More McNaught!

I finished Whitney, My Love and enjoyed it... BUT I think the ending could have been altered just a bit. Where Clayton finds the note? I think instead of just going off on a tangent (as I can't imagine a successful businessman and Duke would do) he should have confronted her with the note. It could have still gone along the same lines where he's contemptuous toward her, she leaves, etc., but the whole I'm-pissed-off-at-this-note-but-I'm-an-idiot-and-will-go-off-in-a-huff-rather-than-confront-my-wife thing annoyed the hell out of me. I guess it's the whole "Duke" thing but he really needs to get over himself. LOL It was good, though. I enjoyed it. I liked Whitney and her sass.

So, my grades thus far on the McNaught glom are:

Once and Always: A-
Until You: C+
Every Breath You Take: A
Something Wonderful: A
Almost Heaven: B+
Whitney, My Love: B+
Night Whispers: A-

The two B+ would be A's had there not been asshattery within the book. So far my least favorite is Until You and my reasons are clearly stated here with marked spoilers.

I know I have a TON of newer books to read and some new historical authors to try, but I must finish my glom before moving on. So, while I await Tender Triumph from the library, I shall re-read Someone To Watch Over Me as I remember this being one of my favorite McNaught books. I've also got Remember When, Double Standards, and A Kingdom of Dreams to read before the glom is complete. :-)

Another Drive-By

Hi ladies. I have to tell you that I read more JM books. I read Something Wonderful yesterday and absolutely LOVED it. Jordan is a dream. :-) He and Alex are perfect together.

Today I read Almost Heaven and adored that as well, though the beginning dragged a bit with backstory.

Every time I finish reading a book written by Judith McNaught I close it with a sigh and a smile.

Next up- Whitney, My Love and then I will read Tender Triumph to try and remember if I've read it before (I think I have) and I want to reread Remember When and Someone To Watch Over Me as well. Might as well complete the glom properly. :-)

Thanks for the suggestions!

Holly- I'm going to try WML just to see yet I will heed your warning.

Drive By...

Read Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich. Love me some Stephanie Plum, Joe Morelli, Lula, Ranger, Tank, Grandma Mazur. Love it.

I don't know why the reviews for this were so bad. It's a typical Stephanie Plum novel, albeit with a bit more domesticity which I found pretty cool. It was nice to see Steph with Zook, Mooner, and Gary and how she dealt with the "what if's".

I enjoyed it very much. If you read this series and are hesitant because of the whole Amazon and BN review fiasco, ignore it. This book IS GREAT. I laughed out loud so many times... it is just great.

My grade: B+

Until You- Judith McNaught

SPOILERS, LOTS OF THEM. So if you haven't read this book, stop reading here.

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HIGHLIGHT TO REVEAL- A courtesy for those who are on a blog reader *G*

For Nath, my explanations on why I didn't like Until You as much as Once and Always.


Okay, Until You-

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I liked the beginning and how they ended up together.

I didn't like that he let her wear his mistresses lavender gown. PFFT.
I didn't like that he wanted to pawn her off on someone else.

I liked that she got under his skin.
I liked her, and the fact that she thought her hair was "brazen" when she didn't remember what she looked like and saw the bright red curls.
I liked the family setting.

I didn't like when he went to his mistress and had sex with her-- even though he and Sherry weren't technically "together" it still, in a way, constitutes as cheating. At least to me and I'm very picky that way. I just don't get how he could have gone to Helene when he wanted to be with Sherry. Denial, yes, but Argh!
I didn't like how he used her, and roughly at that, KNOWING that she was a virgin. He was cruel and at that moment I thought him a bastard.

I was glad about the way things were resolved and the fact that he and Nicki fought. Heh.

The ending was nice, but one final thing I didn't like was that he NEVER in the entire book told her he loved her.
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So, there you have it. My likes and dislikes. I have the anthology up next with Julianne Skeffington, so we'll see how that goes. I suppose I have to get used to the fact that during that time men more often than not treated women harshly... but in my eyes, heroes don't. *shrug* Is that unreasonable of me? Unfair of me? Is this going to be a problem as I continue on reading Historicals?

Thoughts?? Opinions? Advice?