SPOILER ALERT: Dinna read unless you have finished Chapter 31/Part 3 in AN ECHO IN THE BONE.
Please forgive me for being sparse this week. My daughter turned 8 yesterday and I have five 2nd graders coming over on Friday night. She's also making her 1st Communion on Sunday and I have my family and the hub's family coming on Sunday. Throw in a school visit, a haircut appointment, planting, sprucing and shopping and well... I am not able to blog too much. THAT SAID - let me say this:
Lordddddd I have GOTTEN OFF THE BOAT(S)!!! The only problem? I turned the page and found myself reading about LORD JOHN! I'll admit it; it was a let-down. As I told Tracey - it was like coming out of an extra grueling trip to the Shoprite - only to find out your car has been hit in the parking lot. Dinna get me wrong, I love myself some Lord John in the right circumstances (can we say "girltalk with Bree"?). But I just wasn't expecting him so soon after the BTF (Boat Trifecta Fiasco). I thought we'd see a little Roger....or a new-and-improved Jamie whose feet were solidly planted on shore (and on Claire, wishfully thinking)... but no... Just Lord John... who will be inquiring something - of someone - of relative importance... and not a whole lotsa Jamie Fraser.
OK so THAT said - I will go read now. Wish me luck!
Good luck this weekend. Did I not tell you in last week's chart that Lord John is the MAN in Echo! Hope you get some time to read.
ReplyDeleteI am just about in the same exact spot in Echo as you are Carol. I mean to take my time with Echo since it is the last. I read about 1/2 of LJ - Brother of the Blade as a preamble to Echo. So I've had my fill of Lord John at this point.
ReplyDeleteI feel like Jamie and Claire are drifting away and becoming a couple of the many many side characters we have read of since Outlander - Rather than as the main characters of the story.
I guess that is the natural progression of the storyline since J&C are now what 60 something?
Hoping for something to heat up with someone, somewhere, sometime....
Keep reading, lasses. Part 4 is one of my fave parts of the book. I had forgotten there was so much LJ in it...
ReplyDeleteJennifer--it's funny you should say that re: J/C being side characters--I had heard that they were not front and center in this book and thought it would bother me more than it ended up doing. I think one reason is that when they are featured, they're COMPLETE front and center (as with Part 3 and the boat storyline). By the end of the book I didn't walk away feeling that I hadn't gotten enough J/C.
hi carol
ReplyDeletehope the weekend goes well.
just to "echo" what tracey said -keep reading- and enjoy.
lesley :-)
THANKS All. :) I dunno - I suppose I have to keep reading. In this book, there are parts that are SO good - and others that - while not bad - aren't exactly holding my attention. So when I get to one of those parts, it's easy to put the book down. And with this week's crazy schedule, it's easy not to pick it up again for a while. I do agree that J/C seem to be side characters and it's making me sad. I feel like I'm reading a combo J/C - Lord John book. I just don't love the character enough to want to read about him. But I'll muddle through... because I trust in Diana... AND because we will soon be celebrating the Birth of Our Laird. ;)
ReplyDeletegood luck w/everything Carol! you have a really full plate.
ReplyDeleteI had a tougher time with this part of Echo than I thought. I felt the same way - I wanted more Jamie and Claire, and though I hadn't read the Lord John book, always felt transported away from J/C when she snapped into the different writing style that characterizes the LJ parts. It's def. worth muddling through, but it's funny to have to muddle through parts of the book - with the other books, I had to slow myself down, no muddling needed! But then, the J/C parts and fact that I love Lord John, etc... and do plan on reading the books did help.