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Concluding thoughts on Diana Gabaldon’s Drums of Autumn (by Jill)

  The last few hundred pages of Drums of Autumn definitely went much more quickly than the first few hundred, which was a good thing.  But the plot point that made the action pick up was possibly the worst kind … Continue reading

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Progress report on Drums of Autumn (by Jill)

  As usual when reading a Diana Gabaldon book, progress has been slow but steady.  After a month of reading I’m just about halfway through, but haven’t gotten to a point where I felt an update was warranted just yet.  … Continue reading

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In which Diana Gabaldon resurfaces on Postcards from Purgatory (by Jill)

The fourth book in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series is called Drums of Autumn, and as I begin my annual trip back in time with Claire Beauchamp-Randall-Fraser and her Scottish highlander husband Jamie, I can hear the titular autumn drums beating … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Jack Thorne’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Believe it or not, this review contains few true “spoilers.” I do provide many details from the play, and if you’re a purist who doesn’t want to know ANYTHING about the play before you read it, you should stay away … Continue reading

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Reader, I finished it!  Final thoughts on Diana Gabaldon’s Voyager (by Jill)

After what feels like the time it took Claire and Jamie to find each other again between the events of Dragonfly in Amber and Voyager, I finally finished the third book in the Outlander series yesterday afternoon.  It was a … Continue reading

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Progress! Update on Diana Gabaldon’s Voyager (by Jill)

  While I got a bunch of reading done over the weekend, somehow I don’t have anything to say about Voyager today. I suspect it’s because I want to just get back to reading it and screw blogging because I … Continue reading

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Progress report on Diana Gabaldon’s Voyager (by Jill)

  Today ended up being a read-all-day Thursday, which I desperately needed, complete with gloomy skies and a midday thunderstorm. The only downside to the dreary weather, as far as I’m concerned, is that my Golden Retriever Bailey has developed … Continue reading

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Early Thoughts on Diana Gabaldon’s Voyager (by Jill)

  I’ve finally gotten myself back to the saga of Claire and Jamie Fraser with this, the third in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. It’s been about a year since I read Dragonfly in Amber, and I’ve very carefully kept away … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Ransom Riggs’ Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children (by Jill)

I’ll admit that I’ve been putting off writing my review of Hollow City. Not because I didn’t enjoy it, because I did. Mostly it’s because it’s the second book in either a trilogy or a series, and I haven’t felt … Continue reading

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Final Thoughts on Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber (by Jill)

I finally finished it! And it was glorious. I skipped multiple opportunities to exercise over the past few days in favor of working through Dragonfly in Amber, and though I have a twinge of guilt about the hours of 2:30 … Continue reading

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