Tuesday, May 24, 2011

First Chapter - First Paragaph(s) - Tuesday Intros


This week's choice:
Outlander by Gabaldon 
October 9, 2001- Doubleday
 
 It wasn't a very likely place for disappearances, at least at first glance.  Mrs. Baird's was like a thousand other Highland bed-and-breakfast establishments in 1945; clean and quiet, with fading floral wallpaper, gleaming floors, and a coin-operated hot-water geyser in the lavatory.  Mrs. Baird herself was squat and easygoing, and made no objection to Frank lining her tiny rose-sprigged parlor with the dozens of books and papers with which he always traveled.

2 comments:

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

yes, yes, yes...I would read this based on that into, and I have it on my Kindle (not sure about reading the whole series, but this one yes). Great job!

Nise' said...

Love, love this book! I've read it many times. The audio is fantastic too.

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