tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post3359231162993471267..comments2024-03-27T00:28:47.395-07:00Comments on A Bookish Libraria ~ The Bookish Dame Reviews: GIVEAWAY!! "Compulsively Mr. Darcy" by Nina BennetonDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318926277089882125noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-50042748095685194082012-05-17T20:33:52.145-07:002012-05-17T20:33:52.145-07:00Update: The winner is Patricia!!! Thanks, everyo...Update: The winner is Patricia!!! Thanks, everyone for entering this giveaway. This was an awesome book. Thanks for the entertainment, Nina!!!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318926277089882125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-35496690159430523682012-05-07T19:38:56.082-07:002012-05-07T19:38:56.082-07:00Dear Nina, my dream is to be a super spy ala Jason...Dear Nina, my dream is to be a super spy ala Jason Bourne and the cast of BBC's <i>Spooks</i> aka MI-5 in US. Secret Service agent? I'll have to think about getting naturalised first before becoming a full-fledged agent. Hehehe :PLúthien84https://www.blogger.com/profile/15390711363301378521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-78896126791363099542012-05-06T03:29:25.184-07:002012-05-06T03:29:25.184-07:00Oh Nina, I had to laugh out loud reading you comme...Oh Nina, I had to laugh out loud reading you comment! Thank you soo much, you just made my day! :D :)kaewinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12229678438948241191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-84669502082432206062012-05-05T10:08:23.089-07:002012-05-05T10:08:23.089-07:00Delicious Deb,
I know what you would be in my boo...Delicious Deb,<br /><br />I know what you would be in my book. You'll be Mother Superior Deborah, of course. <br /><br />You'll whip us all into shape and teach us all about the good books, not just THE GOOD BOOOK. You'll give Sister Hildebrandt a run for her pious money. You'll write about how you were corrupted by innocently picking up a book to review (because you were curious about the shoes on the cover) and then you got pulled into the author's madness.<br /><br />Okay, on my nightstand? Forgive me, I only see the books on my nightstand, but after your comment there, I had to go look to see what else. Hmm: Udder footcream to soften my dragon feet. Bottles and bottles of scented lotions my children gave me, a tweezer, a candle, and the pile of books. <br /><br />I will end with something from a Diane Ackerman's poem, 'Timed Talk':<br /><br />...timed talk is how we meet,<br />across the garden fence,<br />so to speak, where the borders<br />are fixed and the risks are weak,<br />provided timed talk is what we seek.<br /><br /><br />THANK YOU for having me on and letting me mess with your commenters.Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-42904312623353684192012-05-05T09:56:23.501-07:002012-05-05T09:56:23.501-07:00Kindly Kaewink,
Thank you for the plug!
See! ...Kindly Kaewink,<br /><br />Thank you for the plug! <br /><br />See! All good girls were raised to want to be nuns! We were brainswashed!<br /><br />I'm so glad you didn't become a nun. Sister Kaewink just doesn't give that warm and fuzzy feeling one associates with nuns (Yes, yes, we'll talk about that warm and fuzzy and nuns another time--if I get invited on another blog after this one).<br /><br />You'll be Professor Kaewink in my cosy mystery. The tall, statusque Valkerie who gives all us short, flat-chest, women envy--because not only do you teach old German language, but you know how to understand and decipher Arnold Schwarzenerger's accent. (Maria Shriver should have talked to you before she married him. I think he actually said, "I promise to love and honor you and your housekeeper!).<br /><br />Forgive me, I love the tabloids, can't you tell?Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-84629986889803280692012-05-05T09:42:58.525-07:002012-05-05T09:42:58.525-07:00Lovely, loveliest Luthien 84!
You are brilliant ...Lovely, loveliest Luthien 84! <br /><br />You are brilliant yourself! I'd say with a name like Luthien 84, you have to play the role of a femme fatale spy. You'd be the one who will take the US Secret Service Agency and their peccadillos down!!! And then you'd zip up to Patricia dot Mariani Esquire there and get her to represent you. <br /><br /> Thank you for stopping by and good luck!Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-74045752578108437242012-05-05T09:30:45.125-07:002012-05-05T09:30:45.125-07:00Perfectly Patricia Dot Mariani Esq.,
I have the ...Perfectly Patricia Dot Mariani Esq., <br /><br />I have the perfect role for you, Patricia Dot Mariani Esq., you are a sharp-eye lawyer a la Gloria Allred! (But much prettier, gentler, and kinder, though no less lethal!) Whenever a sister is dissed by the powerful and the famous, you're there to champion her rights. You'd take on a Tiger (because he's not a wolf--see Mary's book above, which mates for life!), a pizza king (why would Hermain Cain need that many women friends, I ask you?), and you'd love a chance to go at the the biggest pork-sausage, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (why should he be excused because he's a French man? Especially because he's a Frenchman, you'd say as you go to grill his Andouillette sausage on your George Forman)<br /><br />Say, you want the job?Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-71240199320823101192012-05-05T07:43:24.675-07:002012-05-05T07:43:24.675-07:00Mary!
As a former vegetarian, I'm not into r...Mary!<br /><br /> As a former vegetarian, I'm not into raw animal-flesh eating Mr. Darcy, I'd hesitated at picking up a book with Mr. Darcy as a werewolf, but, after you realized you've spawned Hannibal Lector and all things with Y chromosomes have this need to bite and eat flesh, I gave in and read your book. Your Mr. Darcy with all his fur was sexy and adorable. He was really just big misunderstood wolf, wasn't he? How could I resist getting beastial with a fictionalized werewolf Mr. Darcy?Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-81964363284426906632012-05-05T07:30:54.311-07:002012-05-05T07:30:54.311-07:00Deb,
I wasn't at RT convention, I wish. (My ...Deb,<br /><br /> I wasn't at RT convention, I wish. (My crit partner lives in Chicago.) I got interrupted in my precious, relaxing time replying time to comments yesterday. --<br />'Mom, it must be a chartreuse binder with front view for my science project. I need it now.' <br /> 'Mom, did I tell you I was invited to a birthday party an hour away, and can you drive me there and pick me up at ten?" <br />"Mom, my Comicon costume's not fitting.'<br /><br /> And from my wonderful Mr. Darcy, "Honey, I think I have a retinal detachment."<br /><br />Everyone's okay and taken care off, btw. <br />This is why I wake up at 4AM to get any quiet writing time, just about the time you go to bed, I see from your early AM posting.Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-29923690691104012802012-05-05T02:05:27.977-07:002012-05-05T02:05:27.977-07:00Sister Nina, You are still having "head rings...Sister Nina, You are still having "head rings" from that RT Convention, aren't you. Get some rest and check back with us later!! FOTFLDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318926277089882125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-26328260898153901692012-05-04T14:29:33.115-07:002012-05-04T14:29:33.115-07:00Darling DDCKnitt,
You're in the cosy mystery ...Darling DDCKnitt,<br /><br />You're in the cosy mystery genre! DD C. Knitt. Do you not think that's a great name for a cosy mystery character? What would you like to be?<br />Not victim. DD C. Knitt as a victim? Never! <br /><br />I'm thinking you'd be a shady character or the PI who's trying to steal the case.Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-65835621490112030562012-05-04T14:25:11.904-07:002012-05-04T14:25:11.904-07:00Carissima Chrissy Peebles,
Jackpot!!! With a na...Carissima Chrissy Peebles,<br /><br />Jackpot!!! With a name like Peebles, darling, you have got to play the role of a gorgeous girlfriend of someone in a story. You are FANTASTIC yourself for all those exclamation points!!!!!!<br /><br />Okay, I see the character as an adorable, bubbly SMART Legally Blonde-ish character in my next romantic comedy. People underestimate her because with a name like Peebles, they think she's a Chicklit girl, but she's really a Dystopia kinda girl underneath. <br /><br />Forgive me, Chrissy, I've just got back from a writing conference and I'm thinking in genres.Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-10778531033141297522012-05-04T14:14:21.821-07:002012-05-04T14:14:21.821-07:00Dearest Deborah Batterman,
Oh, my, for a woman...Dearest Deborah Batterman,<br /><br /><br /><br />Oh, my, for a woman with the last name of Batterman, you are not at all like your last name. You are kind, show good taste, and not foolish at all for using words like 'I'd be a fool' and 'delightful.' <br /><br />Thank you! I'd be a fool not to bend down and kiss your feet in gratitude. [Us debut authors are very Sally Field-esque, you understand. Are you old enough to remember her Oscar speech?]<br /><br />Batterman would make a great FBI character, don't you think? Or a bouncer? <br />Or, I could go against type and give your last name to a doddering gray-haired, birdwatching lady stressed about how in the world can Angelina take care of those six kids while being an ambassador to the United Nations? Not to mention keep Brad Pitts happy (Blech, who would want to? But I digressed...)Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-32196311378654324092012-05-04T14:02:46.771-07:002012-05-04T14:02:46.771-07:00Rhonda Lamozow
Thank you for stopping by.
Okay, ...Rhonda Lamozow<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by. <br />Okay, Rhonda,I love your last name and I'm going to have to borrow your last name for a character sometimes, if that's okay? I'm always on the lookout for good last names. <br /><br />As a writer, I have the hardest time with characters' names, especially secondary characters. That's why I wrote a Jane Austen novel. All the names were there there already. I did have to come up with the name of Elizabeth's ex-boyfriend, and Darcy's secretary. <br /><br /> I'm afraid I used this sweet secretary at my kids' school, Mrs. Ching. She's so sweet, even when she's just called and told me my son has bitten some kid, I didn't even feel more than a a GrandCanyon-size mortification for having spawned Hannibal Lecter junior. When I walked into the school office to wait for the principal, she smiled at me and welcome me as if I was Angelina Jolie coming to pick up Shiloh.<br /><br />Mrs. Ching would be perfect to deal with OCD Mr. Darcy, I figured.<br /><br />Hmm. My rambling here reminded me of a little vignette I wrote about Darcy's little monster getting called from the school. I have to dig that out.<br /><br />Oh dear, this is what you get for being first to comment. Hey, you don't get this kind of reply from the other normal authors, eh? But, hey, they didn't make Mr. Darcy OCD!Nina Bennetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513476873807734022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-17891062522587389902012-04-30T08:04:33.778-07:002012-04-30T08:04:33.778-07:00Thanks for the blog compliment! I'm pretty ps...Thanks for the blog compliment! I'm pretty psyched about it...I had help. :] Nina just loves these comments about her books. I'm going to unleash her on them! LOL Maybe give her her own post space this week!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318926277089882125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-17292499683216749112012-04-30T04:44:05.230-07:002012-04-30T04:44:05.230-07:00Fabulous book and a lovely interview! I thought of...Fabulous book and a lovely interview! I thought of becoming a nun too. Not a priest though :D.<br /><br />People, this is the funniest P&P modernization I have read so far!!<br /><br />(So please don´t enter me - I do have a copy!)<br /><br />Deb, I love you new webdesign, looks wonderful!!kaewinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12229678438948241191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-66922291861052809842012-04-29T10:48:49.791-07:002012-04-29T10:48:49.791-07:00I love the funny interview. Please enter me for th...I love the funny interview. Please enter me for the eBook copy since I'm international.<br /><br />I'm a GFC follower and Lúthien84 is my screen name. I also follow Nina's FB page. evangelineace2020(at)yahoo(dot)com<br /><br />Btw Deb, I thought FBI agent is Elinor Dashwood and not her sister Marianne. Colonel Brandon is ex-Secret Service Agent who is now working for Darcy. How I know this? I have read Nina's brilliant novel but don't own a copy yet.Lúthien84https://www.blogger.com/profile/15390711363301378521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-2755838650446845342012-04-29T03:05:16.796-07:002012-04-29T03:05:16.796-07:00Hey, Mary! No problem. I'm used to you poppi...Hey, Mary! No problem. I'm used to you popping in and talking to other authors on my blog. Nina wants to come chat with my readers. I'm about to unleash her...watch out, everybody!! Yikes!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318926277089882125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-57337690792406827682012-04-28T16:42:29.122-07:002012-04-28T16:42:29.122-07:00Follow via GFC as Patricia. Also follow via Netwo...Follow via GFC as Patricia. Also follow via Networked Blogs. And have liked Nina on FB. Count me in, I'd love to win this!<br /><br />patricia dot mariani dot esq at gmail dot comPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346859108596319721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-80552420205393210462012-04-27T17:15:16.413-07:002012-04-27T17:15:16.413-07:00P.S. Hi Deborah! Excuse my manners. I won't be...P.S. Hi Deborah! Excuse my manners. I won't be entering the giveaway. I am fortunate in having an autographed copy of Compulsively Mr. Darcy.Mary Simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400923132711871703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-71074035148456843742012-04-27T17:13:17.303-07:002012-04-27T17:13:17.303-07:00Nina, I've said this before, you're a hoot...Nina, I've said this before, you're a hoot! I wanted to be a nun until 7th grade when I developed my first crush. Thanks for the mention of my book. I hope you enjoy it. MaryMary Simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400923132711871703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-64181040771405126192012-04-27T17:06:31.737-07:002012-04-27T17:06:31.737-07:00I'm a follower ddcknitt(at)yahoo(dot)com. Than...I'm a follower ddcknitt(at)yahoo(dot)com. Thanks for the giveaway.DDCKnitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780180388292667236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-48281036515889305002012-04-27T14:04:07.741-07:002012-04-27T14:04:07.741-07:00I'm a follower. My e-mail address is alexandch...I'm a follower. My e-mail address is alexandchrissy(at)yahoo.com. Loved this interview and the book looks FANTASTIC!!!!!!Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695952903483800250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-58195464715909494922012-04-27T10:13:09.372-07:002012-04-27T10:13:09.372-07:00I'd be fool not to try to win a copy of this o...I'd be fool not to try to win a copy of this one . . .Sounds fantastic. And a delightful (priestly?) interview, indeed. I'm already a follower of yours, Deborah. Now I'm off to follow Nina.Deborah Battermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08323806344051047240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058694793380261511.post-72552449168390721962012-04-27T08:38:47.833-07:002012-04-27T08:38:47.833-07:00Rhonda Lomazow. Lomazowr@gmail.com. thanks for giv...Rhonda Lomazow. Lomazowr@gmail.com. thanks for giveaway .rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041238970309644107noreply@blogger.com