Outlandish Observations

I don't have a drop of Irish blood myself, but I'm reliably informed that everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day! So, in celebration

I was just looking at Diana Gabaldon's page on the Random House website , and noticed the following: On <b> April 8, 2013</b> , they're going to releas

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) The photo above shows a maypop fruit (<i> Passiflora incarnata</i> ), mentioned

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) The photo above shows a bottle of L'Heure Bleue perfume, by Guerla

Diana Gabaldon's THE SCOTTISH PRISONER has won RT Book Reviews Magazine's 2011 Reviewer's Choice Best Book Award for Historical Fiction!

Here's an update on THE SCOTTISH PRISONER. The book has only been out in hardcover for 3 1/2 months, but the paperback edition is coming soon.<b> Trad

I don't have a drop of Irish blood myself, but I'm reliably informed that everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day!  So, in celebration

Here's a fascinating article in the Ottawa Citizen (a Canadian paper) about the use of Scottish and Irish Gaelic in Diana Gabaldon's novel, T

Here are the results of the February poll: What did you think of THE SCOTTISH PRISONER? 40.55% - I loved it! (Option 1) 14.44% - I enjoyed seeing half

What did you think of THE SCOTTISH PRISONER? I'd like to know what you think about Diana Gabaldon's latest book. If you haven't yet done

One of the things I love about Diana Gabaldon's writing is the way she can take a perfectly ordinary object, something you've seen a thousand

Can William time-travel? A lot of people have asked that question since AN ECHO IN THE BONE came out in 2009.  It's a question that comes up frequ

I finished listening to the audiobook of THE SCOTTISH PRISONER for the first time last night. For those of you who don't know, this audiobook ha

I'm always fascinated by what the places and things mentioned in Diana Gabaldon's books actually looked like.   Here are some pictures and lin

Here are some Christmas-themed quotes from Diana Gabaldon's books. I hope you enjoy them! 1) It's hard to imagine, from our 21st-century persp

We have been having some very interesting in-depth discussions of Diana Gabaldon's new novel, THE SCOTTISH PRISONER, in the Diana Gabaldon folder

My signed copy of THE SCOTTISH PRISONER arrived yesterday, and I'm just <i><b> delighted</b></i> with the inscription! In case you can't quite make it out (c

Diana Gabaldon announced today that THE SCOTTISH PRISONER is #1 on Canada's bestseller list! Here's what she posted on Facebook : I am Utterly

I just saw this announcement on Diana Gabaldon's Facebook page : NEWS! THANK YOU! Thanks to all of you who've bought and been enjoying THE SCOT

Here is my review of Diana Gabaldon's new novel, THE SCOTTISH PRISONER. S P O I L E R S THE SCOTTISH PRISONER is at least as much Jamie Fraser