Comments on: Guest Blogger: Author Sara Angelini

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:18:06 +0000

So here’s why I want to win: the author said she gave Elizabeth “a literary What Not to Wear” makeover; now I have to read the book. I’m very much intrigued by a somewhat dirty version of Pride and Prejudice. I’ve enjoyed some other “inspired bys” recently and can’t wait to read this one!

By: Mel (He followed Me Home)

Mel (He followed Me Home) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:46:22 +0000

please count me in! Anything with Mr. Darcy in it is a book for me 🙂 I think hubby would like some of the ‘benefits’ he will get after I read it too, lol.

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By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:12:09 +0000

Sara, thanks so much for your fun, insightful post and for stopping by. I wish you much success with the book and agree wholeheartedly re: MelodyGirl's situation.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:07:10 +0000

Shell, it's my pleasure to have Sara here. I really enjoyed her piece as well. MelodyGirl, I think your guy is still metaphorically breast feeding. Yikes. Whatever you decide to do, I hope you find your happy ending. Lenore, step away from the computer and eat a small piece of chocolate right now. Moderation works better than omission! Patti, so sorry to hear about your checkbook debacle. Hope you've got your library card handy? Jen, I think you get around just fine because don't you know every crime writer alive?

By: Jen Forbus

Jen Forbus — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:50:00 +0000

I love it! What a great guest post. And I have to say that I also love the concept of a modern PRIDE AND PREJUDICE much more than the idea of the zombies and whatnot. Yikes! I’m a great fan of the original; one of the few books I read over and over…probably at least once a year. And Sara, I love how you took the underlying premise and made it modern. I read a book that was supposed to be a “sequel” to PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at one time. I liked it, but it definitely took the characters in a different direction than Austen would have. It was fun, nonetheless.

I’m not very good at begging…see comment on post about being a nerd…I blush horribly and become embarrassed. However, my dogs can both do it shamelessly. Let’s see if I can take a lesson from them. I can claim status as the old spinster…well, at least old by Jane Austen standards. I’m 35 and unmarried and unattached. And I AM determined to marry for love some day – Lord, just let it be in this lifetime, please! 😉 But unlike Elizabeth, I am NOT outspoken, which is probably part of the problem. People forget I’m around because I’m quiet and I’m not aggressive enough to demand attention. Maybe if there were single men in my bookclub….;)

Thanks PCN for highlighting this book. I had not heard about it before. This post was fun!

By: Patti

Patti — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:48:24 +0000

Elizabeth and Darcy as “friends with benefits”? Awesome!

My impassioned plea: I found out earlier this week I made a huge, HUGE checkbook error (okay, it was a collection of errors all discovered at once which equalled A LOT). Now my husband is mad at me, the bank is mad at me, and I’m not going to be able to buy any more books for a LONG, LONG time! Of course, I found the error BEFORE all the new releases came out on Tuesday (grrr!). Winning this book would be the bright spot on my rainy day (week, month – you get the picture).

Hmmm..that’s a lot of caps usage = very impassioned plea! Thanks!

By: Lenore

Lenore — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:28:19 +0000

OK, you need to just give me this book. I’m on a diet, I had to cut out chocolate and am cranky all the time. I need to indulge in something and this sounds like a juicy story that won’t make me fat.

Fun post, Sara. I’m not usually this grumpy.

By: sara

sara — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:08:21 +0000

Hi Shell and MelodyGirl, thanks for your comments. Shell, I hope you get a chance to take a look at the book, even without the sex I think it’s a fun ride (but then I guess I’m a little biased 🙂 )
MelodyGirl, all I can say is count your blessings now! Imagine instead having a mother in law who didn’t approve of your housecleaning methods, your cooking, the names you pick for your kids, your choice of schools, etc. etc. Better to learn now than later 😀

By: MelodyGirl

MelodyGirl — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:03:48 +0000

Oh, this is a great post. Thanks, Sara! I love P&P so P&P plus hot sex sounds good!

Hmm. Don’t know if I can write something really passionate but I’d love to win this book because my boyfriend recently told me he couldn’t marry me because his mom didn’t approve of me. Who lets his mother pick his wife nowadays?! Right now, I need a book with a happy ending, since it looks like it’s not happening with my guy.

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:01:24 +0000

As I can’t enter the contest {no worries, we know how it goes}, I can relax and instead chat about how much I enjoyed learning Sara’s insights into her how’s and why’s. I’m hooked, and it has nothing to do with the promise of hot sex. 🙂

Thanks so much for sharing Sara with us, PCN!