was France?? I'm confused.

Should I try again?

Diana Galaldon wrote a glowing jacket note on THE POET OF LOCH NESS. I thought I might want to read her.

MM56: Should I read them in order of publication?

They definitely need to be read in order to understand the plot.

Oops! Thanks, Teri. I lost you in the quotes!

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

maggiemay56 wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:
Has anyone read the Outlander series by Diana Galaldon. I want the 6th in the series, a Christmas hint for my family.

A friend of mine LOVES those books. I bought the first 3 or 4, and read the first, and started the second, I think. Seems like I got bogged down & quit. The setting was France?? I'm confused.

Should I try again?

Diana Galaldon wrote a glowing jacket note on THE POET OF LOCH NESS. I thought I might want to read her.

MM56: Should I read them in order of publication?

They definitely need to be read in order to understand the plot.

Oops! Thanks, Teri. I lost you in the quotes!

I enjoyed teh first 5 books, but know several people who got bogged down because the books are so long.

Teri: I love long books. Especially if they're well written. You get to really, really know the characters....and I think that's why I like Sue Grafton and Tony Hillerman so much.

I love Kinsey Millhone and have enjoyed getting to know her, warts and all since A IS FOR ALIBI.

I love Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee and have truly enjoyed going through the past 10+ years with them. I got *this* close to an interview with Hillerman, but there was an illness in his family when I was scheduled to be in New Mexico.

Would love to interview Grafton!

Terry, you will have to let me know what you think. I found the series fascinating.

big hat carmen wrote:
I enjoyed teh first 5 books, but know several people who got bogged down because the books are so long.

I love long books, too, BLOOD MONEY was long! (and a real page-turner as they say) Honestly, I can't remember why I stopped reading the Outlander books. I've heard nothing but good about them.

That should give me 6 books to add to the list!

maggiemay56 wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:
I enjoyed teh first 5 books, but know several people who got bogged down because the books are so long.

I love long books, too, BLOOD MONEY was long! (and a real page-turner as they say) Honestly, I can't remember why I stopped reading the Outlander books. I've heard nothing but good about them.

That should give me 6 books to add to the list!

Who wrote Blood Money?

big hat carmen wrote:Terry, you will have to let me know what you think. I found the series fascinating.

I'll try to find the first one at the library tomorrow!

What is the first one?

big hat carmen wrote:

maggiemay56 wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:
I enjoyed teh first 5 books, but know several people who got bogged down because the books are so long.

I love long books, too, BLOOD MONEY was long! (and a real page-turner as they say) Honestly, I can't remember why I stopped reading the Outlander books. I've heard nothing but good about them.

That should give me 6 books to add to the list!

Who wrote Blood Money?

Greg Iles.
If you check back a page or two in the thread, there's some more info

I'm learning a lot here! More books to read! When I was a kid, my grandmother worried because sometimes I had a book in every room. Go figure.

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:Terry, you will have to let me know what you think. I found the series fascinating.

I'll try to find the first one at the library tomorrow!

What is the first one?

Outlander is the first.

big hat carmen wrote:

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:Terry, you will have to let me know what you think. I found the series fascinating.

I'll try to find the first one at the library tomorrow!

What is the first one?

Outlander is the first.

Thank you. I'll call the library in the morning!

maggiemay56 wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:

maggiemay56 wrote:

big hat carmen wrote:
I enjoyed teh first 5 books, but know several people who got bogged down because the books are so long.

I love long books, too, BLOOD MONEY was long! (and a real page-turner as they say) Honestly, I can't remember why I stopped reading the Outlander books. I've heard nothing but good about them.

That should give me 6 books to add to the list!

Who wrote Blood Money?

Greg Iles.
If you check back a page or two in the thread, there's some more info

I'm learning a lot here! More books to read! When I was a kid, my grandmother worried because sometimes I had a book in every room. Go figure.

I have a couple of his books, but another book always seems to get in the way. If you haven't read Bridge of Birds, find it, a wonderful book.

Awww, Teri. Thanks for the vote on BoB.

Didn't ya just love the last few pages? Such magic! The birds must fly!

big hat carmen wrote:
I have a couple of his books, but another book always seems to get in the way. If you haven't read Bridge of Birds, find it, a wonderful book.

Thanks!

I haven't read Iles in a while. Am really looking forward to this latest. Am first on the list at the library! They've had it on order, but it hasn't arrived.

I am really glad that this thread is active again, in time for winter reading.

Thanks for this recommendation on Bridge of Birds. My daughter and her bf like fantasy/sci-fi as well as anything oriental. They're planning on spending a year in Japan before grad school. I'm going to pick this up for them. It sounds like something they will love, of course I may find they have it already.

big hat carmen wrote:I am really glad that this thread is active again, in time for winter reading.

Exactly!

OceanCityGirl wrote:Thanks for this recommendation on Bridge of Birds. My daughter and her bf like fantasy/sci-fi as well as anything oriental. They're planning on spending a year in Japan before grad school. I'm going to pick this up for them. It sounds like something they will love, of course I may find they have it already.

I *wish* I could find my "stash" of BoB paperbacks. When I moved out of my office at the state, I lost 'em. I'll dig around during the holidays and see if I can find them. I know have 5-6 and would be happy to share!

OCG: Hughart only wrote three books and most people have never heard of him. Just word of mouth. I tracked him down in Arizona and have begged him to write more, but he's very much like his main character....a curmudgeon. He won't budge, even though Hollywood has expressed interest in BoB.

One of the benefits of being online is finding others who love the books as much as I. Google "Bridge of Birds" and you'll find a lot of sites dedicated to Hughart and Master Li!

East Texas Parrothead wrote:Z-man: Bridge of Birds is my all-time favorite book. For real. I've read it at least once a year since 1984 and it NEVER fails to delight, enchant and enthrall me.

It's classified science fiction/fantasy, but do not let that put you off. I never red sci-fi/fantasy and would have NEVER put it in that genre. I've given this book to tons of people since it came out in paperback and everyone has loved it.

two of our bookshelves are filled with science fiction/fantasy.
Lacey is a voracious reader who had never read much sci-fi/fantasy when we met years ago, it is now her favorite genre.

I look forward to reading your favorite!

One of my favorites, and one I have given to many friends, is James Halperin's 'The Truth Machine', another book that pretty much trancends the science fiction classification. It is an incredibly thought provoking book about the impact on society of an infallible lie-detector.