tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post3337330189522631393..comments2023-07-13T06:32:12.819-04:00Comments on First Impressions: The Writings of Author Alexa Adams: The Intrigue at Highbury by Carrie BebrisAlexa Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-18777030193522466582010-03-09T16:15:23.586-05:002010-03-09T16:15:23.586-05:00Hi Meredith! Yes, that hint about being persuadabl...Hi Meredith! Yes, that hint about being persuadable was tantalizing, wasn't it? I thought you employed ample clarity and insight in your own review - it certainly increased my anxiety to get my hand on the book!Alexa Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-70581837049132121982010-03-09T16:06:53.547-05:002010-03-09T16:06:53.547-05:00I am so very glad you enjoyed this book as much as...I am so very glad you enjoyed this book as much as I did, Alexa! And your review is so intelligent and concise, there seems nothing rushed or neglected about it! You expressed exactly how I felt about the book, but with much more clarity and insight! <br /><br />Didn't you just love the epilogue?Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07081700715706497061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-66416148146488616742010-03-09T13:30:42.141-05:002010-03-09T13:30:42.141-05:00If I decreased the amount hatred you are suffering...If I decreased the amount hatred you are suffering from, I feel like I have indeed accomplished a good deed.Alexa Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-63176734732031889892010-03-09T12:10:51.297-05:002010-03-09T12:10:51.297-05:00Indeed. I'm always saddened to meet the type ...Indeed. I'm always saddened to meet the type of Janeite who thinks they should follow after Austen's darker impulses, rather than the mature, kinder, intelligently sympathetic ones.<br /><br />And your recommendation puts this book of Bebris' back on the "might read at some point" list. Before today, they were on "HATE HATE DISLIKE DOES NOT WANT never read again ibmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914380316134426353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-439197195707889522010-03-09T10:59:52.107-05:002010-03-09T10:59:52.107-05:00How very inhospitable! I keep getting in to troubl...How very inhospitable! I keep getting in to trouble because of my assumption that all Austen fans are superior creatures. It is always disheartening when they prove otherwise.<br /><br />As for being the Darcy's second, I will reemphasize what I said in the post, that the Knightley's have a much larger role in this book than any of Austen's other characters are given in the earlier Alexa Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-24571742300646784922010-03-09T08:56:31.958-05:002010-03-09T08:56:31.958-05:00Sort of. I posted a couple things that irritated ...Sort of. I posted a couple things that irritated one of the mods, and she sent me a long email blasting me for being a lazy, rude young dude. Then they were doing the first Bebris book, and I was really upset at the mysticism (I was seventeen) and PMed the head mod to ask if I could talk about religion just once, and she emailed me a long PM blasting me for being a evil evil poster. Add to ibmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914380316134426353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-42471773038649256052010-03-09T07:44:47.745-05:002010-03-09T07:44:47.745-05:00ibmiller - Were you really kicked out of Pemberely...ibmiller - Were you really kicked out of Pemberely.com? I would love to hear that story.<br /><br />I have avoided Barron's books because I think I wont like them, so I can't fairly compare them to Bebris' work, but this volume, as I said in the post, has none of those odd spiritual moments/explanations that mark the other books, which is one of the reasons I prefer it to its Alexa Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-65616854615489152242010-03-09T00:24:59.239-05:002010-03-09T00:24:59.239-05:00Mmmm. I had a really bad first impression (hah) o...Mmmm. I had a really bad first impression (hah) of the first book in the series, it being among many other reasons the impetus for me to leave/get kicked out of Pemberley.com. So I've not continued further. The specific elements I objected to were, first and foremost, the rather obnoxious, areligiously presented (whether Austen was explicitly so, she was very much a clergyman's ibmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914380316134426353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-3021770571889208522010-03-08T19:30:48.491-05:002010-03-08T19:30:48.491-05:00Hi Maria. It's worthwhile reading the entire s...Hi Maria. It's worthwhile reading the entire series, as you probably didn't get the references to previous books (though they are not essential to the plot). All are fun, but this was certainly my favorite so far.Alexa Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086472405632748174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589226281542951200.post-9911967084894833652010-03-08T15:09:24.708-05:002010-03-08T15:09:24.708-05:00This was my first Mr & Mrs Darcy Mystery and I...This was my first Mr & Mrs Darcy Mystery and I found it a delightful reading. I couldn't put it down either and read it in a couple of days.Maria Graziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.com