Monday, May 14, 2012

Outlander Read-A-Long Sign Up!

The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon--when she walks through a standing stone 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 Highland clans in the year of Our Lord...1743.

Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into intrigues and dangers that may threaten her life...and shatter her heart. For here she meets James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, and becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire...and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.



Hey all Carrie here. I'm super excited about the Outlander read-a-thon Jacinda (The Reading Housewives), Asheley (Into the Hall of Books), Jess (Gone with the Words), Logan (Logan E. Turner), Jess (Tangled Up in Blue) & I put together. We were all discussing on twitter our desire to read or re-read Outlander and so this read-a-long was born. I'll be reading it for the first time but whether you've read it a 100 times or not at all, we hope you will sign up and read it with us.

The Outlander Read-A-Long will run 6 weeks due to the length of the book.
 It's 656 pages!
  
Here’s the schedule for the Read-A-Long,
including which blogs are participating as co-hosts:

June 11th
Questions for chapters 1-7 announced at Gone with the Words
June 18th
Questions for chapters 1-7 answered & questions announced for chapters 8-14 at Stalking the Bookshelves
June 25th
Questions for chapters 8-14 answered & questions announced for chapters 15-21 on Tangled up in Blue
July 2nd
Questions for chapters 15-21 answered & questions announced for chapters 22-28 on Into the Hall of Books
July 9th
Questions for chapters 22-28 answered & questions announced for chapters 29-35 on Logan E. Turner
July 16th
Questions for chapters 29-35 answered & questions announced for chapters 36-41 on The Reading Housewives
July 23rd
Questions for chapters 36-41 answered on Gone with the Words. The end.

Each Monday, that week’s host will also have a linky for participants to link-up their discussion questions so everyone can hop from blog to blog and see other reader’s thoughts!

What do you have to do to participate?
  • Write up a participation post and link to it in the linky below. This is the official way for you to sign-up. It’s a great way to spread the word to other readers. Feel free to tweet and share the Outlander read-a-long in other outlets as well. (The linky is the same on each host blog. You only need to enter your blog link once)
  • Get yourself a copy of the book so you can read-a-long with us! Whether you already own the book, borrow it from the library or end up buying it, there are plenty of ways to get your hands on a copy. 
  • Answer the discussion questions that will be posted (see schedule above) and post them on Mondays throughout the months of June and July. Go to the hosts blog, link up your post, and visit other posts to see their thoughts!
  • And have fun!


3 comments:

  1. Thanks Carrie for hosting this with me! It's going to be a blast!

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  2. Lol I just learned about this today because Stephanie over at Once Upon a Chapter really has been pushing me to read this book. So much so that she actually bought me a copy for RAK some time back.

    Since I'm going to be helping with reviews on her blog she and I will do this Outlander reading (me for the first time and her for a re-read) together!

    Can't wait to see how this goes. Hope you enjoy the book as well

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  3. I can't wait for you to read this book! It's one of my all time favorites! :)

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