When the Last Page is Turned

I have just finished reading this book and this book. Both by the same author and both are an historical fiction, both brilliantly narrated, that took me to a place where past and present merge together in a compelling story.

I don't know about you, but as I near the end of a book I get sad. Especially if I am reading a good book with characters who are alive and dance in my head long after the last page is turned. Often, I will take a break close to the end of the book and ponder the storyline and let the subjects run amok in my head. I like keeping my favorite characters alive like close friends. I know that when the last page is turned all the characters will evaporate into thin air and will cease to exist.


But eventually I will finish the book. After all we all need closure, don't we?


One summer, I got into this romantic historical novel set in the 1800's and as I got close to the end I read slowly the last chapters savoring the every word before it all came to an end . To my surprised, it actually did not end but rather was to be continued in a series of five other books. Each of the books had over 1000 pages filled with this epic love story. Indeed, I was one happy camper that summer!

Done. Complete. Finished. Fin. End.


And sometimes it does not end. Diana Gabaldon's next book "An Echo in the Bone" will be released in 2010. Yay! More Jamie and Clare!!!! To read a excerpt go here.