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Oh my.....this is (so far) my all time FAVORITE bit!
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I think all 21st century men have forgotten how to talk to women.
uuughhhh! I'm dying a little inside every day that this book isn't out. It makes my heart contract every time I read stuff like that.
More men should read this series and they would understand what makes a woman melt. Ahhhhh I can't wait!One of the hardest parts about waiting for Book 8 to come out is knowing I will blow through it and be mourning book 9! I got sooooo spoid by comming to this series so late and being able to read one right after the other.
That's what happened to me. I saw a copy of DOA and found out that this was a series. So I bought Outlander and breezed through the whole series in record time. The "snippets" we've been getting have been great, but the next book can't come out too soon.
Ahhh.... This is why I love this series.... Good, Bad, and Ugly... they have this crazy love, understanding that having the love doesn't make everything a bed of roses... just worth fighting for! WHEN oh WHEN is this finally going to come out?!?!?!?! sigh.
Haha, you all are so cute! Just sayin'
lol Ladyhawk, Well one thing for sure it looks like we have another favorite quote from Jamie Aye!
Awwww..... The bit of wild in him makes for an even better and sizzling romance!Can't wait for book 8 either!
Ohhhh how I miss Jamie, Clair and Ian... Not to mention Jem. I miss and NEEEEED that emotional termoil that these books put me through.... Even that spoiled pain in the a$$ William. There are no more men like Jamie any more...
Carren wrote: "I think all 21st century men have forgotten how to talk to women."Do we REALLY KNOW that any actually talked that way in other centuries? If so, I think we all need a trip to the standing stones.
Carren wrote: "I think all 21st century men have forgotten how to talk to women."So true!!
Fawn wrote: "lol Ladyhawk, Well one thing for sure it looks like we have another favorite quote from Jamie Aye!"Like we need anymore reasons to love the man! Lol
Touche! You got me there Ladyhawk Us loving him as we do is beyond all reasoning!
Fawn wrote: "Touche! You got me there Ladyhawk Us loving him as we do is beyond all reasoning!"You're so right Fawn! Now he's just killing us softly! Haha
Jeanette wrote: "Ohhhh how I miss Jamie, Clair and Ian... Not to mention Jem. I miss and NEEEEED that emotional termoil that these books put me through.... Even that spoiled pain in the a$$ William. There are no ..."
Replying to your last sentence that this cut off and ended with "no more men like Jamie any more". There are. This is a true story about a real living man and I could not put it down (& I never read non fiction).
There ARE real men like Jamie out there and stories that rival fiction.
Aww...so sweet. Thanks for the tidbit. It only makes me love Jamie more and I'm so dang obsessesed as it is. *sigh*
Jessica wrote: Do we REALLY KNOW that any actually talked that way in other centuries? If so, I think we all need a trip to the ..."I'm first in line!!!!!
That's sounds amazing. I'd love to read it, just need to find the courage!Ok Carren, lead the way!
Carren wrote: "Jessica wrote: Do we REALLY KNOW that any actually talked that way in other centuries? If so, I think we all need a trip to the ..."I'm first in line!!!!!"
Can I get in line for that trip? I wish people spoke that way!
Diane wrote: "More men should read this series and they would understand what makes a woman melt. Ahhhhh I can't wait!One of the hardest parts about waiting for Book 8 to come out is knowing I will blow through..."
I agree with you completely Diane! I have just started this series in the past few months and am already anticipating book 8(I am currently on The Fiery Cross). I think I may die of anticipation and haven't even had to wait between books yet.
Oh Magen you still have some good reading ahead of you!!
OMG, is that man for real? Oh wait, he's not...oh well, I still love him to death!
Aww I love these sweet speeches that Jamie gives to Claire, he's been telling her things like that since boo 1 :tear tear:. I just started book 7 a few weeks ago but I haven't gotten very far, I think its because I know after this it will be over (at least until the next book) and I do want to do a reread before the next book comes out but if only we had an exact date!!
Dee, Have you read the Lord John Series?If Not I highly recommended reading them before Echo.
I read half of Echo & stopped @ a friends advice read the Lord John Series, then started Echo over again & I am SO glad I did! (The Lord John Series are real fast reads btw.)
I love the matter of fact way Jamie tells Claire of their love. sniff sniff.
Terry (Ter05 TwiMoms/ MundieMoms) wrote: "Jeanette wrote: "Ohhhh how I miss Jamie, Clair and Ian... Not to mention Jem. I miss and NEEEEED that emotional termoil that these books put me through.... Even that spoiled pain in the a$$ William..."TY for the rec. I will check this book out... My oldest son is in the military USMC so I am sure this book will tie my emotions in knots (love a book that does that)
I am single, and I do think good men are hard to find. My dear friend from San Fran met her now husband, when she was visiting me and we were having some beers at a bar. And I will say one thing, he is a quiet guy, Brazilian, so adorable, but when he looks at my friend, you know that he really loves her. You can see it even when we are in a group; it makes me happy for her, do they do exist but they have other issues to deal with. My point is that we come from a complicated world, now more than ever where people have lost touch,literally with each other. I think Claire said it best in "Outlander" after Jaime beats her, and she realized it still seemed like a stage to her sometimes. She was a nurse during WWII, and saw a lot of bad things, but it is different when killing a man is done face to face, and small actions, can have dire consequences, like they had the Redcoats on their tail, is different than mortar shelling, dropping bombs where you do not always see the enemies face. I think she meant war was less personal in many ways, and shelling or bombing a city, provokes a different reaction than in Jaiime's world .
Another excellent point she made was that although there were many inconveniences, this time was quiter, slower, and people behaved differently. Love was free to exist in ways people do not have time for anymore. Their relationship was not normal as she never left his side, and they were also BFFs....women normally were not so available like Claire was because J & C had no kids . Well at least as far as I know.. They were adults or in another place.
Jaime seems wonderful and kind and loyal, but he was a handful, too much for me. I could never have those fights they had....
Jaime was also a unique man, but he was always feeling guilty or responsible for everyone. I think that the fact he believed that he killed his father who dropped dead while watching him get beaten and unconscious in round #2., was something he never recovered from and why he let himself hold so much responsibility for everyone all the time. Now we know that he had an aneurysm, and he could have dropped dead at any moment. I was surprised Claire did not tell him that, but maybe in the 40's-60's aneurysms were not "discovered" yet so to speak.
Yes, but can't aneurysms because triggered by stress?
Wendy F wrote: "Yes, but can't aneurysms because triggered by stress?"I am not a Dr., but from what I have read and know they are like ticking time bombs....he could have dropped dead eating dinner. Even today you are lucky if it is found, as there are really no symptoms except a blinding headache and Dougal said he put his hand to his head and fell. Do you remember that NBC reporter who was embedded in the beginning of the Iraq war who literally hung up the phone with his wife took like 2steps and dropped dead. But that may have been a blood clot to the brain, so I could be wrong on that one.
No, I think you're right about that. I think it's likely it could have happened at any point. They are definitely time bombs. But, for some reason I thought they could be detonated by stress too. Not created by stress, but detonated by it.I'm not a doctor either, lmao, though, so I really have no idea.
I googled though, it does sit in your brain like a dormant bomb, but by watching and monitoring your blood pressure you can kind of control it. So basically, the things that make a blood clot in your aorta get loose and travel to your brain causing a stroke are 'weakness in your artery wall', 'plaques of cholesterol', or 'hypertension' or high blood pressure. I'm thinking probably with Brian it was the last, which could have spiked because of what happened with Jamie.
Not that I'm saying at all that it was Jamie's fault, lol. It totally wasn't. He could only choose to do what he could with what was presented with him. He had no idea that his father would die, or that his father had this 'bomb' in his brain just waiting to be triggered.
It is very hard to know. My mom had a brain aneurysm.(successfully operated on)She was under no stress, but got a hell of a head ache. But back then not only would they probably not know what it was, but they couldn't operate either it would have killed him anyway.
“Ye lost your parents young, and wandered about the world, rootless. Ye loved Frank—“ his mouth compressed for an instant, but I thought he was unconscious of it. “—and of course ye love Brianna, and Roger Mac and the weans…but Sassenach—I am the true home of your heart, and I know that.”
He lifted my hands to his mouth and kissed my upturned palms, one and then the other, his breath warm and his beard-stubble soft on my fingers.
“I have loved other folk, and I do love many, Sassenach—but you alone hold all my heart, whole in your hands,” he said softly. “And you know that.”