Thursday, March 29th, 2007
JR WARD
JR WARD
JR WARD
I heard if you write JR WARD’s name in your blog, you’ll be swamped with traffic. I’m just trying it out.
LOVER REVEALED
I have to admit, I haven’t yet succumbed to the Brotherhood. I know there’s a lot of love and hate for the books, but I’ve remained relatively unspoiled and don’t know much about them or even the author. You can try to convince me why I should pick up the first one, though…I’m always ready to be convinced to love something new.
M
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March 29th, 2007 at 9:17 am · Link
never read JR Ward… always notice ‘em on the shelf but have yet to pick one up to read. Probably because i struggle to keep pace with authors i’m already addicted to.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:20 am · Link
Haha, that’s what I’m afraid of…one more thing I can’t live without!
March 29th, 2007 at 11:35 am · Link
It’s true, Megan. You’ll see.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:36 am · Link
I notice you’re not trying to convince, me!
March 29th, 2007 at 12:52 pm · Link
I have those books in my wish list. I need to get them – at least one – this Saturday. I’m going book shopping spree. Hehehe!
March 29th, 2007 at 12:55 pm · Link
Ok, so when you read it I expect a full report about whether or not I should read it!
M
March 29th, 2007 at 1:53 pm · Link
Oh, I didn’t try to convince you because I’m not a fan any more.
I may be one of the few people who fell in love and then fell out of love with Ward.
They are different. Great concept.
But as to execution? I think mostly you either love or hate them. My problem was that I felt her endings were getting deus ex machina, and her voice was beginning to irritate me.
March 29th, 2007 at 1:57 pm · Link
Interesting. The love or hate thing, I mean. See…vampires…well, there are so many out there. What made hers so different?
March 29th, 2007 at 4:25 pm · Link
The love or hate thing has to do with voice. It got old. I never ever want to hear “You feel me?” again.
Now that you ask me, I’m not really sure what made them so different. I picked them up because Lynn Viehl blurbed the series.
It’s sorta like, if you manage to fall in love with Ward, you see a perfect, solid white wall. That’s all I saw for awhile, then I started analyzing, there were holes and the wall collapsed.
March 29th, 2007 at 4:29 pm · Link
ooh – look it worked – I’m here looking for JR Ward! Nah, not really. Actually I don’t really know who she (he?) is? – philistine that I am.
March 29th, 2007 at 4:29 pm · Link
Ahh. I have things I love so much I don’t want to analyze them lest I find the flaws.
Though normally when I love something so much I dont’ mind dissecting it.
March 29th, 2007 at 4:44 pm · Link
haha, Rebecca. Apparently JR WARD has a lot of power! Her name brings blog traffic!
March 29th, 2007 at 6:49 pm · Link
i’m impressed Megan. Who knew. Now what happens if you say it in the dark three times? Hmmmmm?
March 29th, 2007 at 6:54 pm · Link
I don’t know but I’m askeert to find out…
I’ll say this, that level of popularity is impressive and a little awe-inspiring. Good for her! I don’t know if I love or hate the books, but good, good, for her. She’s writing something (I hope) she loves and people are reading it.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:19 am · Link
Megan, there are authors who think she’s fabulous. She was a RITA finalist last year for the first book.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:24 am · Link
Shows what I know!
It proves, more than anything, that taste is subjective. And like I said, whether *I* love or hate the books (don’t know yet, haven’t tried one) — Good for her! Good for her success.
M
July 8th, 2008 at 12:15 am · Link
i personally am a huge J.R. Ward fan…the books sweep you into a whole other world yet seem so real. the characters may be vampires but they seem so human and they aren’t the typical “let me bite your neck sweety”- they can only thrive on the blood of the opposite sex of their race. i will be honest that when it comes to the bad guys, they tend to drone on and be agitating…but i just read those parts as fast as possible. But the brothers and their shellans (wifes)- they ROCK! If you like heat and passion, with a little bit of roughness and then some good fights you will love the Black Dagger Brotherhood!!
July 8th, 2008 at 12:36 am · Link
@amanda: Hi, Amanda, thanks for commenting. I’ve heard a lot of really great things about The Brotherhood. Haven’t picked on up yet, but I keep meaning to! People who love them really do love them, which is fantastic. I feel like I know the whole series just by comments, without having read a single word.