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A Breath of Snow and Ashes
A Breath of Snow and Ashes | Diana Gabaldon
Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldons bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time.Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldons New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire.The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest.With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamies death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future.From the Hardcover edition.
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limada
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The Outlander re-read continues. There were details I'd either missed or forgotten in this one. It's interesting to see how things are slightly different every time I read. #53-2024 (This one is actually #53. I messed up my count before)

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Leftcoastzen
Breath of Snow and Ashes | Diana Gabaldon
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🤩 4mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 4mo
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Birdsong28
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Good. Enjoyed the continued story of the Fraser family. I listened to the Audio version of this.

#Audible

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LaurenAsh
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It took me a long time to finish listening to this one. I'm excited to start the next because I can finally get ahead of the TV series.

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#LetItSnow ❄️ #DecemberDreams 🎄🎅🏻🦌☃️❄️

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs Perfect 🩵❄️💙 12mo
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Crystal83
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Just finished my re-read of this book!!!! I enjoyed reading this book so much!!! It felt great to visit the characters again. I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars

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Crystal83
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I am going to be working on this stack of book for #20in4 readathon @Andrew65
I know I won't finish all of these books, but I know I will enjoy doing this readathon!!!

Andrew65 Best of luck and great to have you with us 😁 There‘s some chunky books in there. 1y
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cookybaby

Good

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RavenclawOwlCat
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RavenclawOwlCat
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5/5 stars. This book made me cry, laugh, feel eerie, squeal, and kept me guessing!

BookwormM About 3/4 through this at the moment loving it 2y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#Snow ❄️ #DivineDecember 🎄❄️🎁

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

mom_of_4 I love that outlander set. Its beautiful 2y
Eggs Amazing collections 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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SheReadsAndWrites
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The most perfect day for reading. (And certainly this book). There's nothing better than getting cozied up by the fire and lost in a story. 🤓 #readingday #winterwonderland

LeslieO Lovely! I can‘t wait for our first snowfall. ❄️❄️❄️ 2y
tpixie Oh my! Snow ❄️. Which state?/country? 2y
tpixie Great natural yard 🌳 🌲 2y
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SheReadsAndWrites @LeslieO This one came the day after my birthday - perfect gift. 😊 I hope you get snow soon! ❄️ 2y
SheReadsAndWrites Thank you @tpixie I am in Idaho. ☺️ 2y
tpixie Oh! A BEAUTIFUL state. My cousin lives in Viola. She used to be a Forest Ranger. 2y
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SheReadsAndWrites
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So...picked this one up again. I flew through the first 4 books but 5 and this one have taken me forever. It's funny but I tend to go back to them during the holidays when I want to just get lost in a book for a while. I'm on page 489 of 8,042 (JK 😬) so we'll see how far I get. 🤓 #lostinstory #holidayread

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aa_guer2021
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Slow and steady wins the race. #booksandlunch #currentlyreading #workfromhome 📖🐛❤️🙏🏻✨

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RavenclawOwlCat
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I like to listen to rain music when I read Outlander 🌧
Do you like to listen to anything special for particular books?

MemoirsForMe I like nature sounds too. ☔️ 3y
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Lizwarnerpdx
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Book #6 in the Outlander series. And very aptly named I‘d say. Lots of snow, lots of fire…lots of learning peoples true intentions. I‘ve really enjoyed following along with the lives of the Fraser‘s.

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mandarchy
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I've been having a hard time adulting and instead living on Fraser's Ridge for the last couple of weeks. How do you keep from jumping right into the next book? Can you tell I've been living in that chair? Time to be in the present... for as long as I can stand it. #chunksterchallenge

LindaLappin great photo 3y
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persephone1408
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I really enjoyed it but now the show isn't as good this season. I guess I knew it wouldn't be after I read the book. I didn't like Claire as much in the book. I really like Ian. I give this book 4.5 🔶

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mandarchy
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I'm this far into my April #chunksterchallenge
I didn't read at all last week, I couldn't go through the scene Claire endures with Hodge and his gang. I was just too exhausted from running a book fair and a book drive while teaching. But now I'm on my #springbreak and I can sit outside if the wind doesn't blow. In the next few days I'll catch up with some picture books (the library would like them back, they've written twice).

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mandarchy
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Spring break is coming. I've made 32% of my reading goal for this year & 92% of that is kidlit. I'm 38 days ahead of schedule, it's time to join the #chunksterchallenge2022
I'll start on this paperback and then when I get tired, download it to my kindle. #bookishproblems #outlander #reread

Amiable Welcome to the Chunkster Challenge crew ! 3y
mandarchy 😊 thanks! I'm just visiting for a couple of weeks. I read a lot of kidlit, but sometimes I just need to adult. 3y
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Birdsong28
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Did anyone else know that this has started again?? Just found out that I am a week behind as it started on March 6! So glad it is back. ❤️🥰📚📖

coffeewithbooks Wait what? I only watch all the season 4 . Now I need watch Season 5 some how 😂 3y
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persephone1408
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#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl
"The dog sensed them first. Dark as it was, Ian Murray felt rather than saw Rollo's head lift suddenly near his thigh, ears pricking".

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Crystal83
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I love this series!!! This book is one of my favorites!!!

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cariashley
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Finally finished this! Took a lot of effort over two weeks where I had tons of other stuff going on, so am pretty proud of myself. While it could have benefited from some editing, this series is a real comfort read for me and I liked it a lot. It also explained a lot of what happened in season 5 of the show, although I‘m scratching my head a little at how the story seems to be diverging.

#SullivanCat can barely lean on this book, it‘s so big 😹

Scochrane26 If you haven‘t read the Lord John series & her short stories, you may want to before reading the next one. 3y
cariashley @Scochrane26 ooh thank you for the tip! I haven‘t cracked into any of those yet. 3y
Scochrane26 @cariashley They‘re not as long & are really good on audio. 3y
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cariashley
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Yesterday was an amazing day for roof reading! I have less than 200 pages left in this monster and am trying to finish it this weekend. After a slow, albeit entertaining, middle section the action is seriously ramping up!!

LiteraryinPA What a great view! 3y
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cariashley
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Started this behemoth this weekend. I‘d put it off forever because it‘s just so LONG, but am 170 pages in and it‘s actually so comforting to be back with these familiar characters.

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RavenclawOwlCat
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My Jamie and Claire bookmarks!

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Allylu
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I have finally finished Vol. 6 in the Outlander series: A Breath of Snow and Ashes! I would listen to it at the end of a month when I had already read my #BS and #DS, so it took awhile. Anyway, it was wonderful. #109 #BookSpinBingo #23 #BFC21 #1 #SERIES2021 #FALLINTOREADING #SERIESSEPTEMBER

TheSpineView Awesome! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
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danni0075
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It has taken me 3 solid days to get to the end of this. You know it's good when you instantly download the next book. Kidnappings (yes plural) the return of characters, departing characters, and amidst the turmoil the protagonists stay rooted to one another as the American Civil War rapidly erupts around them. So much better than the TV series - which i know is loved (although Sam Heughan is particularly easy in the eye!)

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Shae_Purcell
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I'm SO late, but thank you for tagging/including me, @DarkMina!

1. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (Historical Fiction)
2. Thumbs up! 👍🏻 - I love the mix of historical events, magical time travel, and herbalism. 🌿
3. Historical Fiction is probably my favorite, but I also love a good mystery thriller.

I won't tag anyone since I'm so late, but thanks for letting me play!

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

DarkMina You‘re Welcome! 3y
Eggs Great responses! Thanks for playing 🤗📚❤️ 3y
Shae_Purcell @Eggs Thank you! This was fun! 3y
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jackilynn
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Shae_Purcell I just finished this one a couple days ago! Waiting on my copy of An Echo in the Bone to arrive any day now. 3y
jackilynn @spharo I am lucky that I own the next book but I haven't decided if I want to immediately dive right into the next one. I am still processing this one lol 3y
Shae_Purcell @jackilynn My copy came in yesterday, but I haven't started it yet either. Mostly because I know it's going to be a long read. I'm not great at reading multiple books or stories at once, so I'm thinking I might have a light/fun read in-between. Looking forward to hearing what you think about it once you start! 3y
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Shae_Purcell
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I first borrowed Outlander for a trip several years ago. It's a big book and I'm NOT a fast reader, so I put it to the side. A few years later I picked it up again, ready to try the series, not knowing I'd be reading about the Fraser family for years to come. I love the way Diana Gabaldon writes, so descriptive it draws me in completely. While this book does have adventure and scandal, I loved most the stories of life and family on Fraser's Ridge.

DivineDiana One day, I will read the series! 3y
Shae_Purcell @DivineDiana You'll probably get through it a lot faster than I have! 3y
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jackilynn
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And now, I have the urge to watch/listen to Hamilton again 🤓🤷‍♀️

CoverToCoverGirl The book and the show are equally fantastic! King George cracks me up every time! 🤣 3y
jackilynn @CoverToCoverGirl I loved King George! 3y
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jackilynn
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I should get up and take advantage of this break from the horrible humidity & heat we have been having and get some yardwork done. I am very much enjoying being able to actually sit outside right now though so....☕📖

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Shae_Purcell
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Forever working my way through the Outlander series...

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jackilynn
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I knew we hadn't seen the last of him yet 😳😬

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jackilynn
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In honor of World Outlander Day I think it is about time I dive back into that series. I have been reading about 1 a year for the last several years because they are such beasts. Summer is the perfect time too because I have way more time to devote to reading.

brittanyreads I need to do the same haha 😬 3y
jackilynn @BrittanyReads glad to see I'm not alone lol 3y
CoverToCoverGirl I‘ve read them all twice and listened to them all on audio...such epic books 📚 3y
jackilynn @CoverToCoverGirl I have enjoyed all of them so far (except for Dragonfly in Amber, I struggled with that one). My biggest thing is that since they are all so big it takes me longer to read & I am easily distracted by all the shiny new books I could be reading instead hence the 1 a year lol 3y
CoverToCoverGirl @jackilynn shiny new books are definitely a real thing! I knock off ten from my TBR pile and twenty more get added.. 🤭🙂 3y
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TheSpineView
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#WindsofMarch @Eggs
Prompt: Breathe

I loved the first 5 books but by the sixth I lost interest in the series. Maybe I should try to pick it up again.

Crazeedi I read I think 3 or 4 and lost interest 4y
TheSpineView @Crazeedi The story just started to be ridiculous. Sigh... 4y
Eggs Great choice👏🏻❄️👏🏻 4y
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mandarchy I am not going to lie, I skimmed over all the American revolution stuff. I'm just bored by war lit. When I got to the last book I was really satisfied to be finished. And then I started to think of all the loose ends. 4y
TheSpineView @mandarchy I hadn't thought of just skimming through the rest. Good idea! Though I am not happy to hear that there are a bunch of loose ends. 4y
mandarchy @TheSpineView it's okay, we are all waiting for the next book. I thought the last book was the last book. Then when I started realizing all of the loose ends, I looked into it and found out she was writing another book. It's killing me! I hope this next book really is the last. I love the series, but I normally don't read series. I have too many stands alones to read. 4y
TheSpineView @mandarchy Got it! Thanks! 😊 4y
Shae_Purcell @mandarchy I think this next book is the 9th of the series and the author has committed to writing ten books total (not counting the spin-off series). So one more to go after the release in November! 3y
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SheReadsAndWrites
Breath of Snow and Ashes | Diana Gabaldon
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My snuggly reading buddy. 🥰🐶 #greatdane #amreading

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