tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post1570175210802187037..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: All Else Confusion - RepriseBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-30620515768232869512013-06-11T07:12:40.604-07:002013-06-11T07:12:40.604-07:00Hi...just found your blog...great fun. I thought I...Hi...just found your blog...great fun. I thought I was the only one is the world who loves Betty Neels. Boy am I wrong! I just found that the New York Public Library has TONS of Betty Neels books available as ebooks and now I am on a a tearaway BINGE and reading them on my iPhone (not as annoying as you think and tres portable). Has anyone mentioned how very very Austen-y All Else Confusion is? The most Austen-esque of the books I've read so far. I have not kept track, but I've been a fan since I was 12. My parents freaked that I had such low-brow taste, but I think these are all very well-written.Betty Wolk-Stanleyhttp://www.olk-stanley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-75484237579010420192013-05-06T12:53:22.051-07:002013-05-06T12:53:22.051-07:00Yes, but he did not know he loved her from the beg...Yes, but he did not know he loved her from the beginning and, more importantly, he did not expect to love her. Remember the <a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=obtSANkSmusC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:all+intitle:else+intitle:confusion+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=DQWIUe7AE4nWswafx4DoDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=notice%20love%20proposal&f=false" rel="nofollow">proposal</a>?<br />Mess with her mind? I have seen no evidence of that. Create the wife he wants? I thought that he thought she was what he wanted when he proposed. "Fit the bill." Jake has not treated Annis like trash. I am not saying he was always nice to her. Far from it. But definitely, no blech. I daresay, we can agree to disagree.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-35502747891451050692013-05-05T21:16:33.343-07:002013-05-05T21:16:33.343-07:00Annis - not believeable. No way a knock-out got to...Annis - not believeable. No way a knock-out got to 22 with the personality of a wall flower. People appreciate beauty and even if the guys don't notice, the family would have and she wouldn't have be so willing to put up with the mental abuse this guy dished out.<br /><br />Jake - Betty gives us a few of these creepy leading men (can't bring myself to call this one a hero). He's rich and too good for the usual women in his sphere, so he trolls around and finds a beauty, who's also unsophisticated so he can mess with her mind and create the wife he wants. A little too 'Stepfordy' if you ask me. I did not believe his impassioned claims at the end. Loved her from the beginning and decided to treat her like trash anyway? Does not bode well for the rest of the wedded blech, or did I mean bliss. No, definately blech.BettyMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676458096380002508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-78898159973803127272013-05-04T08:37:08.772-07:002013-05-04T08:37:08.772-07:00Forgot to add... It was Annis who reminded me as s...Forgot to add... It was Annis who reminded me as she went to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdv/3283841473/" rel="nofollow">Jolly’s</a> in Milsom Street, Bath, to buy a new dress so she could go out to dinner with Jake the next day, and then on the way out bought a pair of sandals. My mom and dad used to live in the centre of a small town. My mom said when she got a new dress she would take it home, try it on and then go to a shoe store almost next door and buy matching shoes.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-85138306880672728282013-05-01T08:01:02.451-07:002013-05-01T08:01:02.451-07:00Have to agree with the tinned soup on this one. I...Have to agree with the tinned soup on this one. I never liked this book either and only read it once, which was enough, but I have to disagree on The Hasty Marriage, I actually enjoyed that book even if the leading man was a bit nasty.Betty Carlanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-53524014818355016712013-05-01T02:57:33.082-07:002013-05-01T02:57:33.082-07:00I see Maastricht on the globe. Wonder if it is Bet...I see Maastricht on the globe. Wonder if it is Betty Becky...Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-23478604091380186092013-05-01T02:34:15.540-07:002013-05-01T02:34:15.540-07:00I have always liked this one.
I don't like the...I have always liked this one.<br />I don't like the cover of the book at all. (Have a different one.)<br />All Confusion, No Else Neither (Rhymes gyser without the lithp)<br />Always liked Jake too!<br />So there!<br />Hah!<br /><br />But most importantly:<br /><br />I ❤ reading your comments, Betty Francesca, ❤ the way you phrase them. They always leave me feeling happy somehow. Positive vibes. Positively positive vibes.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-18179997120694412912013-04-30T21:46:16.927-07:002013-04-30T21:46:16.927-07:00I'd give this one a rating of tinned soup. I ...I'd give this one a rating of tinned soup. I have read it only once (along with The Nasty Marriage). I just didn't like it that much. Someday I will re-read it, and perhaps it will be better than I remember.<br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-35179465211287636592013-04-30T13:23:41.861-07:002013-04-30T13:23:41.861-07:00Betty – What’s on the Menu?
Pommes de terre Bern...Betty – What’s on the Menu? <br /><br /><b>Pommes de terre <a href="http://ongoldenfond.blogspot.de/2010/01/trufflethon-2009-part-5-weekend-avec.html" rel="nofollow">Berny</a></b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.elle.fr/Elle-a-Table/Recettes-de-cuisine/Pommes-de-terre-berny-2066886" rel="nofollow">photo and recipe, www.elle.fr/Elle-a-Table</a><br /><br />INGRÉDIENTS<br />800gr./ 1 lb 12 oz potatoes Bintje<br />2 egg yolks<br />50gr / 2 oz butter<br />salt, pepper <i>(in another recipe: nutmeg)</i><br />1 brunoise de truffes, <i>uh, right</i>, finely diced truffle<br />slivered almonds<br /><br />1/ <i>Passer les pommes de terre au tamis.</i> Hey! Even in France you would have to cook the spuds first before you can pass them through a sieve.<br /><br />2/ <i>Ajouter en travaillant avec une spatule en bois, les jaunes et le beurre.</i> Using a wooden spatula add the egg yolks and the butter. <i>Assaisonner.</i> Season. <i>Ajouter la truffe.</i> Add the truffle.<br /><br />3/ <i>Façonner des boulettes.</i> Shape into patties. <i>Passer à l'oeuf battu puis rouler dans des amandes effilées. Faire frire.</i> Dip in <b>beaten egg</b> (which is<b> missing</b> in the list of ingredients) and roll in slivered almonds. (Deep-)fry.<br />Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-90208074529492965562013-04-30T12:47:59.492-07:002013-04-30T12:47:59.492-07:00Is this the song: O Perfect Love? It's pretty!...Is this the song: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2B_v49w738" rel="nofollow">O Perfect Love</a>? It's pretty! I knew his name was Jake van Germent, what he did for a living and where. But I didn't know the title (had to google it), and I didn't even remember that there was a song.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-79823115097685963702013-04-30T09:52:47.284-07:002013-04-30T09:52:47.284-07:00Since no one else is taking the quiz:
a) Midnight...Since no one else is taking the quiz:<br /><br />a) Midnight Sun's Magic<br />b) Businessman -- English no less!<br />c) New Zealand<br />d) O Perfect Love<br /><br />Not bad for someone who still has 84 more books to go....<br /><br />Side note: Maren is such a lovely name, nearly as lovely as the baby herself!Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-59832333353990452882013-04-30T08:52:09.011-07:002013-04-30T08:52:09.011-07:00This was never my favorite either, because Jake...This was never my favorite either, because Jake's a little hard to take, but I have to say... the oompa loompas make it worth a reread. :-) Also, Annis is gorgeous, and Jake is gobsmacked from the moment he lays eyes on her. That's got to count in his favor to some degree, doesn't it? Cyndihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736698086203251238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-55416348880538484842013-04-29T22:35:44.987-07:002013-04-29T22:35:44.987-07:00I never liked this one.
I don't like the cov...I never liked this one. <br /><br />I don't like the cover of the book at all. <br /><br />Hate the title. <br /><br />And I never liked Jake either!<br /><br />So there! <br /><br />Hah!<br /><br />B F. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-69106556387047113592013-04-29T12:11:44.911-07:002013-04-29T12:11:44.911-07:00All Else Confusion. I have always liked the story,...All Else Confusion. I have always liked the story, I have read it many times. Although I cannot say I like the ending very much. It all seems so contrived to me. So she flies to Naples. And instead of speaking tacheles right away...Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-76759279784129251082013-04-29T11:57:28.593-07:002013-04-29T11:57:28.593-07:00We were taking the dog for a walk this weekend and...We were taking the dog for a walk this weekend and my mom was enthusing about a clothes store (ladies & children) back in the 60s where the owner would call her when she expected a traveling salesman, and my mom could choose clothes straight from the salesman's catalogues. She fondly remembered a certain dress she bought there. "A <b>jersey dress</b>". <i>Betty A. could barely contain her mirth.</i> And right upon this thought followed another: the jersey dress she wore for my christening, dark with a little moss green in it and purple swirls. Very tight. The kind of dresses you could wear again these days she said.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.com