OK, guys, welcome to book club...right now it just appears to be the four of us. But if anyone else comes along, I'll add them right in.
So let's use this line up for the week: IceonFire7, wildirish, LemonSupreme, mlreeve1
I'll post this and then add my thoughts in just a few.
Hey, Thesaurus just arrived, so let's add in her...updated line up: IceonFire7, wildirish, LemonSupreme, mlreeve1, ILuvMyThesaurus
In The Mourning - I thought this was a sweet insight into Charlie's feelings for Bass, which was a nice change. A lot of times, it seems we get a look at how he feels about her, so it was nice to switch it around.
I loved the line about big, bad, scary Monroe enjoying cuddling. I like that we see Charlie accepting that the man she met in New Vegas was not the same as General Monroe. Overall, just a nice little lost scene from Dead Man Walking.
At The Beginning - I remember reading this once before and for some reason, I thought I liked it more than I did on the second reading. Although I thought it was cute to see a young Charlie meet Bass, reading the way 3 year old Charlie talked was a little confusing.
Anyway, no disrespect to the writer, but I have seen the Bass meets young Charlie thing before and found it to be better elsewhere. (Uh, Lemon...Reunion). However...the sequel...
Can't Rewind Now We've Gone Too Far - I thought was much better. Still not a giant fan of her writing, but I found this to be an interesting little look into Charlie and Bass meeting up in that time frame when they first got back, when she was struggling to get along with Rachel. I could see her sneaking out to go and talk to Bass. She'd just spent all that time with him and it seems he might be the only one to really understand her at that point. So I did enjoy that. It did seem like it should have gone farther, like there was more she could have explored, but I found it enjoyable.
Being Nice - Rusalka is one of those people who tends to flower up her writing, which is not my favorite thing. However, in this one, I feel like she really held back on that and it feels much more straight-forward to me, so I like it so much more.
Actually, I like this one quite a bit. There were so many good little parts. I loved when she pushed the door opened and it creaked and Bass called her on it. And I loved her equating him to a first-grader with all the drugs in his system. Drugged up Bass was just such a blast on the show.
Basically, Bass is just adorable in this...love when he falls out of bed because he was looking for her. Love that he's sorry that she's mad at him (although why any woman would be mad at seeing him naked is beyond me). And her laying down with him and him asking to kiss her...this is just one of those stories that makes me want to turn into a 13 year old girl and squeeee!!!
So, yeah, this one I really liked.
Ok, up next we have wildirish...
Jellybean 60 is here too. New line up: IceonFire7, wildirish, LemonSupreme, mlreeve1, ILuvMyThesaurus, Jellybean60