Drums of boredom
Ahhh I can't wait to finish the book.
shareWell, now I'm excited to finish LJG of boredom and get to Drums of Autumn.
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When I originally read the books back in the day (as they came out) I stopped reading after book 4. Don't remember if I got bored with the stories or just tired of waiting for the next book. Had the Fiery Cross sitting on my shelf for years waiting to be read.
When the show started I decided to read the first four books again and then keep going. I was like "why did I ever stop?" I think it has to do with where you are in your life and how much detail you want in a story. I've reread the books at least 8 or 9 times now if not more and get something out of every single one of them and am impatiently waiting for book 9.
So stop after book 4 if you need to to give yourself a break and then start book 5. It may just be the wrong time to keep going and you'll finish the rest later.
BTW DOA is usually towards the bottom of everyone's favorite Outlander book list.
Bree is bugging me. The character does too. She needed a good slap after what she called Claire.
I liked it up until bree and Roger came back into it. Skipping lots of pages...I'm reading it again after 5 months break.
Did you pick up from where you left off or did you start all over again or am I reading it wrong and DOA is the book you started reading after the 5 month break?
shareI skip most of the parts with Bree and Roger, too. Bree annoyed the hell out of me in book 4. I like her with every other character but Roger and vice versa. I like them both in scenes without each other, but together I find them incredibly boring. It's weird.
But there's enough to read in the books without focussing on Bree and Roger.
I skip most of the parts with Bree and Roger, too. Bree annoyed the hell out of me in book 4. I like her with every other character but Roger and vice versa. I like them both in scenes without each other, but together I find them incredibly boring.
I agree.
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I picked up where I left off. But iv skipped lots of pages. Like wow she's pregnant after her first go. I know poor thing was forced too.
shareShe had sex with Roger (their "wedding" night) and then was raped by Stephen Bonnett. It's not until later we know for sure who the baby daddy is.
shareDoes she get a DNA test done when they go back to the 1900s? Can you tell me who it is?
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They went back too early for DNA testing.
Roger is Jemmy's dad. Birthmark/mole that is hereditary. Roger and Jem have the same thing in the same place.
Ahhh should not have read spoiler
shareIt only adds to the Bree irritation factor knowing that.
It always irritated the snot out of me that she assumed Jemmy was Stephen Bonnet's even after Claire told her Jem could be Roger's. And she told Stephen Bonnet that. Even it if was true why in the heck would you admit it to him. He's a murderer, thief and rapist.
Thanks for the answer! I already read the part where she confronts Bonnet, but yeah... I'll be skipping more of that when I get back into reading.
One thing though, aren't children born with all birthmarks? So shouldn't they have known that from the day Jemmy was born?
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"How do you know this?"
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IIRC it's something that isn't necessarily there when the kid is born but can develop as they get older. I want to say by the time they're around 3 (and that could be something I'm remembering for something else). They didn't notice it until Jemmy had his head shaved and iirc Roger shaved his too. It was behind their ears. Not a place you look at very much.
shareOh, that's a decent explanation; I'll buy that.
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"How do you know this?"
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No, birthmarks only appear much later (around 2 - 3 years of age). Interestingly I've read, that a child is not able to control it's bladder, before it will have developed birthmarks. I have no idea where the connection is, but I witnessed it with my children, too.
shareSorry, but I know plenty of kids born with birthmarks. That can't be true in all cases.
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"How do you know this?"
"That's what I do... I drink, and I know things."
Sorry, but I know plenty of kids born with birthmarks. That can't be true in all cases.
I have two children in fact who were born with birthmarks.
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Well read two chapter without wanting to slap bree
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