Daddydavek

I was off reading a story on my Kindle an didn't check GA until I was ready to retire and lo and behold another chapter was posted earlier this evening. Well I read it and found it to raise more questions than it answered. However, I suspect that was intentional and that subsequent chapters may be similar.....

It seems the old fogies of the Royal Navy are being true to form except for perhaps Bridport who was adamantly opposed to any suggestion of the use of force on his flagship. So I suspect, that is the chink in their hidebound thinking. Davina and Freddy as hosts are another vexation for poor George and their news is peculiar about the pregnancy. As a means to avoid making a voyage, it could even work.

With Mr. Arbour you never know and I bet he sneaks one in just after I've gone to bed tonight!

Sunday morning and Daddy Dave is impatiently waiting for the next chapter in dear Georgie's saga!

Probably no worse than two gay dads raising their daughter. Parenting is more than just being an obvious role model.

Interesting twist to the bottom perspective, but it appears they both liked it more than they thought they would. Oops!

Happy Birthday Myr

I too, did not find one cliffhanger in the last chapter.

Well Josh got sent home. I am surprised. I really thought Jessica would be the one to leave.

I think the drama immediately ahead is between Wade and his family and the pending election. Mommie dearest isn't quite convinced that Wade can play in her league and we've yet to hear from her over his plans for the D.C. properties she dumped on him for the land for the ski resort.

Whew Hoo, what a hot ending to the chapter! Wade seems to fall into it with hot guys while poor Matt is stuck on a bus..... Great job on a nice transitional chapter. Now for the dragon lady and the campaign?

Josh did great, PP and Jessica both did fairly well. It just depends on their fan base at this point.

Rachel gets her chance at Bridget but can't deliver a knock-out blow even with a cane. B'stoke is on the boat with Trevor and Shane and the chapter ends. It's not even close, this is the biggest cliff-hanger EVER in CJ's infamous career as a writer of cliff-hangers!. All hail to the KING OF CLIFF HANGERS!

Rachel did some damage but CJ let the b___h get away. The chapter ended with Trevor, Shane and B'stoke-----alone on the boat. The BIGGEST cliff-hanger ever

Congrats on your Master's and you made it sound like you made it all your own with the tiny mix-up. It will be a memory to have forever! Now that this is under your belt, what's up next on your life agenda? Knowing you, I assume you have a plan!

I like your story, but it is about the most confusing time of anyone's life. And Tanner is a bit more than usually confused about things. A time I am well past by almost 50 years and I really don't think I would have the patience to go through all the BS that kids dish. I hated cliques then and they still put my teeth on edge.

Nice chapter describing Will's progress in getting along with his family after the big blow-up. The scene with Tony was smokin' and it was nice to see some post coital bliss instead of remorse. Piling on Darius about Santa Clara seemed gratuitous, but I assume it was providing background for something coming up later.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK! May you have many more and may it never fall on a Friday! Dave

Poor Lord Spencer. Reminds me of the Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times!" Spit and then Nore! The Odyssey has an interesting beginning and is already through Chapter 5 before any sailing of the "B" has even begun and it could well be a few more weeks in the late 1790's before the voyage actually commences. In Granger v. Wilcox, it definitely appears Lord Spencer had looked to Granger for advice instead of his pomposity, the Admiral.

With bigger problems to solve, it seems poor admiral Wilcox is not the go to guy for Lord Spencer. The Spithead mutiny appears to be the backdrop and Lord Granger is called upon to accompany Spencer. Interesting bit of history. But I believe Wilcox is in command of the Nore, and that subsequent mutiny was handled more traditionally. Nice job of working all this into the plot line.

Does fiction really have rules anymore? And even if one were to argue that it does, anyone could find dozens of examples to show how the so-called rules are routinely broken, ignored or even mocked. For the sake of the story, readers always have to suspend their belief systems to some extent even in a long drawn out saga that tries to stay internally consistent like CJ's. So in a nutshell: What's the big deal?

You may be right, but the voting public who actually dial in are fickle and it could be any one of them. Somehow, I think it will be Joshua.

Friday, waiting for Saturday night or Sunday for my next Granger fix..... The last chapter left me wondering if George and his merry band would avoid the press gang and make it back to the ship without incident. I trust MA will make it interesting.

Jeff may end up being a former friend with benefits if he becomes a wedge between Wade and Matt IMHO. He is smart, capable and a good aide for Stef. I think it was telling that when Wade finished talking to Matt and went back to bed, that he did not wake up Jeff. I am waiting for the next move from the real villain in the piece, Wade's mom....

The following exchange in chapter 38 was my favorite because it sounded so natural and in character for both of them. However, to get all that into a few lines was masterful. Great job! “I think Matt is more like you,” I told him. “I think that if he gets upset, he needs to work it out with the person, and not so much on his own.” “Another genetic flaw,” he said, but in a pleasant way. I’d learned that Robbie was really proud of Matt, and liked it when they shared traits. “I don’t think it’s a flaw at all. It’s probably a lot healthier than locking yourself away and trying to solve all the problems on your own.” “You think that’s why Will ran away?” I thought about that for a minute, until the irony of me doing that, while talking about the need to think more openly, struck me as amusing. “I think Will ran away to make a point, and to make sure things changed. If he were like you, he probably would have stuck around and fought it out. I think he actually tried to do that first.” “I guess he did,” Robbie said. “When it got to the point where he wasn’t getting anywhere, where he was beating his head against the wall, he took more drastic action.” I didn’t see that as a flaw in Will, I saw that as a strength.