tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post4095210648754356082..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: The Most Marvelous Summer - RepriseBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-33992254273529446542012-04-21T14:41:31.268-07:002012-04-21T14:41:31.268-07:00Betty Mary, I have not found the cottage - yet. Fi...Betty Mary, I have not found the cottage - yet. Finding the passage in the book was easy - my notes were stashed between the next two pages. I memorized the itinerary, more or less - the doctors like to take the longer scenic routes. But I should have brought the book with me. The village, Stoke Fleming, is easy to find with Google Maps. But pink-washed thatched cottages...<br />Shortly before they get to the village the road passes between a lake on one side and the sea on the other. If you want to take a look at the scenery: Google Maps, "Torcross, United Kingdom" Street View (put the little yellow man somewhere on the A 379 between the lake (Slapton Ley) and the sea). Drive north if you like, he he he, and look around you.<br /><br />I have no problem with the title either. Matilda says something like it's a marvellous summer, and James says it's the most marvellous summer of his life.<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-60308791995113984422012-04-20T05:58:12.449-07:002012-04-20T05:58:12.449-07:00Betty Mary, I have not looked for the cottage. Hav...Betty Mary, I have not looked for the cottage. Haven't got the book with me, but maybe tonight I'll remember to look for the itinerary or any other clues to be had.<br />And you are absolutely right about John Tesh and Stephanie Powers.<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-69952073105663115052012-04-19T18:28:11.053-07:002012-04-19T18:28:11.053-07:00That map is a fascinating piece of history. Thanks...That map is a fascinating piece of history. Thanks for that. It was a fun exercise to see if James' home actually existed. Have you looked for the cottage by the sea? I don't remember the name of the town and Betty Ariel's reading the book right now so I can't grab it and look it up.<br /><br />I really enjoyed re-reading this TMMS. It was like the first time. I didn't remember this one at all, but not because it was boring, I just have a lousy book memory. Thus why I couldn't vote. No time to look all the books up and at least read the reviews. <br /><br />I also love the cover. The BDD is a major babe. Has a look of <a href="http://raleighphilosociety.blogspot.com/2010/10/john-tesh-being-expelled-from-ncsu.html" rel="nofollow">John Tesh</a>, only hotter. And Matilda is none other than <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/stefanie-powers" rel="nofollow">Stefanie Powers</a>.<br /><br />I have no issue with the title. It is quoting James here, btw. He says it in reply to Matilda's 'The has been a marvelous summer.' or some such.BettyMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676458096380002508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-27700706671709966952012-04-19T17:59:50.628-07:002012-04-19T17:59:50.628-07:00I found a very brief explanation of the BN Rosebow...I found <a href="http://www.romancewiki.com/RNA_Romance_Prize" rel="nofollow">a very brief explanation of the BN Rosebowl here</a>.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-62086905458812985782012-04-19T12:45:17.278-07:002012-04-19T12:45:17.278-07:00Betty Neels Rosebowl
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
A ...<a href="http://lizfielding.blogspot.de/2012/03/great-day-out.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Betty Neels Rosebowl</b></a><br /><br />Wednesday, March 07, 2012<br />A GREAT DAY OUT! <br /> <br />Harlequin Mills and Boon authors being taken out to lunch by their editors!<br />(Look for Sarah Mallory with the Betty Neels Rosebowl!)<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-60405597525356601382012-04-19T08:16:12.495-07:002012-04-19T08:16:12.495-07:00Betty Mary,
re: Is it possible that your Blenhiem ...Betty Mary,<br />re: <i>Is it possible that your Blenhiem could have once been connected to Orchard and St. James etc etc.?</i> No, it is not possible (I'll explain later).<br />You were on the right trail to "my" Blenheim Street. If you had kept going north on St. James's St, north on Albemarle St and then followed in the direction that street would have taken, had it not ended, (beeline fashion) you would have come straight to "my" Blenheim St (just south of Oxford Street). Then, if you go several blocks to the left (west) on Oxford St you will come to the Great Betty's Orchard Street with Wigmore St (<i>'Isn't that near Wigmore Street?'</i>) on its north-eastern corner. But no Blenheim St in sight. And there hasn't been one either, I've checked that. There were two other Blenheim Streets in London. If memory serves, they were renamed in 1909 and 1929, respectively. But they were elsewhere in London.<br />And "my" Blenheim "<i>could not have once been connected to Orchard and St. James</i>". I found an old map of London: <a href="http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/greenwoodpages/greenwoodnorth15a.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Christopher and John Greenwood's Map of London</b></a> ... from an Actual Survey made in the years 1824, 1825 and 1826<br />Published by the Proprietors, Greenwood, Pringle & Co., 13 Regent Street, Pall Mall, August 21, 1827<br />Just in case the link doesn't work:<br />http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/greenwoodpages/greenwoodnorth15a.html <br />If you scroll down until you see Portman Square (green) at the top of your screen (Orchard St on its south-eastern corner) and Grosvenor Square (bigger green) at the bottom, and then scroll a little to the right until Portman Sq is on the left, Grosvenor Sq in the middle, and you can read the word <b>O X F O R D</b> in its entirety on the street bisecting your screen.<br />Orchard St = to the north between the letters O + X<br />Blenheim St = to the south between the letters R + D (one block south of Oxford St and so short you will only see "Blen" at first, next to the word New of New Bond Street).<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-84258023027046026682012-04-18T14:27:49.264-07:002012-04-18T14:27:49.264-07:00Betty Anonymous I tried to find the London house o...Betty Anonymous I tried to find the London house on Google maps too, but I gave up (ran out of goof off time) before you! I followed the directions Betty gave on pg 131 and after going from Millbank, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square to Pall Mall to St. James St. I lost the trail. I hadn't seen the address two pages earlier or I might have found something. I just figured in the 20 years of so since the book that Orchard Road disappeared and the mews got built on.<br /><br />Is it possible that your Blenhiem could have once been connected to Orchard and St. James etc etc.?BettyMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676458096380002508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-81520776536569407162012-04-17T23:33:36.329-07:002012-04-17T23:33:36.329-07:00Oh, I like that street.
It looks like a fun plac...Oh, I like that street. <br /><br />It looks like a fun place to explore. <br /><br />Betty FrancescaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-73624769481660494842012-04-17T16:11:12.024-07:002012-04-17T16:11:12.024-07:00I liked your link Betty Anon. What a clean little ...I liked your link Betty Anon. What a clean little street, but....don't know about that bistro "L'amour Encore", sounds a little Parisian-Brightonian.....<br /><br />wink wink nudge nudge - say no more say no more..<br /><br />Betty von SusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-40750754473391955472012-04-17T13:32:51.555-07:002012-04-17T13:32:51.555-07:00Rats. The link is too long for blogger, I suppose....Rats. The link is too long for blogger, I suppose.<br />http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=Blenheim+Street&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Blenheim+St,+Westminster,+London+W1S+1,+United+Kingdom&layer=c&cbll=51.514016,-0.146681&panoid=loQGJT_SQLe4lPVnrlXwvQ&cbp=13,218.69,,0,2.27&source=embed&ll=51.511774,-0.146685&spn=0.008013,0.042057&z=14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-63273811873116483742012-04-17T13:29:39.270-07:002012-04-17T13:29:39.270-07:00Blenheim Street<a rel="nofollow">Blenheim Street</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-8875188465218991442012-04-17T13:26:58.946-07:002012-04-17T13:26:58.946-07:00When I saw that we actually got an actual address ...When I saw that we <b>actually</b> got an <b>actual</b> address for the RBD's home I knew it could not be for real.<br /><i>'... Whereabouts in London, Mr Scott-Thurlow?' 'Near Piccadilly and Oxford Street. Just off Orchard Street.' 'Isn't that near Wigmore Street?' 'Yes. <b>Fifteen Blenheim Street</b>. Your father has the address and the phone number.'</i><br /><br />Off Orchard Street, I thought, would have to be somewhere behind Marks & Spencer or Selfridges. Tonight I looked it up. Much to my surprise, I <b>actually</b> found a <a rel="nofollow">Blenheim Street</a> in London, just off New Bond Street. But it is certainly not the street described in the book. I thought it all pretty funny. So I will just have to imagine a nice little street somewhere behind Marks & Spencer, the Aramintalivias' favourite place for buying wooly jumpers...<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-31219345388470415462012-04-17T09:37:10.708-07:002012-04-17T09:37:10.708-07:00Betty Barbara here--
I have a fondness for this bo...Betty Barbara here--<br />I have a fondness for this book. I really like Matilda-she doesn't take any guff from James. She even calls him on his snide 'helping lame dogs' remark. Go Matilda!<br />It was no hardship at all to re-read this one for this reprise.Barb in Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374278685536530837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-89780236883046221862012-04-16T20:16:59.576-07:002012-04-16T20:16:59.576-07:00Ah, but if you like hot, sunny and dry, EASTERN Wa...Ah, but if you like hot, sunny and dry, EASTERN Washington state may be just your cup of tea!! With about 300 sunny days a year, and just 8 inches of rain, we rank the about the same as Albuquerque New Mexico!<br /><br />Apart from that minor quibble, I love this review!<br /><br />Betty Laurelopramumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576604368249554678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-75257655435493632012-04-16T12:59:55.588-07:002012-04-16T12:59:55.588-07:00Oops. I mouse-touch-padded Conquering the World ou...Oops. I mouse-touch-padded Conquering the World out of my comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-28434815613042057812012-04-16T12:55:55.953-07:002012-04-16T12:55:55.953-07:00Not that it makes one iota of a difference to your...Not that it makes one iota of a difference to your argument, but it was not his profile that decided the matter for her but when he looked back at her across the aisle. (Sorry, little me splitting hairs again.)<br /><br />In terms of style, this volume has a lot of those lovely Neelsian moments that you come to look for in her books.<br /><br />(In terms of style, this review was a splendid example of our Founding Betty's penmanship!!!)<br /><br />Almost at the very beginning of the book there were moments where the Great Betty's words seemed to be simple and straightforward but as I read on my understanding of them proved to have been faulty. When they return from church Matilda is "running into the kitchen to help her mother dish up the Sunday dinner." (Hope I'm quoting correctly.) And I think, great time management, home from church and their dinner is ready to be served. But then her mother tells her to put on the apples for the sauce. In my mind's eye I see the apples - peeled, cored and cut - in a saucepan with a little water perhaps (and a little lemon juice to keep them from browning) ready to be put on the stove. (And I think the sauce will be warm still when served - would I prefer the apple sauce to be cold?) But I had it wrong again. Matilda then starts peeling the apples munching at the cores in between. (Query: when you peel and cut apples for apple sauce<br /><br />Oh, my God. I am looking at and there is someone from <b>Markham, Ontario</b>. This is so exciting! The last time I was in Markham, many years ago, I spent the last few days of my vacation at the community library reading Betty Neels!<br /><br />do you have a core left to nibble on?) So, when the Great Betty writes Matilda is running to help dish up the Sunday dinner there seem to be a lot of "public transport minutes" (do I have that right, Betty Magdalen) still to be got through before the family can actually sit down for their meal.<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-55933146581964468192012-04-16T10:47:55.780-07:002012-04-16T10:47:55.780-07:00I like Matilda's confidence and competence, wh...I like Matilda's confidence and competence, which harken back to TGB's 70s nursing heroines. In the 90s, there were a few who were assertive beyond the point of what is pleasing -- Ms. Bowen, I did not name you specifically, though it's telling you would take exception...<br /><br />I'm not a big fan of "love" at first sight. Attraction, okay, "he'd be worth getting to know better," certainly, but, "Sigh. I've found the perfect companion for the next three to six decades and ideal father for my children -- I can just tell from his profile," is a bit goofy for me.<br /><br />Otherwise, really enjoy this one. Great family, good dialogue, all the classic Neels elements that make the reading fun.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.com