Journal Entry 1 by HoserLauren from Toronto, Ontario Canada on Sunday, December 27, 2009

Received this from my mom's friend. The cover is different.

From Chapters:
Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another...

In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon-when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach-an "outlander"-in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord...1743.

Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire''s destiny in soon inextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden Castle Leoch. She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life ...and shatter her heart. For here, James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire...and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives. 

Journal Entry 2 by HoserLauren from Toronto, Ontario Canada on Sunday, December 27, 2009

My mom has been reading this series since it came out. I didn't really know much about what it was about. Just that the books were huge, and there were a lot of them. During one of our Oakville meetups, Breeze was talking about the series and I thought it sounded interesting. The next meetup she brought her entire collection of the series for me lol So I started with the first one in the series, not quite sure what to expect. Except expect to be reading the book for a very long time since it's over 800 pages!
I was not disappointed at all. History, action, romance all rolled into a nice, tidy novel. There was a point where I was getting tired of having to read about the characters getting caught by the English and then trying to figure their way out of their mess. Obviously my favourite characters were Claire and Jamie. Those two have so much chemistry! I also really enjoyed Jenny and Ian so I hope that eventually Claire and Jamie can make their way back to those two and we can learn a bit more about them.
I know nothing about the history of that period so I had to refer myself to the internet to look up some terms and such. But at the end of the book I was thinking in my head in scottish accents because I was so used to reading in them lol
I'm looking forward to reading the next book, but need to give myself a little bit of time to recover from the 800 pages! 

Journal Entry 3 by AnonymousFinder on Friday, January 29, 2010

I will read and send it back out.

CAUGHT IN OAKVILLE ON CAN 

Journal Entry 4 by aliaskris29 at Second Cup -- Lakeshore at Navy (OBCZ) in Oakville, Ontario Canada on Saturday, August 27, 2011

Released 9 mos ago (8/29/2011 UTC) at Second Cup -- Lakeshore at Navy (OBCZ) in Oakville, Ontario Canada

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Given to me by a friend.
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