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I was really drawn in when Bo was considering marrying AJ's mother, BUT the whole ending with the ring was TOO Cinderella for me.
I am SURE, though, that there will be plenty more drama, since this is a sequel. It just left me with "And they lived happily ever after", which awakened the recovering feminist in me.
I was really drawn in when Bo was considering marrying AJ's father, BUT the whole ending with the ring was TOO Cinderella for me.
I am SURE, though, that there will be plenty more drama, since this is a sequel. It just left me with "And they lived happily ever after", which awakened the recovering feminist in me.
What?????? AJ's father? Sandra do you have those reading glasses yet,
I kinda like happy ever after I hate sad endings. But I'd love a sequel with Yolanda's view. I think that would be very interesting.
Good point Sue - Yolanda's story would be a great one!
I think my problem with the ending was the lack of communcation between Bo and Kim. I'd have a hard time accepting a proposal from a guy I hadn't heard from in months. The whole didn't want to get your hopes up and then let you down - Really how about leaving her thinking he was married to someone else? That is so much easier?????
I kinda like happy ever after I hate sad endings. But I'd love a sequel with Yolanda's view. I think that would be very interesting.
THis ending definitely calls for a sequel! It was a happy cliff hanger, I think, because you KNOW there is more to it! You know that is going to be a very interesting wedding to plan.
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Good point Sue - Yolanda's story would be a great one!
I think my problem with the ending was the lack of communcation between Bo and Kim. I'd have a hard time accepting a proposal from a guy I hadn't heard from in months. The whole didn't want to get your hopes up and then let you down - Really how about leaving her thinking he was married to someone else? That is so much easier?????
That is a good point. I'd be like "As if showing up out of the blue with a ring is going to enchant me and make me sparkly stupid?". THen, if I were the character, I'd do that cool air-snap thing with the sideways neck move. (In real life, I can't snap my fingers and make a sound, so I could only do that if I were a book character.) OF course, that would be totally out of character for our heroine, BUT, she could have changed alot in those months! THat is a pretty long time!
I'm not really sure whether to thank someone for finding me a new author that I like, or not. I am somewhat of an obsessive reader. Since finishing this book, I had DH pick me up a couple of her other books at the library. Since then, I have not only read those 2, but gone back to the library and taken out all 5 books in the series before Fireside. I am in the middle of the 3rd one of 5 before Fireside. Needless to say, there are other things in my house not getting done!!!
I liked the ending, but it seemed to me that it was written in a bit of a rush. It was almost like the author was given a page limit and suddenly realized she was fast approaching it so had to "real quick" tie up all the loose ends and pull it all together neatly. She had spent so much time on all the other aspects of this story, I almost felt like the ending was a fly-by attack.
I guess, though, it was the only way to end it all. If she had kept us up-to-date on all the happenings, the surprise of the ending would have been lost. And I love it that Penelope and Dino got married!! How cute!
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And I have begun reading the 1st book in the series. "Summer at Willow Lake" is the story of the very beginning - Olivia Bellamy and her family background. I am on page 170 (out of 535) and have met Olivia, Daisy, and shop owners of Avalon. It's really fun to go back and meet them in the beginning. I already bought book 2 and have books 3 & 4 on order.
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I liked the ending, but it seemed to me that it was written in a bit of a rush. It was almost like the author was given a page limit and suddenly realized she was fast approaching it so had to "real quick" tie up all the loose ends and pull it all together neatly. She had spent so much time on all the other aspects of this story, I almost felt like the ending was a fly-by attack.
I guess, though, it was the only way to end it all. If she had kept us up-to-date on all the happenings, the surprise of the ending would have been lost. And I love it that Penelope and Dino got married!! How cute!
Hmmmmmmmm, interesting! I agree! It also had the flavor of an end-of-season cliff hanger.
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And I have begun reading the 1st book in the series. "Summer at Willow Lake" is the story of the very beginning - Olivia Bellamy and her family background. I am on page 170 (out of 535) and have met Olivia, Daisy, and shop owners of Avalon. It's really fun to go back and meet them in the beginning. I already bought book 2 and have books 3 & 4 on order.
OK, I'm going to give this book club a first vote for a next choice. I can't end with "And she said yes." as far as this series goes. I also feel some momentum to go to book one in this series and start enjoying that together.
Do you all want to take a break from Avalon, or do you want to start right away on Summer at Willow Lake.
If you want to go right to the beginning, let me know, and we can start setting it up and sending people out to get their books! (See if you can help me spread the word, too!)
OOH!!! A New Earth. I got through about half of that one with Oprah and Echart Tolle. It got so deep I got a little overwhelmed. I have all of the printouts that came with the discussions on Oprahs web discussions (Questions to do before and transcripts of the webcast). It is an awesome book, but extremely complex. It might do me good to try to wade into it again. I am sure by re-reading the chapters I was able to get through, I would understand it more and might be able to get through the rest this time.
I will do whatever the majority wishes, but I will continue to read the Susan Wigg books. Who knows, maybe the lightness of those books would be enough of an escape to allow my brain to return to Echart Tolle again.
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I'd like to read the 1st book, Summer at Willow Lake, I don't feel I have the time to tackle A New Earth. Looks like an interesting read though. I have about 5 books waiting on my shelf to read Maybe if I didn't spend so much time on the boards, I might get something done, and my dd is asking me if I'm ever going to get around to reading the Barbara Walters book she bought me for my last birthday (May)
Just PM me Sandra, when you get to Summer at Willow Lake, as I'm sure at some point we will re-visit Avalon!
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I hate sad endings. But I'd love a sequel with Yolanda's view. I think that would be very interesting.
Maybe if I didn't spend so much time on the boards, I might get something done, and my dd is asking me if I'm ever going to get around to reading the Barbara Walters book she bought me for my last birthday (May) 
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