I'm a terrible C&C-er.  I don't just read stories, I *feel* them, and it
makes it difficult for me to sit down and analyze them, break them apart
bit by bit, and say "Oh, this was good because," or "This didn't work
for me because..."  I judge a story by how it makes me feel -- on
whether or not it can make me feel *anything* -- and, more importantly
(to me), whether or not I'm *glad* I took the time to read it at the
end.

Speaking of.  Is this the end?  Or are there more epilogues to come?

Doesn't matter either way.  This gave me a nice bit of closure.  After
the first epilogue, which left me waking all night long with horribly
vivid nightmares (shouldn't have read it right before I went to bed last
night :p), this epilogue had me weeping into my keyboard.  

And it made me really, really glad that I've read IMBS.

Don't ask me why, 'cause I sure don't think I can explain it.

What a ride.  Thanks again, Mike & Susan.

Krista