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| I volunteer as tribute. |
The closest thing to a tie was between Tulips for Augusta (That opening bit on the private ward is sublime.) and The Mistletoe Kiss (The winner).
| Wish With the Candles vs. | |
| The Mistletoe Kiss | |
| A Girl Named Rose vs. | |
| A Gentle Awakening | |
| The Magic of Living (bye) |
Now let's sail our ship into the icy waters of The Hocked Locket Bracket! Lots of interesting match-ups there but I hesitate to tell you who I am rooting for. Being a Tie-Breaker is a little like being Zeus, seated in rock-like repose on Mount Olympus (...with a braided beard. That's how I'm imagining it), ready to hurl thunderbolts on unsuspecting mortals.
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| Betty Keira was not going to take the elimination of her favorites lying down. |
A Christmas Romance
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Winter Wedding
Only By Chance
Fate is Remarkable vs.
bye--no contest this week
Wow, that was easy. 😊
Henrietta's Own Castle
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Matilda's Wedding?
Tempestuous April
HOC b/c I love that she's almost 30 and entirely independent and bakes bread in a tin saucepan. Yow. Adore Theodosia and what's-his-name, too, but it's a very short little bon-bon...
ADCT b/c of the blizzard. I love blizzards. Maggy's great, but Paul's a big doofus, though I won't complain about any of these. Or, not much.
The last two were coin tosses, and none of those four books make my top ten-or-thereabouts, I shouldn't think.
I like your topless toga look, Betty Keira.
Henrietta's Own Castle
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Matilda's Wedding
Only By Chance
Fate is Remarkable (bye)
This was an easy one for me. I love Theodosia and Gustavus AND Hugo, but it has to be eliminated at some point and at least it is up against a worthy opponent this week.
Confession time, dear Betties. I had very deliberately not read Winter Wedding although it has been on my shelves for 2 years, because it was my very last unread book of the Canon and I wanted to preserve that as long as possible. This, I decided, was the time. Prepare yourselves for blasphemy: I didn't love it. In fact, I actively disliked it and gave it only 2 stars on GR and ranked it in my bottom 10.
Here's my take on WW: quite a few of the RDDs are initially quite unpleasant to our PBNs. As we've discussed frequently, to merit forgiveness, they must either grovel sufficiently (or their behavior suggests future groveling, a la Radinck and Dominic) or they must perform a Grand Gesture (thinking of Waldo and Marius) to make up for it. IMO, Renier does neither. His sole kindness is to buy back her locket from the pawn shop. Plus, Emily is FAR too forgiving of Louisa's behavior. Again in my opinion, 18 isn't that young. I married at 18; countless young women are single mums by 18 and even these days, thankfully few of them drug their children so they can go out.
Well, Pam, if we had our way, Matilda would march down the aisle and straight into the next round...
DeleteI agree, Pam. Louisa isn't just a carefree teenager, she's a child abuser. I could not believe the way Emily kept making excuses for her. I'm sorry your last Betty was disappointing! I still have a few that I haven't read, partly because based on the reviews I don't think I'll like them, and partly because I just like the feeling that there are 2 or 3 out there that I haven't read. Like money in the bank.
DeleteBetty Barbara here, sighing in relief that "Mistletoe Kiss" made it through to another round. Now down to business--
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A Dream Came True
Matilda's Wedding
Only by Chance
Fate is Remarkable (bye)
Sorry, Betty Keira--while I voted for Winter Wedding in the earlier rounds, I just couldn't do it in this one. WW's crazysauce isn't enough to overcome my love for Matilda and Henry.
Henrietta's Own Castle
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Winter Wedding
Only By Chance
Fate is Remarkable
:O ducking down from possible thunderbolts... please please good and fair Zeus, be not evil, no gnashing of teeth, no smoting of mine head. Be thine kind and just and forgiving of we that are not worthy in thine eyes. *bow bow*, *genuflect genuflect*
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Henrietta's Own Castle
A Dream Came True
(OMG! REALLY!!?? How to decide, drumming fingers on table,
GEEEZE)...
Winter Wedding?
Only By Chance
Fate is, indeed, Remarkable
Henrietta's Own Castle
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Mathilda's Wedding
Tempestuous April
Fate is Remarkable
A Christmas Romance
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Winter Wedding
Only By Chance
Fate is Remarkable
Maggy vs Jemima was a close call but I just have to stand by an Araminta over an Olivia. Same for Theodosia vs Henrietta.
Is there somewhere where the meaning of Araminta, Olivia, Veronica, etc is spelled out? I get the gist, but would be interested to see the discussion. also I think I've figured out most of the acronyms (RDD, etc) but is there a list somewhere? newbie questions. :-)
DeleteBarbN, I'm not sure about here on the blog, but on the FB group main page, go to Files and look for the Welcome Basket document. It lists all the acronyms and shorthand terms.
DeleteHenrietta
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Matilda
Tempestuous April
I seem to like the ones with the heroine's name in the title- ha! Maggy vs. Jemima was hard, but Maggy is just so quintessential Betty.
Henrietta's Own Castle
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Winter Wedding
Only By Chance
Fate is Remarkable