Cross Stitch - Diana Gabaldon

When I was 17 and reading everything in sight this was recommended to me. I admit that it wasn't until about 100 pages in that I became fully hooked, but from then on I couldn't put it down. Including when I went to school, as I was caught reading it under my desk by my English teacher! In hindsight, 17 was perhaps a bit young for the amount of "romance" included, but I didn't mind at the time! This book is what made me want to go to Scotland. I have never found another book that made me feel like I was actually there, seeing everything as the characters see it. It begins with Claire Randall, and Englishwoman on holiday in Scotland with her ...  Read the complete review

Cross Stitch Diana Gabaldon There is nothing I like more than a good time travel novel. Except maybe a time travel novel that has great swathes of romance throughout it. I'm one of those people who can easily suspend my belief to follow a character through "time portals" into the world as it was a hundred years ago, without getting too much involved with cause and effect - you know, the whole butterfly effect thing where tampering even the tiniest bit with the past can irrevocably change the future. Nope, give me a good time travel novel, a nice comfy sofa, a roaring fire, a cup of Heinz Tomato soup and a toasted bagel (in that order, please) ...  Read the complete review