tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post2858254042272393922..comments2024-03-25T07:25:47.059+00:00Comments on Babblings of a Bookworm : A Short Period of Exquisite Felicity, By A. D’Orazio - Blog Tour - Review and GiveawayCerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-45570841789346899262018-03-03T19:11:42.185+00:002018-03-03T19:11:42.185+00:00Thank you so much for your comment, Luthien, I alw...Thank you so much for your comment, Luthien, I always try not to include spoilers so I am happy to think I have succeeded!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-50619853430448001032018-03-03T19:10:50.779+00:002018-03-03T19:10:50.779+00:00Hi Loren. I like the cover too. I hope you enjoy r...Hi Loren. I like the cover too. I hope you enjoy reading the book when you get to it :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-57142889016731052572018-03-03T19:09:28.813+00:002018-03-03T19:09:28.813+00:00I enjoy seeing the elder Fitzwilliam brother as a ...I enjoy seeing the elder Fitzwilliam brother as a likeable character - I think it's the chance for the author to have some fun and I was glad that Amy took it :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-69981341590133783892018-03-03T19:07:57.223+00:002018-03-03T19:07:57.223+00:00Hi Carole, thanks for your commment. Because Saye ...Hi Carole, thanks for your commment. Because Saye reminded me of Oscar Wilde I imagined somebody looking like him. But I never mind upgrading my imaginations to a more attractive version so I'll think about Rupert next time!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-20521267320263144042018-03-03T19:05:37.580+00:002018-03-03T19:05:37.580+00:00Hi Jeanne. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I loved...Hi Jeanne. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I loved the twists and turns too. Sometimes I am happy to be able to foresee what will happen in a story, but it's also nice to be taken by surprise.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-40933414694166071242018-03-03T19:02:20.019+00:002018-03-03T19:02:20.019+00:00Thanks so much for the comment Jessie. You've ...Thanks so much for the comment Jessie. You've hit the nail on the head there, one of the things I like in JAFF is some of the soul-searching of P&P. I agree about enjoying seeing them jumping hurdles to be together too - so romantic!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-4309415898652156512018-03-03T18:59:27.484+00:002018-03-03T18:59:27.484+00:00I would have liked a bit more Saye... not for the ...I would have liked a bit more Saye... not for the sake of the story but just because I liked him!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-64842343366087360032018-03-03T18:58:20.775+00:002018-03-03T18:58:20.775+00:00Hi Claudine, thanks for commenting. I loved to see...Hi Claudine, thanks for commenting. I loved to see character development, as there is quite a bit of that in P&P but some JAFF stories don't have much at all.<br /><br />Thank you so much for organising the tour, I was pleased to take part.<br /><br />And thank you to Amy for firstly writing the book, and coming on tour with it :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-40925933895550365462018-03-03T18:56:39.247+00:002018-03-03T18:56:39.247+00:00Thanks Mary! My house extension has had the start ...Thanks Mary! My house extension has had the start deferred for a week due to the knock on effect of the snow, so I am not stressed... yet. Thanks for the good wishes :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-19959728046527109742018-03-03T18:55:32.099+00:002018-03-03T18:55:32.099+00:00Hi Darcybennett. I found 3 to be quite different, ...Hi Darcybennett. I found 3 to be quite different, but I think that some readers might have more of a problem with one character than the others :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-79779999267073398902018-03-03T18:54:46.941+00:002018-03-03T18:54:46.941+00:00Hi Sheila. Sometimes I like angst and sometimes I ...Hi Sheila. Sometimes I like angst and sometimes I don't, it depends on what has caused the angst, how believable I find it and how frightened I am of things turning out badly! A book without enough angst is pretty flat. So it's a hard balance to achieve. :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-17603712543937937382018-03-03T18:49:11.459+00:002018-03-03T18:49:11.459+00:00Hi Gail. The humour of Saye really reminded me of ...Hi Gail. The humour of Saye really reminded me of Oscar Wilde, and I love his work, so it was very enjoyable to have an injection of that type of humour. I will imagine Rupert Everett as Saye the next time I read that character!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-24861586587534276812018-03-03T18:47:27.139+00:002018-03-03T18:47:27.139+00:00The problem with TBPoL is that I thought at one po...The problem with TBPoL is that I thought at one point my heart would literally stop. I'm sure it would be easier not having to wait days between chapters but I am not brave enough yet.<br /><br />There were 3 characters who I felt were quite different from how they were usually portrayed in JAFF, but none of them were necessarily different from the outline of their characters that JA sketched. I enjoyed seeing them in a different light.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-54962346018243993142018-03-03T18:44:04.735+00:002018-03-03T18:44:04.735+00:00In the memoir written about Austen by her family K...In the memoir written about Austen by her family Kitty gets a clergyman and Mary marries Uncle Phillips' clerk. I can see Mary marrying a clergyman, at least she won't have read Fordyce in vain!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-64996508100440538272018-03-03T11:37:12.076+00:002018-03-03T11:37:12.076+00:00Thank you for sharing a detailed review of A Short...Thank you for sharing a detailed review of <i>A Short Period of Exquisite Felicity</i>, Ceri. I really like it a lot that you drop hints about the plot but not spoilers. I look forward to reading this novel since there are other Janeites who give it a thumbs up as well.Lúthien84https://www.blogger.com/profile/15390711363301378521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-82544840626191437232018-03-01T19:29:29.622+00:002018-03-01T19:29:29.622+00:00Thank you for this post! I really like the cover w...Thank you for this post! I really like the cover with the red cape!<br />I liked The best part of love and I would like to enjoy this new novel by Amy D'Orazio!SummerJadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225891494535457165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-71163495071461464732018-03-01T00:57:34.700+00:002018-03-01T00:57:34.700+00:00Haha! The a-word, that is great!
Thank you Anji!Haha! The a-word, that is great! <br />Thank you Anji!Amy DOraziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330590353728096743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-71893639229685349492018-03-01T00:57:13.167+00:002018-03-01T00:57:13.167+00:00thanks Eva!!thanks Eva!!Amy DOraziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330590353728096743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-91168971261963822932018-02-27T22:32:40.193+00:002018-02-27T22:32:40.193+00:00As soon as someone mentions the "A-word"...As soon as someone mentions the "A-word", I know that a book is going to be my type of read! Thanks for a lovely review, Ceri and like you, I must get around to reading The Best Part of Love, which is part of my humungous TBR List. Lord Saye sounds like a brilliant new character. Often in Austenesque fiction, the Colonel's elder brother is written as an unsympathetic and/or dissipated character, so this makes a welcome change. Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580018261533290062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-9698617657542945532018-02-27T21:09:00.900+00:002018-02-27T21:09:00.900+00:00You need to read The Best Part of Love! I am so l...You need to read The Best Part of Love! I am so looking forward to reading this new book.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04302721212649669647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-3233447978004391162018-02-27T21:05:48.304+00:002018-02-27T21:05:48.304+00:00And see in my head he's a blonde! This is why ...And see in my head he's a blonde! This is why I stay vague on the physical descriptions, much better to let the reader come up with it!<br /><br />Thank you Carole!Amy DOraziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330590353728096743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-6082835282746701432018-02-27T21:05:12.232+00:002018-02-27T21:05:12.232+00:00No worries there, I love my Saye almost as much (a...No worries there, I love my Saye almost as much (almost) as I love Darcy :) <br /><br />Thank you!! Amy DOraziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330590353728096743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-24049521218099581382018-02-27T21:04:24.006+00:002018-02-27T21:04:24.006+00:00Many thanks Jessie!Many thanks Jessie!Amy DOraziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330590353728096743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-77705794435513491362018-02-27T14:36:47.735+00:002018-02-27T14:36:47.735+00:00Lovely review, Ceri. I am looking forward to read...Lovely review, Ceri. I am looking forward to reading this and so thrilled to hear Lord Saye is in it! I do so love this character that Amy has created...Rupert Everett indeed!Carole in Canadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-33891722816124178962018-02-27T13:58:10.491+00:002018-02-27T13:58:10.491+00:00Thanks for hosting Ceri and Amy...I grabbed this b...Thanks for hosting Ceri and Amy...I grabbed this book as soon as it launched. I couldn't help myself. I read it first as a WIP and had to have it. I loved this story. The surprises rocked my world and I could not believe the twists and turns this story took. I will say... I love Saye... I just adore him and he was the star of this show. He couldn't help himself. What would we do without Saye in this story? Don't ever lose him. J. W. Garrettnoreply@blogger.com