Random Chit-Chat

[Sue]

Diane I went on Amazon and got all the hardbacks used. I just went for excellent condition. My Fiery Cross looked like it had never been looked at and cost 1.88 plus shipping. The are all in really good condition tho.

[The Geeky Bibliophile]

Hi everyone! I just had to rush over and post this to a group of people who would understand why I'm so happy tonight. ;)

I just ordered The Exile and the (unabridged) audiobook of Outlander!!! I am SO excited, and can't wait for them to arrive. The Exile will be here on Thursday (2/16), but the audiobook won't arrive until 2/21. Ohhhh, it's going to be a long week of waiting for that one, I know it!

Looking forward to reading/listening!

[Sue]

Enjoy Betty!!

[Leea, Escape Artist]

Yay!!!!

[Gwennie, biblioholic]

Awesome!

[Diane]

I'll have to check Amazon out for the used books. There are other books I'd like to own also so this may be dangerous

[The Geeky Bibliophile]

Thanks everyone... I knew y'all would get it. :D

[Leea, Escape Artist]

Wow! Congratulations.

[Leea, Escape Artist]

We all know that DG got the idea for Jamie from watching Dr. Who... Looks like they are going to remake it. Here is the link:

http://www.express.co.uk/features/vie...

[Fawn]

Thanks for the link Leea!

[Brunhilde]

I have a question. I just finished Fiery Cross. And I don't remember ever finding out who played "this little piggy" with Claire's toes. Was it in there or will I find it out later? Thanks.

[Brunhilde]

I have also noticed that most people don't seem to like the Fiery Cross all that much, but I loved it. And I wasn't all that thrilled about Drangonfly in Amber, which everyone seems to love. I am going to finish the series and immediately start through them all again. I know I must have missed so much in my desire to simply find out what is going to happen next.

[Leea, Escape Artist]

Brunhilde wrote: "I have a question. I just finished Fiery Cross. And I don't remember ever finding out who played "this little piggy" with Claire's toes. Was it in there or will I find it out later? Thanks."

We don't really know for sure... Um, did you finish the book? There are theories... Who do you think it was?

[Gwennie, biblioholic]

The books never say for sure, however Diana Gabaldon when interviewed has said that it was definitely jamie. That nobody else would have known to play 'this little piggy', that this was an inside thing between them.

[Brunhilde]

Leea wrote: "Brunhilde wrote: "I have a question. I just finished Fiery Cross. And I don't remember ever finding out who played "this little piggy" with Claire's toes. Was it in there or will I find it out ..."

Yes Lea, I finished the book. I think it was one of my favorites. I figured if it were Jamie it would have been discussed later in the barn. But when nothing was ever said about it AND I find out now in ABOSAA that Stephen Bonnet is still alive, well, I just wondered if that was left unanswered for a reason.
Thanks.

[Brunhilde]

Wendy F wrote: "The books never say for sure, however Diana Gabaldon when interviewed has said that it was definitely jamie. That nobody else would have known to play 'this little piggy', that this was an inside ..."

Did they play "this little piggy" before? Is that something I should have picked up on?
Thanks.

[Gwennie, biblioholic]

Well I think when it's happening Claire has a quick thought about how she told him the stories of how she used to play piggys with Bree when she was a baby.

[Brunhilde]

Can anyone tell me a link to a good online gaelic dictionary. I know the Outlandish Companion has the translations but I had to return it to the library.

[Leea, Escape Artist]

Can I just say, what happens with J & C in the barn after she is woken up... :) I love that man!

[Brunhilde]

Leea wrote: "Can I just say, what happens with J & C in the barn after she is woken up... :) I love that man!"

I second that emotion!

[Sue]

OK, I'm going to third that emotion!!

[Brunhilde]

So I don't know if this where we can talk about this--and I am sure this a spoiler of some sort, but I am currently reading ABOSAA for the first time and Roger was asked to come "get the devil out the milk" and we meet Amy McCallum. I DO NOT have a good feeling about this. I don't really want to know. I want to read it myself, but I am just bursting over here dying to share my trepidation.

[Leea, Escape Artist]

has anyone seen that DG has an app for Outlander... It's free!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/diana-...

[Regina]

So cool Leea! I am going to download it!

[Gwennie, biblioholic]

What?!?! I'm downloading NOW.

[Regina]

Me too!

[Leea, Escape Artist]

I feel bad now, I've had if for a few weeks... Busted!! You ladies always know this stuff before me :)

[Fawn]

Awwe to bad I don't have an iphone : (

[Leea, Escape Artist]

I know, it seems strange just to do iTunes and not the others. Maybe soon.

[Lori]

Wow... makes me almost want to get an iPhone! The rest of you will just have to promise to keep us abreast of all the latest from this new app!

[Brunhilde]

Okay, I just read on DG blog that WIMHOB may not be the last book. That pleased me greatly. It makes the waiting a little more bearable. But something tells me you guys already knew that.

[Leea, Escape Artist]

That's awesome!

Has anyone looked into the 1940 American census that's now digitally available?

My great Uncle who is our families historian (He's amazing at it) sent me the report for my great grandfather, great grandmother and my grandfather... it's amazing to see their names on that report.

[Brunhilde]

Okay, so I know you can read these daily lines from IMHOB, but I just can't do it. I read one. Could not stop thinking about it. Became terribly frustrated and grumpy. It is just not good for my mental health. I must wait to experience in the its entirety.

[Leea, Escape Artist]

Oh, the one DG posted last Friday about Jaime and Claire had me crying so hard. Did anyone read that one?

[Sue]

I read them everyday Leea! That one was like poetry.

[Gwennie, biblioholic]

I totally missed it!

[Leea, Escape Artist]

Here it is off Twitter:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/gr62lb

I copied it and pasted it here... Remember this is from MOBY, Don't read unless you've already read Echo :)

(view spoiler)[ He reached out carefully and took my hand. I let him, and let him lead me to a pile of burlap sacks. He sat down, drawing me with him, so that I had no choice but to sit beside him, my hand trapped in his, close enough beside him to see the faint dusting of his beard stubble, to smell the road-dust and dried sweat in his clothes, to feel the radiant heat from his body.
I sat quivering, making small huffing sounds in lieu of speech. He ignored this, spreading my fingers out between his own, gently stroking the palm of my hand with a large, callused thumb.
“I didna mean to imply that I think ye a drunkard,” he said. “It’s only that ye think wi’ your body, Claire; ye always have.”
With a tremendous effort of my own, I found words.
“So I’m a-a-what are you calling me now? A loose woman? A trollop? A strumpet? And you think that’s better than calling me a drunkard?!?” I yanked my hand away, but he wouldn’t let go.
“I said what I meant, Sassenach,” he said, tightening his grip on my hand, and augmenting it with another hand on my forearm, preventing me from jerking away and storming off. “Ye think wi’ your body. It’s what makes ye a surgeon, no?”
“I—oh.” Overcoming my dudgeon momentarily, I was obliged to admit that there was something in this observation.
“Possibly,” I said stiffly, looking away from him. “But I don’t think that’s what you meant.”
“Not entirely, no.” There was a very slight edge to his voice again now, but I wouldn’t look at him. “Listen to me.”
I was stubbornly silent for a moment, but he simply held on, and I knew that he was more stubborn by nature than I could be if I worked at it for a hundred years. I was going to hear what he had to say—and I was going to tell him what he wanted to hear—whether I liked it or not.
“I’m listening,” I said. He drew breath and relaxed a little, but didn’t lessen his grip.
“I’ve taken ye to bed a thousand times at least, Sassenach,” he said mildly. “Did ye think I wasna paying attention?”
“Two or three thousand at least,” I said, in the interests of strict accuracy, staring at my feet. “And no.”
“I _know_ what ye’re _like_,” he said again, emphasizing it. He stood up and drew me to my feet, put a hand under my chin and tilted my face up. He looked down at me, solemn and rather severe.
“Just the one question,” he said. “Are ye my wife?”
“Of course I am,” I said, in utter astonishment. “How could I not be?”
His face changed then; he drew a huge breath and took me into his arms. I embraced him, hard, and together we let out a great sigh, settling with it, his head bending over mine, kissing my hair, my face turned into his shoulder, open-mouthed at the neck of his open shirt, our knees giving slowly way in mutual relief, so that we knelt in the fresh-turned earth, clinging together, rooted like a tree, leaf-tossed and multi-limbed, but sharing one single solid trunk.
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[Fawn]

I am so looking forward to this book, and I can't wait to hear it on audio too!

[Brunhilde]

Just a quick question--what is everyone referring to when they say MOBY? I thought the last book released was Echo in the Bone aka. Echo. And that we were all waiting for Written in My Heart's Own Blood aka. WIMHOB. Am I getting this all wrong?

[Brunhilde]

Can we discuss when is the best place to read the Lord John books?

[Fawn]

Brunhilde, MOBY is Diana Gabaldon's pet name for Written in My Own Hearts Blood, and She suggests reading the Lord John series any time after Voyager.
Hope that helps : )

[Brunhilde]

Fawn wrote: "Brunhilde, MOBY is Diana Gabaldon's pet name for Written in My Own Hearts Blood, and She suggests reading the Lord John series any time after Voyager.
Hope that helps : )"

Thank you so much, Fawn. I just hate not knowing things. :)

[Mary Anne]

Please forgive if this has been discussed before, but I am so curious to know if anyone has met DG?

[Northern Light]

Maryanne wrote: "Please forgive if this has been discussed before, but I am so curious to know if anyone has met DG?"

Three times, she is lovely in person and very chatty.

[Brunhilde]

Morag wrote: "Maryanne wrote: "Please forgive if this has been discussed before, but I am so curious to know if anyone has met DG?"

Three times, she is lovely in person and very chatty."
are we going to get any more details?

[Brunhilde]

maybe all of you have discussed this already but can we go over at the end of Outlander when Claire brings Jamie are in the abbey and he tell her to leave and she does that thing where she looks in the water and goes to his room and fights his demons.

is all about that he promised not fight and that made him feel so defeated now. and she let him fight her. or something to do with making love for the first time after it all?
could really use everyone thoughts on this.

[Lori]

Brunhilde, I know we discussed this in the re-read in Jan-Feb, and you'll likely find discussion in the Outlander book thread here.

But basically, yes - Claire needed to get Jamie to fight: to fight against BJR in his mind, to fight for his life, to fight for his sanity, to fight for himself. Jamie needed to regain himself and his "manhood", if you will, because his promise to BJR for saving Claire's life was that he wouldn't fight him. Jamie couldn't live with what he did - how his body responded against his will, and how BJR got into his head and sullied Jamie's physical relationship with Claire. Both Claire & Jamie are very physical beings... touch is their love language, if you will. So for Jamie to not be able to bear Claire's touch without associating it with Jack Randall was the worst form of abuse and torture that Jack could have accomplished - even more than using Jamie's body.

[Carolyn F.]

That's exactly how I saw it too Lori.

[Brunhilde]

Thank you. That was kind of the thoughts I had swimming in my head about it but I just wanted to double check. I wanted to make sure I didn't miss any important detail that revealed something else I should have remembered.
Mostly, I think best by expressing my thoughts. Which is my why I love all of you so much. :)

[Brunhilde]

sometimes i get emails and sometimes i get notifications about comments. but i think i am missing a lot. when i looked at my "group settings" i could pick "digest" or "individual" but I was sure what those words meant. can anyone help me?