tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post2924030676637519511..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: The Betty of BettysBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-48086853942808182412017-08-29T00:56:47.543-07:002017-08-29T00:56:47.543-07:00I can't stop at five so here are my top 10 Bet...I can't stop at five so here are my top 10 Betty books:<br /><br />1/2 Fate Is Remarkable and Once for All Time I love them both so very much that I can't possibly pick one over the other.<br /><br />3 Christmas Romance My first and still dearly loved Betty<br />4 Dearest Love<br />5 Only by Chance<br />6 Saturday's Child<br />7 Ordinary Girl<br />8 Mistletoe Kiss<br />9 Roses Have Thorns (darling portly Charles)<br />10 Cassandra by Chance<br /><br />Mind you, The Promise of Happiness, A Girl to Love, The Convenient Wife, Matilda's Wedding, and Heaven Is Gentle are all in a tie with Cassandra by Chance so that they are all in the top 10. :)<br /><br />Why? They all have moments that take my breath away.<br /><br />Betty AnoninTX<br /><br />PS In the US, all Betty books are now available for the Kindle except A Christmas Romance and The Proposal. Just FYI.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-52663973010523696842017-08-28T20:54:28.652-07:002017-08-28T20:54:28.652-07:00my top five rotate around based on which ones I...my top five rotate around based on which ones I've read most recently. Besides PoH, there's Henrietta's Own Castle, Tabitha in Moonlight, Tulips for Augusta, Gentle Awakening, Dearest Mary Jane, Discovering Daisy-- all rotate in and out of the top five for me. I had better stop or I'll end up listing twenty (Course of true Love, Two Weeks to Remember, Philomena's Miracle...). <br /><br />Probably if forced to pick just one it would be Henrietta, which I just re-read last week, so maybe that's the only reason. So often Betty heroines get mad about things that don't make sense to me (she bubbled with rage because he said the dress looked nice instead of she looked nice.... whaaaat??? that is just not something that would even irritate me, let alone make me bubble with rage) or they don't get mad about things I would get mad about. Henrietta's reactions all make sense to me, so maybe that's why. <br /><br />My two least faves are easy-peasy: Right Kind of Girl and Independent Woman.BarbNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-51664573203803118302017-08-26T05:47:00.788-07:002017-08-26T05:47:00.788-07:00Betty by the arrows is amazing!Betty by the arrows is amazing!leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904136993500502678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-9376079302225875872017-08-24T13:05:46.690-07:002017-08-24T13:05:46.690-07:00I just remembered: Becky and Tiele from The Promis...I just remembered: Becky and Tiele from <b>The Promise of Happiness</b> reappear in one of my other top three titles, <b>Caroline's Waterloo</b>.<br /><br />Cross-over characters: <br />see Betty van den Betsy's flowchart <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dgKrcwRxHvf_-PyL4DjTR5i6c_VvPcnSSUGYxV01J5k/edit#slide=id.p13" rel="nofollow"><b>Betty by the Arrows</b></a>Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-14651304442668911792017-08-24T07:55:33.443-07:002017-08-24T07:55:33.443-07:00I liked that very much. 'Made answer to my wor...I liked that very much. 'Made answer to my word', 'the wandering moon'. She has a gift for expressing longing.Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-49031263381136980252017-08-24T07:53:58.231-07:002017-08-24T07:53:58.231-07:00Sometimes I have a hard time picturing things too....Sometimes I have a hard time picturing things too. (Specifically Laura's wedding turban from The Hasty Marriage. I can't imagine it looking just right.) Betty Denise keeps a sweet Pinterest board that she has to file away those visual clues you mention. Here's a link: https://www.pinterest.com/denisegrimes35/all-things-betty-neels-then-some/Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-32533090353450100572017-08-24T07:49:15.033-07:002017-08-24T07:49:15.033-07:00An Old-Fashioned Girl is right up there in my top ...An Old-Fashioned Girl is right up there in my top picks too. I like the snow drifts and the flowers she sets out for him that he can't help but notice. Discovering Daisy is a really strong showing for a book written so late and the couple are so right for each other.Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-3154848219861402202017-08-24T07:23:30.998-07:002017-08-24T07:23:30.998-07:00I don't have a Top Five, but thought perhaps s...I don't have a Top Five, but thought perhaps some of you "Romantic Betties" might enjoy this short poem. Shy heroines such as Caroline (a.k.a. Caro) and Gold Medalist Rose Comely (who are secretly romantic at heart) come to mind; Anne Elliot of Jane Austen's "Persuasion," as well.<br /><br />---<br />Somewhere or Other<br /><br />BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (1830-1894)<br /><br />Somewhere or other there must surely be <br />The face not seen, the voice not heard, <br />The heart that not yet—never yet—ah me! <br />Made answer to my word. <br /><br />Somewhere or other, may be near or far; <br />Past land and sea, clean out of sight; <br />Beyond the wandering moon, beyond the star <br />That tracks her night by night. <br /><br />Somewhere or other, may be far or near; <br />With just a wall, a hedge, between; <br />With just the last leaves of the dying year <br />Fallen on a turf grown green. <br />---<br /><br />--Anonymous Betty Lea in KYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-41104079756658878842017-08-23T19:12:31.856-07:002017-08-23T19:12:31.856-07:00Visual clues please! If the books had photos woul...Visual clues please! If the books had photos would the Neels' doctors, professors, etc. look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, a member of the Dutch Olympic swim team or (please!) Colin Firth? Sometimes reading her descriptions of massively built men I think of the Hulk (just less green). How tall is tall and what is massive? Is hooded eyes an appreciative comment or a slight medical description. How is he able to doctor w/ half-closed eyes?<br />Even knowing that the books are stuck in an older time period, what do these dressed so beautifully described on shopping trips look like? Long, tight sleeves, high necks, wide belts, many patterned dresses. Eternally stylish like Audrey Hepburn of more Church lady w/ an expensive dress allowance?<br />These questions are asked with love but the visual is wavy & I have not even started to wonder about those multicolored tweeds! If this has been covered before, please point me to the SEARCH button or the archives. Thanks.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650594569891911789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-16195299478862832142017-08-23T14:33:40.549-07:002017-08-23T14:33:40.549-07:00It's so hard to pick just 5. These are my old ...It's so hard to pick just 5. These are my old friends who I turn to when I need to get back into Betty's world<br /><br />Waiting for Deborah<br />Dearest Mary Jane<br />Only By Chance<br />A Girl To Love<br />An Old Fashioned Girl<br /><br />Waiting in the wings are<br />Discovering Daisy<br />A Valentine for Daisy<br />Cassandra by Chance<br />Winter Wedding from A Betty Neels Christmas<br /><br />I do love how Betty uses the same names over and over. Like an big extended family.Shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807876444563019161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-64371449211435601462017-08-23T08:09:08.442-07:002017-08-23T08:09:08.442-07:00My top five would be
Damsel In Green/Blow Hot Blo...My top five would be<br /><br />Damsel In Green/Blow Hot Blow Cold<br />Tabitha In Moonlight<br />Never Say Goodbye<br />Henrietta's Own Castle<br />A Dream Camp True<br /><br />It's so hard for me to put these in order because I love them all. There are only a couple that are at the bottom of my list that I don't read often and I rotate the others over and over. I love her heroines......they never give up. I think that is why I love her books so much.<br /><br />I also want to thank you Betty Keira for putting this together and for all your hard work. I had so much fun and I enjoyed reading all the comments from fellow Betty fans. I would be interested in knowing the top books in the last book contest. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466617103054396020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-2138481742235010952017-08-23T07:31:13.896-07:002017-08-23T07:31:13.896-07:00One of my snowed-in choices would be An Old-Fashio...One of my snowed-in choices would be An Old-Fashioned Girl, especially if I were in Norfolk. ;) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482978787962766835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-28810363982559425212017-08-22T21:51:39.038-07:002017-08-22T21:51:39.038-07:00I bet no-one would ever guess that Saturday's ...I bet no-one would ever guess that Saturday's Child is the top of my list!<br /><br />If I had to choose five Betties today to tide me over a week of being snowed in in a remote Scottish lodge, I would choose:<br />Saturday's Child<br />A Dream Came True (naturally, if only for the emergency advice)<br />Tangled Autumn, with its ancient title wrapped around it like a cloak<br />Discovering Daisy, because I have to have something...<br />and Hannah, because Oom Valentijn.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096491492217425637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-83486860185759691882017-08-22T20:13:27.313-07:002017-08-22T20:13:27.313-07:00Yay...whichever way I list promise of happiness is...Yay...whichever way I list promise of happiness is always first. I do not find anything disagreeable in it vs the nasty reilof, the too long to get there date is remarkable, Caroline of the 'donkey' fame..you get the drift? It also has another feather on its cap as the only betty my DH has read and loved :-)ash_rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521464503579931882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-63663407587693177272017-08-22T14:55:56.377-07:002017-08-22T14:55:56.377-07:00My top 3 are pretty firm:
The Promise of Happiness...My top 3 are pretty firm:<br />The Promise of Happiness<br />Caroline's Waterloo<br />Dearest Mary Jane/Sister Peters - tied for 3rd<br /><br />But after that it gets more difficult. <br /><br />Fate is Remarkable<br />Cassandra By Chance<br />Not Once But Twice<br />A Gentle Awakening<br />Tabitha in Moonlight<br />Henrietta's Own Castle<br />The Magic of Living<br /><br />would round out the top 10, but the order of those will jump around a bit, depending on which ones I've read most recently.<br /><br />It has been so much fun to hear everyone's opinions about their favorite books. I'm never going to love The Hasty Marriage or Winter Wedding, but I love hearing from Betties who do love those. It would be a dull world indeed if we all liked the same things!<br /><br />Thank you so much, Betty Keira, for these very enjoyable weeks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482978787962766835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-17968152562290377192017-08-22T13:58:47.028-07:002017-08-22T13:58:47.028-07:00I've always liked A Gentle Awakening but I thi...I've always liked A Gentle Awakening but I think I've come to appreciate it much more as so many Betties have told me why they like it. Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-65230514634844770182017-08-22T13:04:21.028-07:002017-08-22T13:04:21.028-07:00dancing a little jig 💃
My Top Three
The Promise ...<i>dancing a little jig</i> 💃<br /><br /><b>My Top Three</b><br />The Promise of Happiness<br />The Hasty Marriage<br />Caroline's Waterloo<br /><br /><b>Runners up</b><br />Not Once But Twice<br />Winter Wedding<br />Small Slice of Summer<br />Sister Peters in Amsterdam<br />...<br /><br />The order shifts and there are other great stories that climb up into the top rangs.<br /><br />This has been so much fun the second time around. Thank you again, Betty Keira!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-57808640421989930502017-08-22T12:14:07.510-07:002017-08-22T12:14:07.510-07:00Betty Barbara here--
My top 5 order shifts as my m...Betty Barbara here--<br />My top 5 order shifts as my mood shifts, but usually contains:<br /><br />The Promise of Happiness<br />The Mistletoe Kiss<br />Roses Have Thorns<br />End of the Rainbow<br />and then--Tabitha in Moonlight or Matilda's Wedding or Dearest Love. I must say that A Gentle Awakening had somehow slipped off my radar until this tournament brought it back to my attention. Now I find it hard to believe I ever lost track of it. I continue to love The Hasty Marriage and Henrietta's Own Castle.<br /><br />Thank you Betty Keira for all your hard work. I certainly had fun and hope all my fellow Bettys did too.Barb in Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374278685536530837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-41222098331102498572017-08-22T11:47:54.270-07:002017-08-22T11:47:54.270-07:00My top three are pretty constant:
!. The Promise ...My top three are pretty constant:<br /><br />!. The Promise of Happiness<br />2. The Magic of Living<br />3. Dearest Love<br /><br />and usually in that order too. But for my other favorites, they do indeed shift with the sands. Tabitha in Moonlight is right up there, as is Henrietta's Own Castle and Esmeralda. Pineapple Girl, even with my intense dislike of the hero. Winter Wedding, with the Seconal twins. Caroline's Waterloo, despite (or is it because of?) the donkey comment. An Apple for Eve, because of the tipsy heroine scenes (I don't think that ever happened in another Betty). The Secret Pool because it was just so sad, but oh so well written. And the Gemel Ring, which despite being the lowest rated book on the blog, is one I have a great fondness for. Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14918417021606182361noreply@blogger.com