“Butterflies in the sky, I can go twice as high”

I finally started reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I co-worker told me about it a few years ago and gave me the book to read. She told me it was a wonderful story and that if I could just get past the first couple chapters, it would be worth it.

In trying to de-clutter my world, I’ve been trying really hard to read the books I have accumulated over the years that are sitting on my bookcase before going off and buying new ones. I’ve made some progress, but lets be realistic - it’s going to take a while to get through all of them even if I am an avid reader. I’ve detoured a couple times, but mainly with borrowed books. I’ve only bought two new ones and I’ve read one. The other I’m saving as a treat because it’s a Dan Brown book that I haven’t read, and there aren’t a lot of those to pick from. Rest assured that when I DO read it, I will devour it rather insatiably. Even though Outlander is a borrowed book, it has been a book on my bookcase for a rather long time. The only problem will be that there are a few after in the series. Okay. No biggie. I’m sure I’ll find em at the library.

So back to what I was saying. I started Outlander. I’m only on page 69 but I think I’m going to enjoy it. It turns out that it’s a time travel book. I can’t help but laugh as I say that because never in a million years would I have thought I’d be reading that kind of book. It reminds me of my Nana. She loved those kinds of books. And I’m going to venture to say that because this book was first published in 1991, she probably read it before she died. If she were alive I imagine she’d be eagerly awaiting as I read it so that we could talk about it together. It’s a really neat feeling to know that I’m reading a book that she probably read. In a weird way it makes it seem like her and I are spending time together as I read it. To add to the greatness, the book pages are extremely soft. I enjoy feeling the book in my hands as I escape into the story, even though it’s a fairly thick book - 800+ pages in all (and that’s with normal sized font and pages).

Books really can be magical.