Dragonfly in Amber Checkpoint 1 (Favorite Quote?)

[sireesanwar]

Now Discussing: Prologue - Chapter 12
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[luvscharlie]

I skipped over most of the post to say I can't wait until I get to be a part of the discussions. I'm reading Dragonfly in Amber now so I'm being careful of spoilers, but oh what a Jamie fangirl I am.

[sireesanwar]

OH I LOVE LOVE LOVE your icon and me too! lol

Okay so that is great. When you get here just post and I promise I'm going to read it and reply. I really hope some other stop by and chat it up because that is the point but that doesn't seem to be what they are doing... still I'm more that willing to talk Jamie!

[mamunia]

i totally agree about the icon.. it's awesome!

regarding the opening of the book.. i think "devastating" is not too strong a word. it's like *bam* she's back in her own time, and you just know that something went very very wrong. and that she has a daughter who is so old already. my stomach just went *kerplunk* before the story even starts. looking back after reading the whole thing, i think that was an amazing way to start the book.

regarding no one really posting.. for me, the amount of stuff to talk about at one time is almost daunting. maybe if we did less chapters at a time? but that is just my opinion!

[sireesanwar]

I know I remember feeling the same way. I mean you know how the book has to end and you just hate the whole idea of it.

My plan is to be through most of these book by next fall when the next book is supposed to come out. But maybe we can cut them in half. I guess I read a lot because 12/13 chapters seems so easy to me as I read half that in a night. Hmmm... that would so double our time...

I guess we could stop or have a "at the same time" thing if the next book comes our while we are going through the other 6 books... I don't know. We wouldn't be done that way until March of 2010.

[catcey]

I'm still on part one of Outlander with little hope of getting caught up any time soon it seems.

Love the icon too.

I agree, maybe less chapters at a time would help.

[sireesanwar]

See the only problem with that is it would take almost a year and a half to get through them all and we would be way past the point of the next one coming out so... I don't know. I do want to make it easier of all of you but at the same time I can't be doing this for that long... hmmm.... I don't know what to do.

You are still on Part 1 of Outlander!

Have you read them all? I'm thinking maybe we could do the first couple of book and maybe the last... I don't know. Going through all of them is going to be too much if we drop down to 6 chapters. Most groups do a Chapter a night... still that will take us... forever. *sigh*

[catcey]

It will likely take me that long anyway. So don't worry about me. I doubt I'll get to the new one for a good long while.

I don't have time to read much of it at a time, that's why I'm not even done with the first section of Outlander yet. Which is why I haven't posted on that one at all yet.

I have not yet read A Breath of Snow and Ashes for the first time and only recently listened to Fiery Cross for the first time.

[taterbug160]

Ok, I have to start by saying that when I first found out that Claire had LEFT Jamie to go back to her time, I was pissed. I called my best friend who made me read this series in the first place and demanded to know how on earth she could possibly leave him. I still maintain my original thought that there is no possible excuse that could change my mind. She should have stayed

[sireesanwar]

Oh me too. I started reading the book and thought, "What? How could she possibly leave him?"

Me too. To see Jamie's grave there and her reaction. I get blurry eyed every time I read it.

I know right. Brianna and Roger are soooo obvious. It was like Diana wrote in these characters and it didn't matter if they had this great chemistry... they would just be together. That being said I think later I really like them.

I'm with you there. The idea of having to see that reminder... the smiles that make her eyes into triangles like Jamie's... the smiling in her sleep... everything... I couldn't even imagine the pain of such a constant reminder but I also think that it is like having a piece of him when you can't have him.

It is so true. It isn't like they had to try... they were just perfect for one another and they are so proud of one another that it just makes you happy to read about it.

Yes me too, but I have to wonder if she learned anything by this point. I mean she was nearly burned as a witch so shouldn't she be more careful?

The

[taterbug160]

It's so refreshing to have this little "book club" like thing to read with. I've always wanted people to talk to about the Outlander series, and here you are! :)

[sireesanwar]

I was part of a group that had discussions for every day which was way too hard and it was a running thread so it was very hard to follow. I think something like a journal is much easier to do it in and since next fall should be the 7th book it seemed like a good idea.

I'm glad you are enjoying it. I too have always wanted to really discuss the books with others.

[unightfog]

as you know I LOVE "Dragonfly in Amber"...it was the book that introduced me to the Outlander series.
The prologue is already very intriguing!

Because I did't know the firs book, I at first was in the same position as Roger and Brianna, when Claire acted so werd about a man named James Fraser...and I knew that he was part of her past and I also knew (what Roger and Brianna didn't know) that Jamie lived around 1740...but I had NO idea how Claire ended up with him...so it was a pretty exciting read...still is :-)

One of my fav scenes is the ghost scene quite in the beginning, where Claire is combing her hair and Roger comes in and tells her about a weird thing that has just happened to him...about a Scot in a kilt who was watching Claire and even it was very windy his clothes were not moving. I still hope to find out more about this scene.

Fergus *yay* together with Ian one of my fav characters!

[sireesanwar]

You mean Frank comes in and tells her about the ghost... from the beginning of Outlander? I love that part too. Gave me the chills but since that was the first book I read.... still I knew it was Jamie.

It would be weird to read Dragonfly first and be wondering how they got together.

I know. I love Ian too.

[unightfog]

ah yes sorry, I did a little "book jump" here :-D
I read somewhere that this scene will be "solved" in one of the later books...can't wait for that!

yes, I always felt that some important things were missing...like the witch trial...they mention it in Dragonfly and I thought "WTF? I want to know more about that!" :-)

[sireesanwar]

See I've read that too but my theory is that it will be solved at the very end because I would guess Jamie would have to die to accomplish a haunting... that thought upsets me. I want these characters to live forever!

*lol* I couldn't imagine though I think reading Dragonfly first would almost make you feel like Outlander were a prequel when you got to it... it would be like a treat or something.

[catcey]

Now Discussing: Prologue - Chapter 12

Topics of Discussion:
Pro: I remember the first time I read this prologue. I was just a bit devastated. I knew something was wrong if Claire woke in joy with joining which is clearly a dream and then again alone. This quote makes me think of them apart for 20 years. Imagine being separated from your heart for 20 years. I’m not even sure how or why they’d survive.
I was shocked and thinking, "What? But... but... but!"

1: How do you feel about the book starting off in the 1960s?
Again with the shock and wondering what on Earth had happend. I questioned whether I was reading the right book even! I may have even gone on-line to make sure I had the right book. I even questioned it this time! LOL I always think, "What about Jamie? Where's Jamie! I want Jamie!"

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That always makes me sad too. But the part with the smile always makes me smile too and sigh a little.

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[sireesanwar]

I was shocked and thinking, "What? But... but... but!"
Me too. I just hated it and wanted to cry but I didn't have time because I had to read everything.

1: I always think, "What about Jamie? Where's Jamie! I want Jamie!"

Oh me too. I hate that Jamie is missing right there at the beginning.

Yeah I don't think there is much of a comparison in Roger and Jamie. Though they both have that "know what woman they want" thing going on. But I think Roger and Claire are more comparable with Bree and Jamie are too.

Yes, it did. But then how could she love him the way she might have before, which I still find dubious, after finding her soulmate? She certainly could never love Frank the way she did Jamie.

See I do think that would be tough because you are right. She probably never saw Frank in the same light because Jamie kind of took over.

It is, which hearkens back to the ghost outside the B&B in '46.
Good point. I've always wondered if the ghost was more like Jamie "dream walking". Because frankly he and Claire have these amazingly vivid