tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post1785174728271093865..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: Damsel In Green--RepriseBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-48964717007455733062013-02-17T11:23:10.175-08:002013-02-17T11:23:10.175-08:00Book Rating — if in doubt, there is a tab at the t...Book Rating — if in doubt, there is a tab at the top of the page.<br /><br />And besides that we have Betty van den Betsy's post:<br /><a href="http://everyneelsthing.blogspot.de/2012/09/betty-by-numbers-founding-bettys-ratings.html" rel="nofollow">Betty by the Numbers: The Founding Bettys’ Ratings</a>.<br /><br />My own ratings read exactly like yours, "It's one of my (top) favourites."<br /> Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-28660536136717838282013-02-16T19:11:16.788-08:002013-02-16T19:11:16.788-08:00I loved this book -- you're all calling them s...I loved this book -- you're all calling them something tied to the Brady Bunch, but when George got the piano and they were all singing, I expected her to tear down the curtains and make matching outfits -- they were a lot more Von Trapp than Brady, IMHO.<br /><br />George was a little dense for me when it came to Julius. Then again, I probably would have been likewise at 23. :) I had no trouble with her willingness to serve -- some people have a servant's heart and some don't. George did. <br /><br />The scene in Holland when she made the rounds of the kids with Julius was like a little foretaste of their life together. Found it lovely.<br /><br />Since I can never remember the rankings here at TUJD, I'll just say it's one of my favorites and one I can go back and reread often.Janet Lingel Aldrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633969913976791146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-73388778379843163882012-03-17T06:26:58.084-07:002012-03-17T06:26:58.084-07:00What is missing in my copy is the y in van den Ber...What is missing in my copy is the <b>y</b> in van den Berg Eyffert. It is Effert in <i>A Small Slice of Summer</i>.<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-77648739267499230572012-03-17T06:15:32.784-07:002012-03-17T06:15:32.784-07:00Betty JoDee, when reading your comment yesterday I...Betty JoDee, when reading your comment yesterday I couldn't believe that little Beatrix had been missing from the <b>Van-den-Berg Bunch</b> in <i>A Small Slice of Summer</i>, so when I returned home I picked up my copy of it and checked at the most likely places: Dalmers Place (George's birthday party) and Bergenstijn (the family vacation) and found Beatrix on several pages (hope I have memorized them correctly): 94, 99, 101, 109, 169 (M&B Collector's Edition, 220 pages). I stopped after finding her on page 169. It has to be said, though, that whatever she had to say was not for us to read.<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-25236851863359110952012-03-16T18:12:43.922-07:002012-03-16T18:12:43.922-07:00Party of Three. I actually chose Small Slice as m...Party of Three. I actually chose <i>Small Slice</i> as my BIL's entree to the World of Betty (and, he assures, his exit as well -- didn't hate it, but doesn't feel a need to re-read it 134 times).Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-88506295899865019272012-03-16T11:59:40.828-07:002012-03-16T11:59:40.828-07:00That'll be Party of Two.
Betty AnonymousThat'll be Party of Two.<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-40593965220717092052012-03-16T00:04:25.961-07:002012-03-16T00:04:25.961-07:00A lovely story, which I read after "Small Sli...A lovely story, which I read after "Small Slice of Summer" which, color me Party of One, but I *adored*!<br />even more than DIG.wankettehttp://www.threedonia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-80523638655325969482011-09-26T05:58:53.463-07:002011-09-26T05:58:53.463-07:00I really, really love this book. I think George i...I really, really love this book. I think George is adorable from start to finish and have no qualms about Julius falling from the moment he saw her taking care of his baby cousin. And Julius....(fanning myself)....tries hard to play by the rules. He doesn't sweep her off her feet without giving her the chance to see what she is taking on--a man of integrity.<br /><br />I love the part about wearing her uniform. Very plausible why she doesn't understand (and the reader has to catch on as well). Remember that she works like a dog because she is being paid as a nurse--wearing uniform--and much of the work is self-imposed. Julius tries to get her free time to no avail from her part because they are already functioning as a family (translate: mother figure gets no uninterrupted potty breaks--oops, I just channeled my own life...).<br /><br />I read <i>A Small Slice of Summer</i>, aka <i>My Malibu Barbie Summer</i> before I had read this one. So much more fun reading them back-to-back. Except Beatrix, for being around five years old in <i>DIG</i>, seems to have disappeared from the daily life of the family by <i>ASSofS</i>--the English half must have sent the Dutch half to boarding school.<br /><br />Lashings of whipped cream from me....(whipped cream and Julius....uh, nevermind).Betty JoDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552570070311742671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-52107549675011796692011-09-26T01:51:21.667-07:002011-09-26T01:51:21.667-07:00Funny review
I liked this book, George was bit ove...Funny review<br />I liked this book, George was bit overly compliant but Neelsdom repeatedly shows that primary child care, nursing, tour guiding, master chefing, translation and clerical work are all really the same job. Cinder-f'ing-ella duty.<br /><br />I do love how George gets to have Julius and Karel panting after her. Love jealousy in the main hero, especially when there is a true rival (boyish) attraction. This is much better rather a standard 'oh, that other boy really only dated boring me because he has a pretty fiance in New Zealand/Timbuktu to talk about'.<br /><br />But this book is cringeworthy when Georgina wears her Nana's ring and implies that she is engaged. It's the mortification I can't get over and that Julius knows she pretended. I get cold shivers imaging him holding it over her at twentieth anniversary parties.<br /><br />Giggling also at the thought that one day a Neel's heroine suddenly stands up for herself and files an expensive harassment suit for inappropriate relations in the workplace and the abuse of employer/employee relations. Finally heroine wins large settlement and ends up in a cougar marriage. Betty Blaze <br />Betty AnhkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-79779462838545153182011-09-25T10:29:51.520-07:002011-09-25T10:29:51.520-07:00Like this book, love the convivial family... oddly...Like this book, love the convivial family... oddly when I imagine Dahlmers Place in this (very wintery) it looks completely different than Dahlmers Place in Slice of Summer. Can't imagine them as the same house... weird, I know, and evidently no cure.<br /><br />Haricot Verts -- green beans!!!!!! XO Betty IlanaIlanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300942046140361809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-28332129732404452742011-09-22T19:25:36.201-07:002011-09-22T19:25:36.201-07:00Okay, I finally finished my reread. I liked it a l...Okay, I finally finished my reread. I liked it a lot. It was long but when you like a bunch of people you don't mind hanging out with them.<br /><br />Julius was pretty much perfect in my book until he took a jump off stupidity mountain. What the heck was he thinking, first to believe George's mournful NURSING IS MY LIFE baloney. Anyone who is that ate up with her career would not go off to wilds of Deb's den for months. ( That's near my cousin. Which ones my cousin? Thax Ted).<br />And then to invite a women you told your teen ward that you were done with! It's dangerous to lie to 16 year olds. Take it from a lady who's now raising #6.<br />But the story did need a little drama, so we get Wanda-thin (oh wait that was the last book, send Wanda back to Timmy and Cosmo). <br />Anti-Saint Therese and her LIES, VILE LIES. <br />Why would the guy who sighs about heaving bosoms give this chick a second chance so she can kill his Darling Girls. But just in time he shows up. Was the lunch with Wanda-thin a lie too. We never find out how he was able to get there JUST IN THE NICK.<br />Any way, I liked it, I really really liked it.BettyMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676458096380002508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-47575831048805503732011-09-22T18:33:32.047-07:002011-09-22T18:33:32.047-07:00Yes, she does. Although I haven't read Damsel...Yes, she does. Although I haven't read Damsel in Green yet, I did read the "continuation" in Small Slice of Summer.Betty Luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634519999898307583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-30672903516454152302011-09-22T18:08:20.430-07:002011-09-22T18:08:20.430-07:00I like this story. At least Julius has a reason f...I like this story. At least Julius has a reason for not sweeping George off her feet immediately, and I love the fact that in spite of, or perhaps because of, losing all those assorted parents, they're really very devoted to each other. :-) I think George has one of the better chances for an HEA in Neeldom. <br />:-)Cyndihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736698086203251238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-8374601851294993782011-09-22T08:45:06.921-07:002011-09-22T08:45:06.921-07:00Dear Betty Keira,
On page 31 of my M&B Collect...Dear Betty Keira,<br />On page 31 of my M&B Collector's Edition Ned, the Casualty Officer, after being asked repeatedly "Who is he?" informs George (and us). And we learn that the Dutch Professor Julius van den Berg Eyffert specializes in ANAESTHETICS.<br />I adore your blog.Keep up the good work.<br />Betty Anonymous from GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com