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MaryC wrote: "A completely off-topic message from a member who still has trouble with threads:I just received this email from email@onedrive.microsoft.com:
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We’re emailing you because you’re a member o..."
One Drive is Microsoft's cloud storage facility - like Apple's I-cloud. You have to subscribe so you would know if you are using it!
MaryC wrote: "A completely off-topic message from a member who still has trouble with threads:I just received this email from email@onedrive.microsoft.com:
Hi,
We’re emailing you because you’re a member o..."
This has nothing to do with Goodreads so it must be your other group.
RaiRaiKen wrote: "I'm from Southeast Asia, so many of the activities/events/words/phrases (although the setting is on the 19th century) is foreign to me. But the best thing about GH's novels is they make me believe ..."I'm glad you found it!
Karlyne wrote: "QNPoohBear wrote: "Lori wrote: "And her vocabulary (even when she's not wowing us with the perfect Regency word) is so above average!"Definately. I started reading her books while studying for th..."
I loooove this definition.
I feel covered with shame that I misspelled definitely in my original post. UGH!
I would not be married and living in Illinois if my first boss had only asked, "Can you spell?" Since she didn't ask, I didn't say . . . and became an editor!
Lori wrote: "Karlyne wrote: "QNPoohBear wrote: "Lori wrote: "And her vocabulary (even when she's not wowing us with the perfect Regency word) is so above average!"Definately. I started reading her books while..."
Oh, Lori, that made me chuckle! She didn't ask, so you didn't have to tell!
I most definitely noticed the misspelling, but I was being polite. We're a polite group here, and a bunch of chucklers, too, I think- not to be confused with chuckleheads.
Hi everyone! Yes I'm quite sure One Drive nothing to do with us. I should be home later today but my Ak sister unwell so will make decision later today. I have read some threads but find the GR app a bit frustrating. see u soon!
One Drive is Microsoft's cloud storage service; subscription and fee required so will not affect anyone who has not already joined it. It is just like Apple's ICloud.
Has anyone finished reading the book? I'm a little disappointed with the ending. It was a little mellow or "quiet" compared to others.
RaiRaiKen wrote: "Has anyone finished reading the book? I'm a little disappointed with the ending. It was a little mellow or "quiet" compared to others."It just kind of moves back to Kit and Evelyn and their mama, doesn't it? But I love that Bonamy isn't going to be tormented but, rather, lovingly taken care of. Maybe he won't even notice it!
Karlyne wrote: "RaiRaiKen wrote: "Has anyone finished reading the book? I'm a little disappointed with the ending. It was a little mellow or "quiet" compared to others."It just kind of moves back to Kit and Evel..."
Honestly, I think if you removed the last two or three chapters, and inserted the scene where everything is solved, the book would have been shorter and ended perfectly. But oh well! I also love that Sir Bonamy's going to get leg-shackled, but at least it's with a beautiful woman :D
On a side note: can anyone tell me the difference between a phaeton, coach, etc (modes of transportation)? I know Google is always on the ready, but I sometimes get lost in it.
A coach is covered. For long distances. Usually driven by a coachman. A phaeton is uncovered, driven by the owner & a bit more racy.
You can see some nice drawings here:http://mimimatthews.com/2015/04/26/ph...
or, from a site about Jane Austen:
http://legacy.owensboro.kctcs.edu/cru...
Leslie wrote: "You can see some nice drawings here:http://mimimatthews.com/2015/04/26/ph...
or, from a site about Jane Austen:
http://legacy.owensboro.k..."
That barouche in the first link is beautiful!
This web page displays a high perch phaeton. It shows why Augustus Fawnhope says, "Its proportions are absurd!"http://www.lynnkerstan.com/Tigerautho...
The following web pages get you to two illustrated articles on Regency transportation. They are from my Jane Austen Society's website (JASNA--Greater Chicago Region) and written by my friend Sue Forgue.
http://www.jasnachicago.org/jane-aust...
and
http://www.jasnachicago.org/jane-aust...
All of those links are so fun! I haven't decided which one I'll have yet.
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I'm 89% done with False Colours (found a copy in a secondhand bookstore), and I think it's brilliant :D