Cos it seems to keep popping up and I think it's one of those series that kinda do captivate people and keep them prisoner for the rest of the time it takes them to read it... ;)

I read Outlander (also known as Crosstitch) to Drums of Autumn in about a month whilst I was SUPPOSED to be revising for my A-Levels. I knew all about the scottish highlands I admit by then, but bugger all about anything else!

Outlander
Dragonfly in Amber
Voyager
Drums of Autumn
The Fiery Cross
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
The Outlandish Companion


Couldn't get through TFC though, one day I will.Voyager

This is my favorite series of all time...LOVE THEM...can't wait till the 7th book comes out next year. I'm totally in love with Jamie...he ruined me for real men...lol...just kidding but only by a little bit!!!!!

He was wonderfully fleshed out wasn't he? As well as the other characters,but he was definitely special and I would say this was my favorite series as well.

I liked Jamie, he was all right. I mean, I really like him but it was always Roger who kinda made me drool into the pages.

Ohhhh....yes he did sound wonderful as well! Green eyes and dark hair! ooo la la!

Roger is quite hot as well....the accent alone of either man would make me swoon...lol!

Scottish accents make me go wild. I'm quite tempted to move to Scotland just to bag me a man. Knowing my luck I'll go all the way to Scotland and end up with some English bloke.

I added this series to my TBR today! Looking forward to starting sometime soon.

LOL Fiona!

Hope you enjoy it Melissa!

The Outlander was my favorite and Voyager was my second favorite and now, I cannot seem to get through The Fiery Cross. I keep putting it down and picking up something else instead. I am determined to continue though. I love the story and the idea of it all! I give The Outlander as a gift often and I never fail to get that reader hooked as well!!

I have this probleam... i'm just to curius. Ive put it on my whislist, the first book I mean

Haha! bnoir Go go go... buy it buy it!

Beth, not being able to get into TFC seems to be a problem. I'm going to skip it. I'm also going to buy a smaller version of A Breath of Fire and Ashes cos I have that big mass market or trade paperback (can't remember which is which) and it just won't fit in my bag without making it all awkward and out of shape.

I've been dying to read this series since I've heard nothing but great things about it. However, right now I lack the time commitment necessary for them. The books are thick!

I know they're thick, though I read Outlander to Drums of Autumn in a month or two... I did nothing but read.

Jackie, try listening to the audio of Outlander. For whatever reason, the first time I tried to read Outlander it didn't capture me but I kept hearing all this great stuff and I felt like I was missing out. So I listened to it, fell in love with the amazing story and characters and since then I have read Outlander several times and it remains one of my all time favorite books.

Thanks for the advice Erin. I've never tried audio books before and quite honestly, they don't really appeal to me. However, after reading about how great audio books are I'm going to have to give them a try. I had went to the library the other day and had seen that they have the audio verion...next time I might have to pick it up.

The entire Outlander series is my favorite escape. Jamie and Roger are great, but for some reason young Ian is my favorite character. I'm hoping for good things for him in the next book in the series. Also, I miss Murtaugh.

I just finished Voyager and am taking a break before I get to Drums (I've read the first 3 in quick succession and my house is falling apart). I love these books, especially Outlander. I ADORE Jamie! I love Roger already, even though he hasn't been a big part so far. I miss Murtaugh, too. Glad I'm not the only one. He was so incredibly loyal. I think I'll eventually listen to the books, maybe after I finish reading the whole series. I have mixed feelings about Lord John. I appreciate that he basically saved Jamie's life, but he was pretty snotty to Claire in Voyager.

Drums of Autumn I think is one of my favourites, though I loved Voyager too. I wish I could go back to the days of reading Outlander!

Just wait until the next book comes out. :)

I left my Outlander with a lady that enjoys reading at my bank. I told her I'd be back in six months to, among other things, see how she liked it - so she had six months to read lol. I poked my head into the bank the week before I needed to actually go back - and asked her if she'd read it it ("no"). I guess she felt guilty.. I went back just a few days ago (last week of Oct) and she had started Outlander - was into it a few chapters and REALLY liked it. She's hooked.

muuuuhahahahahahahaaa

When my cousin saw that I had started the series she said she wasn't sure if she should shriek with glee or send me a warning. She said she'd check back with me in a few thousand pages to see how I was holding up. :)

just droping by to say... you won. I've just requested a copy from bookmooch :D

A couple of years ago I visited with a friend who lives in Charlotte, NC. We spent a windy, misty, overcast, foggy day in the mountains at Blowing Rock and I was enthralled. Everyone else was complaining about the nasty weather while I was busy imagining Jamie and Claire on horseback making their way home up the mountain. Claire would be pausing to examine some enticing weed by the side of the trail and Jamie would be calling Gideon filthy names and trying to keep him on the trail. I think I'm living in the wrong century.

Cheryl S., hilarious.. great post. I read this series in 6 months, pretty much one a month, and it lead to me thinking to myself in a Scottish accent for quite some time. This was at the end of my marriage and it was a fabulous escape. I read the last one in my new place after I moved out. I remember 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes' with it's shiny silver cover waiting for me on the ottoman of my chair for when I finished unpacking. I think it's funny this thread went right to Jamie, how could any warm-blooded female bibliophile resist?

Ah yes the Scottish "broge" one of my favorite accents too! Yes, yes, I nearly married a Scotsman (of course)...It was long ago....we're still great friends today tho live far apart.

Okay adding another book to my "to read" wish list...going over this weekend to local Bookman's used store to seek this one out!

I am about half way through Breathe of Snow and Ashes having read each one through to here. I love the series and wish the next book was ready.
I live in the region the books are set in North Carolina and love reading about how it may have been in the 1770's. We live in the foothills of the mountains and I too am a herbal healer and hunt the woods for medicinal plants - the points that attracted me to the series.

Dori

http://doriswanderings.wordpress.com

Anyone else think in a Scottish brogue after reading one of these books?

Lol, yep...

Christy wrote: "Anyone else think in a Scottish brogue after reading one of these books? "

Not only that, but I don't think a man in a kilt is such a strange sight anymore!

Hah... I'm always tempted to lift up the back of one and see what they got under there...

Uh..where are you hanging out that you see men dressed in kilts? I want to go!!

Well, unfortunately I don't get to see them often... just once or twice in London I believe. I really must get myself to Scotland and take a proper look.

Read the first in the series a couple of weeks ago, or months even? Have been waiting for the second one to arrive at my library ever since then, maybe I should just buy it. But that would then force me to buy the whole series, as I need all my books nicely ordered.

SO worth the purchase Bianca...yeah I never really had much interest in Scotland till I read these books now I absolutely have to go one day.

I just want to find a stone circle and take a running leap at one, see if I fall into the arms of Jamie Fraser. Yummy. Altough, not really so much Jamie... I'd like a Roger though he was modern day. Hum. Well he might be there too. And in a kilt. Hmmm.

Nice one Fiona, I'll have to try that the next time I'm visiting a local Stonehenge...Oh that's right, there are none in Australia.

Well, there must be some aboriginal equiv to a stone Henge. Maybe a cave painting?

I admit that I have been really intrigued by the Outlander series, but I have heard that it is fairly graphic (sex and violence). Is this true? I have shied away from the books because of this, but now you have all got me interested again!

Yes and no. Well... there is a rather graphic torture session at the end of the first book and there are sex scenes, a little too many of them. I'd say it is a valid criticism, I enjoy it for the rest though.

I finished the last book earlier this month. I really enjoyed the series, but Voyager was my favorite.

I think the sex and violence gets less graphic as the series moves on.

Yeah, that's also true Christy, I think though I can't remember every detail. The first book has the most in it, but afterwards it's fine... more or less.

Oh c'mon girls, this isn't touted as erotica. The attraction and love between Jamie and Claire is fabulously portrayed. Why else would we all be swooning about Jamie and why else would Fiona have her kilt temptation? :) There was violence because it portrayed war and battle, but again, it think it was well done.

I'm not complaining about the sex or violence (expecially not the sex!). I think the series is very well written and every part is integral to the whole story.

There's going to be a graphic novel type wotsit of Outlander, according to DG's website/blog.

(I wonder how graphic?)

haha. It would be interesting to actually see how DG envisions Jamie and Claire. I'd read it!

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~gatti/gabald...

You can see some pics of Jamie and Murtagh on her website there.

I am normally so against reading books about any type of female abuse or rape...but seriously? You can't expect Claire to go back in time to that setting and have high tea with a group of proper tie-clad gentleman. Everything that happens is very appropriate to the period in which she finds herself. I LOVE Outlander, I'm about 3/4 of the way through it, and already have the next 3 books in reserve ready to go!