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Outlander Returns: Why Jamie and Claire are the Best Couple in Books and TV!

The second season of Outlander premieres this Saturday and I. Am. So. Excited. Jamie in a kilt! Action! Adventure! Historical intrigue! The best sex scenes on TV! And did I mention Jamie in a kilt? I’ve been an Outlander fan since I first read Diana Gabaldon’s series back in high…

Rachel CarterApril 8, 2016

Fiction

OTP Roundup: A Guide to Your Favorite TV Couples

With September quickly approaching, it’s time to focus on what really matters: our favorite TV shows returning for the fall season. We certainly love summer, but it’s always a tough waiting game for any true TV watcher, while we speculate and dream over what will befall our favorite characters next…

Rachel CarterAugust 15, 2017

Fiction

The Top 10 June Books to Read as You Soak up the Sun

The birds are chirping, the sun is out (finally), and June is in full swing. It might not be warm enough to jump into a pool yet (at least for some of us), but we’re so close to the heart of summer that we can almost taste those BBQs. That…

Rachel CarterJune 7, 2017

Fiction

SPOLIER ALERT: 5 Things We Want to See on Sunday’s Outlander Premiere

This summer’s Droughtlander is finally over! Season 3 of Outlander premieres this Sunday on Starz and we are SO READY for it. It’s been way too long since we last saw Jamie and Claire Fraser making out on our screens and it felt like this hiatus would never end. We’ve…

Rachel CarterSeptember 8, 2017

Fiction

The 10 Most Memorable TV Weddings That Inspired Jasmine Guillory’s Romantic Debut

We’ve got weddings on the brain lately. Between the upcoming royal wedding Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle AND the epic double wedding on The CW crossover last week, who can blame us? It may be late fall (and not traditionally wedding season), but there’s clearly never a wrong time to get…

Rachel CarterDecember 8, 2017

Fiction

“Outlander” Origins with Author Diana Gabaldon

Take a time-traveling, fiercely independent, brave British nurse, the Scottish highland, a handsome, courageous, redheaded Scottish warrior, passionate love, conflicted love with two husbands, incredibly exciting history and dozens of riveting characters and you have a genre-defying series encompassing historical fiction, science-fiction, romance, fantasy, and of course time-travel. Bestselling author…

Just The Right Book PodcastNovember 30, 2018

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The 6 Beloved Couples In TV and Books That We Continue to Adore

I’m not going to lie, this might have been the hardest article I ever had to write. As both a TV addict and a romance junkie, I have a laundry list of on-screen couples who I worship. Depending on the day or time, those couples fluctuate from, "Oh my god, I’ll die…

Rachel CarterAugust 24, 2015

Fiction

Premiere nears for epic tale: It’s time for the Outlander cheat sheet

My name is Rachel Carter, and I am an Outlander junky. I read the first book in high school, and after that I couldn’t get enough – it only took me one summer to make it through Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, and The Fiery Cross. And this…

Rachel CarterJune 13, 2014

Fiction

How to be a Lizzie Bennet, Margaery Tyrell or Scarlett O’Hara bride

Wedding season is fast approaching, and if you’re in the process of planning your own special day then you’ll soon find yourself facing thousands of difficult decisions. Should you invite that great aunt you barely remember? How mad will your sister be if you don’t make her Maid of Honor?…

Rachel CarterMay 1, 2014

Fiction

Do You Agree with These Choices for Favorite Book Boyfriend?

Sometimes you don’t just love a book; you worship it. And sometimes you don’t just like a character in that book; you want to marry them. Whether they’re broody and intense or sweet and sensitive, there’s just something about this guy or gal that you can’t get enough of. You…

Rachel CarterJuly 11, 2015

Fiction

Can’t wait for your favorite Scot to return? A wee list to tide ye over

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a diehard fan of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander books. So I had very high hopes —and fears—for the television adaptation. But from the first episode of the new hit Starz series, I’ve basically been happy-dancing in my living room. Hot accents, a perfect Jamie, dreamy lighting,…

Rachel CarterJanuary 23, 2015

Audiobooks Fiction Listicles

Great American Listening: Our Country’s Top Picks

PBS has just concluded a national survey and an eight-part series that explored and celebrated the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels: THE GREAT AMERICAN READ. The final results just released put TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD definitively on top, with four finalists: the Outlander series, the Harry Potter series, PRIDE…

Robin WhittenNovember 9, 2018

Miscellany Pop Culture

Try Thanksgiving Dinner With a Literary Setting

Thanksgiving is about a week away, which means it’s time to start buying those turkeys and getting out the nice china you keep in a box in the back of your closet. Planning for the big feast can be stressful—almost all energy goes into the food, while most people are…

Rachel CarterNovember 22, 2018

Outlander Returns: Why Jamie and Claire are the Best Couple in Books and TV!

OTP Roundup: A Guide to Your Favorite TV Couples

The Top 10 June Books to Read as You Soak up the Sun

SPOLIER ALERT: 5 Things We Want to See on Sunday’s Outlander Premiere

The 10 Most Memorable TV Weddings That Inspired Jasmine Guillory’s Romantic Debut

“Outlander” Origins with Author Diana Gabaldon

The 6 Beloved Couples In TV and Books That We Continue to Adore

Premiere nears for epic tale: It’s time for the Outlander cheat sheet

How to be a Lizzie Bennet, Margaery Tyrell or Scarlett O’Hara bride

Do You Agree with These Choices for Favorite Book Boyfriend?

Can’t wait for your favorite Scot to return? A wee list to tide ye over

Great American Listening: Our Country’s Top Picks

Try Thanksgiving Dinner With a Literary Setting

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