First of all...

I love the new blog design! Hooray for Isabug and her impressive graphic talents!

Second of all, when are you all coming to Lexington. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is playing at the Kentucky Theater and I have no one to go see it with...please please please??? Mere??? What are you doing besides playing Penguin Wars? Plus you can bring some artwork up to the galleries. It's only like three months until the World Equestrian Games.

Second of all (hee hee, that was in honor of Grandma Pop), has Peddie read Neil Gaimon's Nevermore? I'm trying to decide if it's credit-worthy on Audible and we love the movie Stardust so much. I'm also open to any other suggestions since we seem to all be sharing the same account now. My only caveat is that it would be nice if it were Dancealot appropriate (i.e. no Diana Gabaldon or that Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife that Mere had me listen to last year!!). MR needs a good summer listen. She just finished The Book Thief for the fourth time. You all need to listen to that.

Oh, and the picture is just your little cuzzies saying "hi". Can you believe we've lived in Lakeside for almost 8 years and no one in our family had ever climbed up on that wall before? We were walking past it on the way to the grocery the other night and were suddenly overcome with the urge to climb to the top. I stayed below to take the picture.

Still the Same

Don't worry! You are in the right place!

I just went overboard changing the design. I hope that nobody minds too much. Though I already know that Claire is making a fuss about the new logo. Don't worry... I will change it back...later. Keep reading, keep posting and I'll stop changing the layout and confusing everyone!

Outlander

... or "How ______ always shows up in the nick of time!" (more or less...)

So - to try and be objective, this is an interesting mix of beautiful Scotland, time-travel, history, violence, lust (this is NOT for MR), and love. I also think there were some interesting introspection on faith (though there was more at the end of the book, which is of course the last thing I heard... ahh... I'm afraid to say anything to give anything away, but...)... but "objective" charades aside...

This book is so long! OMG. And there are MORE OF THEM. While I did enjoy listening to it, it is probably the longest audiobook I've EVER heard and it could have ended a million times and when it finally did, I was like... what? Now? Ok... Now I have, of course, seen that there are sequels (Auntie G? Have you read them?)... when did Madam Gabaldon ever have time to look anything up (or date, for that matter)? Truth be told, I was relieved when it was over. I would recommend this if you have a LOT of time on your hand and are feel like something that might look like this:



but better, with history ;) And possibly the Loch Ness Monster.