Teal’s Reviews > Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone > Status Update

This should only take us about a month. 🤪

Uhhh, that prompted me to check the page count.

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Good luck! I look forward to your updates & review. I loved the first four books, got through the The Fiery Cross and then ... I couldn't go on. Mind you I've reread the first a number of times but I was mainly interested in Claire & Jamie and not the myriad of people that have been introduced. I didn't even go on with the tv series. I'm a quitter.

Thanks, Annery! I read the series back in the phase of my life when I was dependent on whatever was available to borrow from my library. (No book budget to speak of.) So it's not entirely compatible with my tastes, and I have so many more options available now... but, well, I came this far, so I'll try one more! The prospect of the buddy read was what sold me. 😊

Teal wrote: "Uhhh, that prompted me to check the page count.

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I told you it was loooooong. LOL.

Teal wrote: "Thanks, Annery! I read the series back in the phase of my life when I was dependent on whatever was available to borrow from my library. (No book budget to speak of.) So it's not entirely compatibl..."

Hopefully you're in for a Happy Surprise? I'm rooting for you and Linda 🥳

Linda ~ they got the mustard out! ~ wrote: "I told you it was loooooong. LOL."

Somehow I failed to fully assimilate what you were trying to tell me. 🤯😱😂

Annery wrote: "Hopefully you're in for a Happy Surprise? I'm rooting for you and Linda 🥳"

Thank you!

Teal wrote: "Linda ~ they got the mustard out! ~ wrote: "I told you it was loooooong. LOL."

Somehow I failed to fully assimilate what you were trying to tell me. 🤯😱😂"

I should have used more o's. 😆

Like, loooooooooooooooooong. Maybe I would've caught on then. Maybe. 🙈😂

Annery wrote: "Teal wrote: "Thanks, Annery! I read the series back in the phase of my life when I was dependent on whatever was available to borrow from my library. (No book budget to speak of.) So it's not entir..."

Thank you! I had given up the series awhile ago too. Well, more accurately, I'd put it on hold until the last book was published. But then the show happened, and I wanted to be caught up on the books as I watched the show, so I've slowly been rereading the older books and now reading the newer ones I passed on earlier. I was pleasantly surprised by how good book 8 was when I read it last year or the year before. But then, it did largely dispense with the plethora of second- and third-tier characters too. Funny how that worked out. 😉

Happy reading, Teal and Linda! 💕 Looking forward to your reviews. 🤗 I'm like Annery. Worse, actually. I've only read the first book and quit the show during season 3. 🙈😅

Thanks, Snjez! 😊

Linda ~ they got the mustard out! ~ wrote: "Teal wrote: "Uhhh, that prompted me to check the page count.

😮"

I told you it was loooooong. LOL."

Sweet Jesus 🙈😳 This series is starting to seem more daunting than The Wheel of Time 🥲

I wonder which has a larger total page count?

So I did a bit of digging and calculating, and the rough estimate is that WoT is around 4 million words and Outlander is only around 2 mils 😂

Wow, glad WoT isn't on my TBR. 😆

Teal wrote: "Wow, glad WoT isn't on my TBR. 😆"

The first book did not impress me and I quit it.

Plus, the series was finished by Sanderson, so that was another thing going against it. 🤭