| A Christmas Romance vs. | |
| Henrietta's Own Castle | |
| A Match for Sister Maggy vs. | |
| A Dream Came True | |
| Winter Wedding vs. | |
| Mathilda's Wedding | |
| Only By Chance vs. | |
| Tempestuous April | |
| Fate is Remarkable vs. | |
| bye--no contest this week |
The match-up was between Never Say Goodbye (which I hold in enormous affection. I am always dinging for Heaven is Gentle for being so dreary up in Scotland but this one goes to bleak Communist Poland and I am ALL IN for that The Amber Necklace of Unspoken Passion Resting Underneath the Twin-set of Stoicism.) and Matilda's Wedding (Which I gave the win to because of the plastic chamber pot she buys for the doctor's waiting room, because she has to shower at the pub during the village sickness, but mostly for that image of her sweeping rubbish in the wind on her front porch with a bit of sack tied around her waist as the doctor speeds by.)
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| Steve knew it was a crap shoot. Steve understands what you had to do. |
Another of the books it makes me really sad to see drop out is A Kiss for Julie which I have in large print. Because of this, I am not sure it hasn't made me super-biased. But I love the clothes she cobbles together and the projectile she hurtles at the head of an intruder. Good stuff. (Sniff. In happier news, Tillamook just came out with a special batch of Oregon Strawberry Lemonade. I'm going to polish off this gallon and get some more. I just looked at Dearest Mary Jane and can. not. with this.)
We're moving on to the final bracket of this round: The Imperiled Poppets Bracket (Round Two). There are some match-ups in there that suggest I start putting quantites of ice cream into food storage for the duration. Have fun!
Always and Forever
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Stars Through the Mist
The Convenient Wife
Tabitha In Moonlight
Cassandra By Chance
The Promise of Happiness
An Ideal Wife
Roses Have Thorns
N O O O O O O O O O ! ! !
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sniff, sniff
💔 You 💔 were 💔 saying? sniff, sniff
But, hey, this time three of my choices made it! That's 50% more than last time. 😊
I would like to thank Betty Sue for making me wonder how she managed to publish a smiley, er, crying face on blogger. 😺
DeleteThe Secret Pool
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The Hasty Marriage
The Convenient Wife
Uncertain Summer
Cassandra By Chance
The Promise of Happiness
Damsel in Green
Roses Have Thorns vs.
bye--no match this week
Some where so easy: The Hasty Marriage, The Promise of Happiness, Damsel in Green
Others were harder: The Little Dragon vs. The End of the Rainbow. TLD is funnier, more light-hearted, so even though I have loved TEotR ever since I first read it, this time my vote goes to the little 🐲
I Amabel-iever in justice. Which is why I could not vote Ffor Always and Fforever but had to go with The Secret Pool.
The most difficult choice was Polly vs. Cassandra. Arrrghhhhh! — tearing her hair out
I ♥ Polly! — And, yet, the first part of Cassandra is so totally awesome!
Polly & Sam or Cassandra & the Ogre? Arrrghhhhh!
You are so Ffunny, Betty Anonymous!
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DeleteAlways and Forever
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Stars Through the Mist
Discovering Daisy
Tabitha in Moonlight
Cassandra by Chance
The Promise of Happiness
Damsel in Green
Roses Have Thorns (bye)
This was an easy bracket for me and I can't foresee any heartache after the votes are tallied unless for some weird reason all the Betties suddenly decide Once For All Time is their favorite. *shudders at the thought*
I'm still bleeding from last week's voting. I can't believe everyBetty doesn't love Duert and Chrissy as much as I do. *sniff sniff*
I'm shocked too. Can't believe they are gone.
DeleteSecret Pool
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Hasty Marriage
Discovering Daisy
Tabitha in Moonlight
Cassandra by Chance
The Promise of Happiness
Damsel in Green
Roses Have Thorns (bye)
This was an easy one for me. Mostly no-brainer choices (Tabitha, Cassandra) and only two "Which was that one again?" choices to be made.
The Secret Pool
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The Hasty Marriage
Discovering Daisy
Uncertain Summer
Cassandra by Chance
Once For All Time
Damsel in Green
Roses Have Thorns
Betty Barbara here, happy to vote for all my favorites
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The End of the Rainbow
The Hasty Marriage
Discovering Daisy
Tabitha in Moonlight
Cassandra by Chance
The Promise of Happiness
Damsel in Green
Roses Have Thorns
Easy round for me. Which means I will probably be crying next week.
The Secret Pool
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The Hasty Marriage
Discovering Daisy
Tabitha in Moonlight
Cassandra by Chance
The Promise of Happiness
Damsel in Green
Roses Have Thorns
Fairly easy choices this week. I'll be sorry to see Polly go but she has no chance against Cassandra and many others at any stage, so it might as well be now.
I am afraid I am one of those who voted Duert and Chrissy out. I like them as a couple but Chrissy just doesn't hold up as a character for me. She takes too long to work out which brother she loves, and later in life (the next book) even though she was supposedly an excellent nurse she can't even cope with her own child's illnesses. I imagine her turning into a "poor little me" mother after Duert passes away and stops looking after her, and making her children's lives awful.
Betty Barb in Montana--my votes are almost identical to Betty Barb in Maryland, which made me oddly happy.
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End of the Rainbow
Hasty Marriage
Daisy
Tabitha
Polly
Promise of Happiness
Damsel
As far in as we are, I was surprised that this bracket wasn't harder. Secret Pool is too sloppily sentimental for me (although I don't dislike it), and I've already stated my case on Little Dragon. The only difficult one for me was Once for All time vs Promise of Happiness, both of which I love, both top dozen. *sheepishly admits* the way I decided was to match up with the other Betty Barb, although we disagree on Polly, which was the first one I read, vs Cassandra, which is "only" top 20 for me.
I'm happy to have been of service! Re: Polly--I totally understand a fond loyalty to one's first Betty book. Alas,I can no longer remember what mine was. The one that stuck in my mind for years and years (and prompted me to start re-reading TGB) was 'The End of the Rainbow'.
DeleteThe Secret Pool
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Stars Through the Mist
Discovering Daisy
Tabitha in Moonlight
Cassandra by Chance
The Promise of Happiness
An Ideal Wife
Roses Have Thorns
Thank You for doing this for us Bettys :)
A bit ouf of the subject, but I found this video on Youtube, of nurses in Britain in the 70s. Interesting to understand a bit further BN's world at that time.
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Thank you!
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