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Summary: Amazing Pageturner
Review: This book was wonderful. I got this book about mid-way through my second pregnancy and hoped that after work this would be a nice relaxing thing to do. Well, this book was so unbelievable it barely made it through the weekend. Also, it did nothing for keeping calm and relaxed, I felt every emotion just as though I was the main character.
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Summary: Loss of * for Alcohol Use & Lack of Car Seat for Baby!
Review: This was a gripping novel, one I didn't want to put down, as the characters were so realistic. But there were so many problems:
-If Clay and Catherine had been any younger I doubt I'd have read this book. I have no interest in teenage love.
-I commended Catherine's values at first, but then it became frustrating. It was so obvious she and Clay were beginning to care deeply for each other, yet Catherine continued to reject him, and not just in the bedroom. -Then I worried these two weren't compatible at all because there were so many awkward silences between them; they could scarcely think of a thing to say to each other, and often it was forced.
-And Clay, this nice, handsome guy, was so emotionally tortured it hardly seemed fair. I'm glad he had to eventually work things out with Jill; otherwise we would have been left wondering about the past love between these two.
-Clay's parents and grandparents were great. I didn't like to see them hurt. Although I don't think Catherine purposely kept them from seeing the baby, she should have offered them a chance to see their grandchild on a regular basis.
-Like his parents, Clay was a very affectionate person and it seemed out of character for him not to have held his own newborn baby.
-Catherine's mother, Ada, was a pitiful case. I know she was afraid of Herb, but I despised how weak she was. Short of shooting the creep, which he deserved, she should have put her childrens' welfare first rather than neglect them just to keep the peace with her idiot husband. Although she lived in the same house with her kids, for the most part she ignored them throughout their entire lives, and certainly never offered them a hug. What a disgrace! -I was appalled the author had Catherine drink at the wedding, and very heavily too, when just a month or so before she was drinking orange juice!
-I was shocked when the author didn't have the baby placed in a car seat. Come on, this book was written in 1985!!! My child was born in 1983 and he was in a car seat! It was the law!!!
-And finally, what exactly was Catherine going to college FOR? I was never sure what she studied.
Anyway, believe it or not, I loved this book, despite the heartache to so many people. This book was so realistic that, in the end, even though happiness prevailed, you hated the heartaches that had attached itself to so many nice people.
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Summary: Pretty Good!
Review: This was a pretty good read. I like the idea that both Clay and Catharine come from different social circles. The fact that Catharine was a strong willed, young woman was also great. I like female characters that are strong individuals and can survive without the need of a man although it is quite nice when they do come together in the end. Clay was a person with a good heart. He owned up to his responsibility from the beginning. What I didn't like was that Clay's parents pushed the issue of the marriage. I don't think it was their place to do so. They really didn't know each other at first. I think the parents were being selfish. Also, why didn't Catharine push the issue of her true father's identity. I know I would've if I were her. But, other than that the book was good.
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Summary: Great book!!! Worth a second read.
Review: This was my first Lavyrle Spencer book, and I was totally hooked.The storyline was very realistic as many couples in real life are faced with the challenges which Clay and Catherine faced. This book made you go through a range of emotions. Anger at Clay's parents, sadness when the relationship broke up,joy for the new life when the baby came, and sheer ecstacy when they got back together. As a romantic at heart, I enjoyed this book tremendously and highly recommend it to readers of romantic fiction.
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Summary: Wonderful... I Loved It !
Review: This was the first of Lavryle i have read, and it was a wonderfully romantic, moving story. Catherine did make you want to smack her sometimes though! Clay sounded sooo handsome and intriqing. I hope there are more like this one! Bravo.
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Summary: OH. MY. GOD...I LOVED THIS!!!!
Review: Whew!! What a book! I lost so much sleep and my housework went to hell, but wow was it worth it. I could NOT put this book down. "Separate Beds" was absolutely gripping! Clay was to die for I am telling you...first of all he was gorgeous, but his personality..oh!! He was so playful and adorable and polite, and oh my GOD ..did I mention he was to die for? Next came Catherine. She was not as easy to like as Clay, but her character developed in a believable way...simply put...she and Clay were PERFECT together. This has made my list of top faves. I am telling you..stop whatever you are doing now,buy the book, and for goodness sake...READ IT!!!
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Summary: OH. MY. GOD...I LOVED THIS!!!!
Review: Whew!! What a book! I lost so much sleep and my housework went to hell, but wow was it worth it. I could NOT put this book down. "Separate Beds" was absolutely gripping! Clay was to die for I am telling you...first of all he was gorgeous, but his personality..oh!! He was so playful and adorable and polite, and oh my GOD ..did I mention he was to die for? Next came Catherine. She was not as easy to like as Clay, but her character developed in a believable way...simply put...she and Clay were PERFECT together. This has made my list of top faves. I am telling you..stop whatever you are doing now,buy the book, and for goodness sake...READ IT!!!
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