Moving along

I'm much farther into An Echo in the Bone, but I'm still not finished with it. I've been enjoying it and can't wait to find out what all will happen. It's a bit interesting that Claire and Jamie figured out ways to communicate with Brianna and Roger (and Mandy and Jem) but I wish there were a way to reverse that communication as well. However, I suppose they somewhat get that with the dreams Jamie sometimes has. I'm not sure if I'd enjoy them or not. I'm enjoying the time difference jumps - even if they might bother some people (I'm not one of them, at least usually).

Reading about Jem getting in trouble at school reminded me a bit of a story in the movie The Secret of Roan Inish - I love that movie, even if I haven't seen it in a long, long time. I'm bothered by the fact that anyone would get in trouble for speaking in their native tongue at school - especially when their in their native country - England was (and at least somewhat the U.S. still is) quite picky about that. At least Jem's a bit of a hero to all of his classmates now though.

Speaking of movies, I suspect this whole series would make a wonderful set of movies, if that hasn't already been done (or at least started). I for one would enjoy seeing them, despite the trouble with fitting everything in the movie - the same problem that the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings movies had. I'm not sure who I'd pick to portray any of the characters though - although I have some pretty good mental images of them, I'm having trouble thinking of actors who fit those images.

I may just have gotten the wrong impression so far in terms of one character's role in the book (and/or in history) but if not, I'm going to have review Benedict Arnold's history because my memory of his story is not quite matching up with his portrayal in the book - granted this is fiction and Diana Gabaldon could have changed it, but that seems like too big of a change to make.

All of this time-jumping, and the incorporation of actual historical events is reminding me of the Nuala Anne McGrail mysteries by Andrew M. Greeley that I've been reading - which reminds me, when I finish a few more of the books I have checked out from the library, I really should get the next one of those in the list. I'd like to know what happens there as well. Oh, and the Gaelic-ish text connects these two stories as well (even if one is the Scottish version and one is the Irish version).