An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book may be my favorite of all the Outlanders. Maybe because of how I chose to read it nearly 24/7. After all, I had reached the skinny-mini underbelly of all streamings–teen or young people who look like Barbie Dolls going through the samo-samo life issues. Give me some older adults, women of all shapes and colors, real people, not Hollywood-mothers, whores, or weaklings. Not enough streaming of strong women holding up half the world. So back to reading the only way I could. Audible.
Also, I was making scrubbies and washcloths while listening. That helped me ‘hear’ better.
By constant reading, I could stay in the story better. And family members came and listened with me on occasion. So it wasn’t a lonely process.
At any rate, I loved watching the cast of the characters struggle with life and time travel issues and historical moments. I especially loved the parts about Brianna and Roger at Lallybroch recovering letters from Claire and Jamie. And though I used to find Willy obnoxious, I think I clicked with him this time. And I grew more in love with John Grey. How nice to see good, honest, quality men portrayed.
I tried to find something else to read last night as my bedtime read but couldn’t resist looking for more Outlander. Now I am listening to book 8, Written In My Own Heart’s Blood.
Time to lower my reading goal as I seem stuck in tome reading. I love it! I hope you get the chance to read these. Oh, and Davina Porter does so many voices so well. I still wish for more actual actors for sometimes Bri and Claire sound the same, and all the children sound the same, and Roger, even with his sore throat, sounds like other men. Still, for one person covering so many people, Davina is fantastic!
Darswords 
Great review, perhaps I should revisit Outlander on audio? 💜
Thank you. My eyes are so bad that reading is just work now. So Audible is my way to go. Davina’s voice is fun to listen to, she keeps the story going with character changes in her voice. It is hard to listen, for me, without something for my hands to do, like knitting, drawing, or playing silly non-brain games like solitaire or match threes. Otherwise I find my mind wandering and my body following. The story is going on and I am in another room missing the whole thing. ❤
That’s my trouble too a mental and physical butterfly forever flitting here and there. I find this enforced resting I am on a real tie!! 😀💜💜
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