Oh so much time has passed since I bought
An Echo in the Bone.
I took my sweet time with it, not sitting down to read unless I knew I could get through a chapter uninterupted. Well, those moments are few and far between, so I didn't finish it until my plane was landing in Halifax at the end of October. This is the 7th book in the Outlander series, and anyone who has read a book series beyond three or four installations can understand just how involved the plot can get. Diana Gabaldon, being an expert story teller, did not let me down. The beginning was a little slow to get going and started with a lot of storyline on a relatively new character who I'm not totally sold on yet. That's not to say he's not a really solid, well developed character with believable ideas, background, etc. I just mean I don't know if I like the guy. Ha! For the first quarter I was starting to wonder whether it would turn back to Claire and Jamie and really focus on them (which, let's face it, is the whole reason for the books). And, being the amazing writer that she is, Gabaldon continued to lead me down the road and everything came together and I understood why she had written the way she did. (Not that I had any doubt). The end was so encompassing that I actually decided to forgo some of my naps on the plane in favor of finishing
Echo. I can say there definitely will be at least one more book in the series as she left one plot line in a total cliffhanger. I almost didn't realize it until I closed the book and breathed a contented sigh while reflecting over the various story lines. Then it hit me - "wait, what about----??? AHH!!" There's something terribly unfair about knowing you have to wait 3-4 years to find out what happens.
While in Halifax, Maureen and I did a lot of touring around the city, but on the first day when we turned the corner from her house, we walked right past a used book store that she said she'd never been in. I dragged her in and we started looking over the stacks and stacks of books. I was looking for something easy, something simple, but something still interesting. I finally picked up a paperback called
Trick of the Eye by Jane Stanton Hitchcock. The cover made it sound like a murder mystery. I suppose it was. It was certainly an easy read, but not very gripping, and not very engaging. And the "twist" at the end...well, I suppose it was unexpected, but I didn't really care by the time I got there.
Now I've started a book that Norma lent to me:
Hung Jury by Rankin Davis. Interesting point though, the copy she has says it's an unedited book proof, so it has many typos and spelling mistakes. There have also been a few sentences that see a bit clumsy and I'm sure would be re-worked before a final print. Interesting, though. (and it appeals to the part of me that has always thought it would be neat to be a book editor).
Oh so much time has passed since I bought An Echo in the Bone. I took my sweet time with it, not sitting down to read unless I knew I could get through a chapter uninterupted. Well, those moments are few and far between, so I didn't finish it until my plane was landing in Halifax at the end of October. This is the 7th book in the Outlander series, and anyone who has read a book series beyond three or four installations can understand just how involved the plot can get. Diana Gabaldon, being an expert story teller, did not let me down. The beginning was a little slow to get going and started with a lot of storyline on a relatively new character who I'm not totally sold on yet. That's not to say he's not a really solid, well developed character with believable ideas, background, etc. I just mean I don't know if I like the guy. Ha! For the first quarter I was starting to wonder whether it would turn back to Claire and Jamie and really focus on them (which, let's face it, is the whole reason for the books). And, being the amazing writer that she is, Gabaldon continued to lead me down the road and everything came together and I understood why she had written the way she did. (Not that I had any doubt). The end was so encompassing that I actually decided to forgo some of my naps on the plane in favor of finishing Echo. I can say there definitely will be at least one more book in the series as she left one plot line in a total cliffhanger. I almost didn't realize it until I closed the book and breathed a contented sigh while reflecting over the various story lines. Then it hit me - "wait, what about----??? AHH!!" There's something terribly unfair about knowing you have to wait 3-4 years to find out what happens.
While in Halifax, Maureen and I did a lot of touring around the city, but on the first day when we turned the corner from her house, we walked right past a used book store that she said she'd never been in. I dragged her in and we started looking over the stacks and stacks of books. I was looking for something easy, something simple, but something still interesting. I finally picked up a paperback called Trick of the Eye by Jane Stanton Hitchcock. The cover made it sound like a murder mystery. I suppose it was. It was certainly an easy read, but not very gripping, and not very engaging. And the "twist" at the end...well, I suppose it was unexpected, but I didn't really care by the time I got there.
Now I've started a book that Norma lent to me: Hung Jury by Rankin Davis. Interesting point though, the copy she has says it's an unedited book proof, so it has many typos and spelling mistakes. There have also been a few sentences that see a bit clumsy and I'm sure would be re-worked before a final print. Interesting, though. (and it appeals to the part of me that has always thought it would be neat to be a book editor).
