Comments on: Covers: The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:57:09 +0000

The purple and blue one with the moon and the three women standing in front of it wouldn’t be so bad if the women didn’t look like anorexic models with bad hairdos.

I DO love the cover you picked out and I can’t wait for Agnes and THIS one. That I JUST found out you were writing.

Yeah, I’m behind.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:14:30 +0000

And thank you very much to everybody who went out and bought that cover. The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes is #30 on the USAToday bestseller list and #27 on the NYT, plus #9 on the Walden’s romance list. To all who bought it in the first week, we’re REALLY grateful!

By: misspiggydon'twannabe

misspiggydon'twannabe — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:12:22 +0000

Update to my July 4 posting. I went to Walgreens yesterday and they had SOLD out this book.

I don’t usually do my book shopping there but I’m glad that people who are just exposed to books rather than to sections like romance, fiction etc are having the insight to buy this book.

By: miriam

miriam — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:45:51 +0000

I love the cover. I have it as my wallpaper. Going to buy it and read it on the beach at Wilmington, NC this weekend! Thanks.

By: misspiggydon'twannabe

misspiggydon'twannabe — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:01:15 +0000

My prescription wasn’t ready at Walgreens on Monday so I meandered over to the book aisle. I’m not sure how they displayed it because I couldn’t appreciate the cover until I got it home. The names of 3 of my favorite authors drew me.

I think it was the only book sale rung up at the Px counter that day.

By: Jane e

Jane e — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:08:06 +0000

There’s a UK version out earlier? And amazon has been torturing me with sorry about the delay notes for weeks?
agghh.

Thanks for the books, I’ve been reading them for years. Write more!

By: Jenifer

Jenifer — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:35:34 +0000

Also loving this so far. Thank you for writing it!

I love Mare. I think I’ll love the others, too, once I read more of their parts, but I’ve just gotten through where she meets Jude, and I love, love, love her.

By: Allie

Allie — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:29:32 +0000

Loved the book!

Actual phrases spoken while reading the book:

“Dreyer, GET OFF THE INTERNET!” SOMEONE who wrote the book obviously loves them some Sars.

“I can’t believe you’re trying to talk to me on the day a new Jenny Crusie book comes out.” I mean, I had like ten minutes left to finish, and he was all “Let me tell you about my day.” PLEASE.

By: Mary Stella

Mary Stella — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:32:14 +0000

I take back every evil thought I had about the people who stock the books at the Publix supermarkets in the Florida Keys. They totally rock. Tonight, as I pushed my cart through the store, a certain book caught my eye from across the frozen pizza/beer aisle.

At first, I feared it was nothing more than a fake-out — a Mary Balogh release masquerading as the book I really wanted, but no. There in the #15 space, was the most pick-up-able book. The colors, the design, the font — immediately elevated my mood and I know that tonight I will read and enjoy the content of the Miss Fortunes’ story!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:04:19 +0000

Oh,yes. As many times as you want.
Thank you!

You know, you never really know if a book works until people read it and tell you.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:22:18 +0000

Can I just say that I am ABSOLUTELY LOVING this book?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:30:19 +0000

Starting July 16th, we’re doing a reader’s group for two weeks over on the Cherry Forums.
The discussion questions are there now (scroll down to find The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes and then click on “Preview the UMF Discussion Questions”) so we’ll be there to talk about it with no fear of spoilers in about three weeks.

I plan on having a very good time.

By: Diane (TT)

Diane (TT) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:26:22 +0000

I read the book last night (and again this morning) and had the BEST time! It was so much fun, with many wonderful characters (but not too many, what was that PW reviewer thinking?) and lots of great stuff. Which I will not repeat at the risk of spoiling it for someone else.

Thanks!

By: Susan D

Susan D — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:07:22 +0000

And lo, this morning, there they are. I’m outta here. Gotta go catch their eye acros a crowded room.

By: Mary Stella

Mary Stella — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:34:00 +0000

I was in two bookstores over the weekend and neither had this book. Now I’ll have to drive allllll the way out of the Keys to get it, unless Anderson/Levy whomever has the Publix Supermarkets account hustles their butts down the highway and stocks the book in their stores. I’ll get it one way or another, but will totally miss the laydown day. Sorry. Love the final cover! Some of the earlier versions made me think of Bond girls from movies.

By: Susan D

Susan D — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:30:34 +0000

7:30 pm on June 25, and a quick check at Chapters/Indigo online says there are ZERO copies at my local branches. I hope they’re just being very good about the release date thing.

By: patmc

patmc — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:23:48 +0000

well, i cheated, got a copy on ebay of an arc and since it went home with my daughter amanda, i know i have to buy a regular copy tomorrow. jon has such an to do list for tomorrow. it is a wonderful book i have a review on both my blogs, one on the wire crochet and one on the newer about views and happenings after you have been married 30 years…

and, i’m trying to make butterflies that match each one in the book, did you all have to pick the hardest ones around? wire crochet only goes so far…. and i am just kidding you might end up with just the outlines. i love playing.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:58:37 +0000

What Laura said.

Also–and I cannot emphasize this enough–NEVER FEEL GUILTY FOR BUYING MY BOOKS.

The whole bestseller thing is perception not reality. Don’t get caught up in the insanity that is publishing. It’s all I can do to ignore it.

I’m grateful to everyone of you who buys a copy and I don’t care where or when you bought it: THANK YOU! (And I’m sure I speak for Krissie and Eileen on that one, too.)

By: Laura Vivanco

Laura Vivanco — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:53:17 +0000

Lily, if your version says ‘Little Black Dress’ on it, it’s the UK edition. The Little Black Dress edition was published earlier than the American, St. Martin’s Press edition.

You haven’t got the wrong book. Jenny said further up the thread that the text’s the same, it’s just the covers which are slightly different. And if you’re in the UK then it wouldn’t make much difference when/where you bought the book, because UK sales don’t count towards the US Bestseller lists.

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:41:18 +0000

Help! I think I may have done something bad – I bought my copy on Amazon UK about 10 days ago (it was fantastic and I’ve read it twice already) but I had no idea I should have waited. I’ve just gone back to the site and there are two versions of the book, one of which hasn’t been published yet so I’m confused – did I buy the wrong book? To get back to the point, the cover is drop dead gorgeous, especially the delicacy of the vine patterns and the colours – simply lovely.