Betsy the Quilter
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« on: January 13, 2009, 07:05:54 AM » |
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We'd like to know a little bit more about you as an Outlander reader. There are several different questions within the poll, so choose all that apply to you. You can return and vote again if your answers change  by clicking on the "Remove Vote" which appears after you've voted on the poll. Betsy |
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"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2009, 09:16:34 AM » |
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DG, that's me ... Diagon Gertie.
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2009, 10:15:08 AM » |
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I didn't think I had read it before, but it seems very familiar to me. Luckily, I can't remember exactly what happens (until right before I read it) so I'm really enjoying it.
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"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main...and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life." - Walt Disney  |
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2009, 11:01:47 AM » |
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You are getting really good with the Harry Potter references! Slipping them in very subtle! It's a gift.  |
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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2009, 11:31:53 AM » |
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This is my first time also, and I totally love it!!!
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« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2009, 11:45:05 AM » |
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Wow, so far 12 first timers. I'm a first timer as well, I figured there were less of us.
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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2009, 11:47:31 AM » |
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This is my first time reading it. After the first two weeks of questions from the book club, last night I decided to start it again from the beginning. And ya know what? Frank isn't annoying me as much as he did first time around! Except when he hinted around that Claire might have had a liaison when he saw that man looking up at her while she was brushing her hair. That still annoyed me second time around. And I still wanted to smack him upside the head for it!
And actually, second time around (I'm only on chapter 3 now), Claire is annoying me! Her "Oh, this is so boring" attitude when Frank is doing his genealogical research is annoying & I think rude. Now that I think of it, I'd be very interested if my Tim found out anything about an ancestor from 200 years ago.
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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2009, 11:49:34 AM » |
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Is there a petition we can sign to get an inflatable Jamie? If there's not, I'll be glad to start one.
~robin
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« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2009, 12:06:30 PM » |
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Is there a petition we can sign to get an inflatable Jamie? If there's not, I'll be glad to start one.
~robin
I'll sign your petition Make sure the doll has a pull string to talk with that wonderful Scottish accent. Sean Connery's voice will do fine. |
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« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2009, 12:22:10 PM » |
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I read Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber and most of Voyager in early 2001. This is my first time rereading it although I still have the DTBs, so I must have planned on reading it again sometime.
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Suzanne
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« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2009, 01:00:11 PM » |
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I'll sign your petition Make sure the doll has a pull string to talk with that wonderful Scottish accent. Sean Connery's voice will do fine. Sean Connery, now there's a hunka hunka burnin love! |
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« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2009, 01:02:54 PM » |
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After I ran through Outlander (I couldn't wait and read on) I bought the rest of the series that's available and am currently well into Voyager. Got 'em before the prices went up too!  |
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Linda Cannon-Mott
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« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2009, 01:03:38 PM » |
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I'll sign your petition Make sure the doll has a pull string to talk with that wonderful Scottish accent. Sean Connery's voice will do fine. I like Mel Gibson in Braveheart, loved the Scottish accent and kilt but he is a little on the short side. I do love those bluish green eyes though! Linda |
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« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2009, 01:12:42 PM » |
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I like Mel Gibson in Braveheart, loved the Scottish accent and kilt but he is a little on the short side. I do love those bluish green eyes though!
Linda
Well, we can make the doll look like Mel Gibson, but make him taller. Is that possible Robin? |
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Linda Cannon-Mott
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« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2009, 01:14:41 PM » |
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Well, we can make the doll look like Mel Gibson, but make him taller. Is that possible Robin?
ROTFL! It sure works for me! |
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Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake'
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« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2009, 01:22:21 PM » |
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Wow, so far 12 first timers. I'm a first timer as well, I figured there were less of us.
We're up to 16 first timers. Yowza!! This series is addicting, isn't it. |
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« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2009, 05:34:19 PM » |
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We're up to 16 first timers. Yowza!! This series is addicting, isn't it.
Just a little, Gertie. I'll take a Jamie doll, too. (Don't tell Mike!) And yeah, a Scottish brogue is definitely a requirement!  |
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« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2009, 05:43:57 PM » |
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I won't tell Mike if you don't tell my husband - of course he doesn't Kindle or ever visit this board.
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Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake'
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« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2009, 05:46:05 PM » |
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I want to know who isn't reading the series and wants a Jamie doll anyway. Jamie wants you to read the book before he'll let you get a look at his kilt. |
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« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2009, 09:30:00 PM » |
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1st time reader. No way. I do NOT want Mel Gibson to be the doll. Pick someone else please.....Leo Decaprio, as in Titanic....Brad Pit when he wore his hair long......just as long as the doll speaks with the right accent. Oh, Pearce Bronson.....
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« Reply #23 on: January 14, 2009, 08:06:24 AM » |
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Well, we can make the doll look like Mel Gibson, but make him taller. Is that possible Robin? We can certainly consider it, but it would have to be the young Mel Gibson. The Sexiest Man Alive Mel Gibson from the early 90s. You know the one. But how about Christian Kane from Leverage (TNT, Tuesday nights at 10) or Secondhand Lions (he played the younger Hub)? Check him out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_KaneOf course, with a Scottish accent. I mean, while we're dreaming anyway.... |
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Betsy the Quilter
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« Reply #24 on: January 14, 2009, 09:39:56 AM » |
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Casting suggestions for the Outlander movie have been moved to their own thread, please post there! Betsy  |
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