Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!
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There are eleven exclamation marks up there because that where you put The Cinderella Deal on the New York Times Bestseller list:
I absolutely did not see this coming–I don’t think anybody in New York saw this coming–so you all have gone above and beyond the call of duty. Thank you so, so much!
Addendum: Actually, we’re at number 10! Because I did not see the asterisk which means we’re tied with the book above, I thought we were #11 (well, there’s a big old #11 right there) but you did even better! I’m not taking away an exclamation point, though. That would just be wrong.
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77 Comments to 'Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!'
On February 3, 2010 at 6:46 pm Sue D said...
Jenny, stupendous news. I’m thrilled for you.
On February 3, 2010 at 7:00 pm Diane (TT) said...
Well, someone did a good job making sure that it hit the supermarkets (my mom and I both bought ours there), so that even those of us without bookstores got one pretty early on. My mom saw it/ bought it even before I told her to look. She checks out the available books at (I think) Albertson’s, even though she gets most of her books from a used bookstore. As of Sunday, she was saving it to read as a treat, I think. The older generation often has more discipline….
I waited until I got home, anyway!
Congratulations, well-deserved.
On February 3, 2010 at 7:12 pm Melissa said...
I can’t believe I forgot to go get my copy yesterday!!! OMG *runs out door straight to Target* Congratulations and I can’t wait to read it!
On February 3, 2010 at 7:18 pm Deb said...
Congratulations Jenny!!!!!!!!!!!
Quick question, Did Cinderella Die? I had a chuckle over that.
Just because a book is a reprint, doesn’t mean it looses it’s brilliance!
On February 3, 2010 at 7:46 pm Jenny said...
OMG.
Fixed it. NO idea where that came from.
On February 3, 2010 at 7:27 pm J said...
Wonderful news! Congratulations. It was a great read.
On February 3, 2010 at 7:35 pm Cris said...
Congratulations! But I’m not surprised, I LOVED it! And fwiw, it was nothing like it’s evil twin except for the general reason the couple got together. I don’t think they’re twins at all, maybe cousins or something
On February 3, 2010 at 7:54 pm Briana said...
YAY! And I haven’t even bought my sister’s birthday copy yet! (Though I’ve bought & read MY copy. Twice.)
On February 3, 2010 at 7:56 pm Lilah Pierce said...
Your welcome
On February 3, 2010 at 7:57 pm Lilah Pierce said...
Oops, long day: *You’re* welcome.
On February 3, 2010 at 8:42 pm Allie said...
YAY! I’m so happy for you.
On February 3, 2010 at 8:46 pm Lori J. said...
Congratulations! And well deserved. I hope during the coming weeks there’ll be fewer and fewer exclamation points.
I’m buying mine this weekend when I get to go to the big city.
On February 3, 2010 at 9:04 pm Micki said...
(-: Congratulations! It deserved it! Very sweet, and yeah, the sex in there is really nice. (You never do bad sex, IMO, but this sex was particularly tingly. I love the thought of a guy getting lost in curves . . . .)
On February 3, 2010 at 9:22 pm Rox said...
This is the only original Crusie I didn’t own (had to borrow Ro’s copy years ago in order to read it and she made me give it back).
On February 3, 2010 at 9:22 pm SnarkMaiden said...
yay!
On February 3, 2010 at 9:31 pm marly said...
Congratulations – I’m so glad! This is like the first time you got the call about the NY Times Best Seller List and you were mopping up mud. Now you have Muddy Mona to help remember this day. That was very accommodating of her – what a smart girl and oh, what a great face.
On February 4, 2010 at 1:45 am Jenny said...
I do have a muddy dog theme going there, don’t I? Hmmmm.
On February 3, 2010 at 9:55 pm Dee said...
Congratulations! Although it looks like a few of us have yet to buy our copies, myself included. So we may be able to push it a little higher.
On February 3, 2010 at 10:17 pm Skye said...
My mom will be buying her copy soon. Add another ! Go Jenny!
On February 3, 2010 at 10:23 pm Lou said...
Jenny,
Never doubt the power of the Argh people, the Cherries, and the Cherrybombs. I have not yet gotten my copy but plan a trip to Borders tomorrow (just to make certain my copy gets counted).
CONGRATULATIONS!! You deserve it!!
On February 3, 2010 at 10:46 pm SamG said...
I haven’t gotten to a bookstore in the last month. I couldn’t find it at my local King Soopers or my close but not well-stocked book-wise Wal-Mart…so I’m sorry I didn’t help w/the bestseller list..but I’ll be helping soon…I promise…
On February 3, 2010 at 11:02 pm Michelle from Texas said...
Well, I pre-ordered mine from B&N, and UPS *finally* got it to me yesterday! Darn snow and ice! I read it today, and LOVED IT!! I did see some “Strange Bedpersons” in there, but it’s as if they are sisters, both good in their own way.
On February 4, 2010 at 12:12 pm Meredith B. said...
Yes, that’s exactly it! They’re fraternal twins. They grew up in the same home with the same mom and were probably in the same classroom at school, but they developed differently as they matured, and you want to be friends with both of them so you can figure out what makes them similar and what makes them different.
On February 3, 2010 at 11:27 pm SLCSlaveDriver said...
I never read it before, but was at B&N and had a problem deciding, so I figured, what the heck. And despite your previous blog, I enjoyed it and passed it on to someone else who I’m sure will also enjoy it.
Well done.
On February 3, 2010 at 11:50 pm peggy h said...
Congratulations! I’ve been to two Targets close to home as well as a BJ’s, but couldn’t find the book! So today I made a trip to Border’s after work and finally got my copy!! Woot!! Now I’m looking forward to the weekend when I can kick back and read my NYT Bestseller’s list book!
On February 3, 2010 at 11:52 pm Thea said...
Cinderella Deal is a popcorn book, one I anticpate so much I make my special popcorn with garlic butter and parmesan cheese. Daisy and Linc deserved every kernel, Jupiter a doggie biscuit. That dog on the cover, where and how did you get my Jack to pose?
On February 3, 2010 at 11:54 pm Thea said...
*anticipate* My typing anticipates my spelling.
On February 4, 2010 at 12:18 am Flamingo Cherry said...
No, thank YOU for a fun, fun book! And congrats!
On February 4, 2010 at 1:15 am robena grant said...
This is wonderful!!!!!!! Yay for you. You wrote a great feel good book and one I know I’ll return to whenever I need a lift. I’m so excited for you.
On February 4, 2010 at 1:16 am cc said...
congratulations! well deserved- copies haven’t made it to my rural corner of America yet, but they should be here soon
On a totally unrelated tangent Sir Terry Prachett did this year’s Richard Dimbleby Lecture on the BBC- do to the loss of language he had to have someone read it for him- talk about passion!
On February 4, 2010 at 1:56 am Merry the CB said...
CC? Your link, it linketh not.
Which makes me sad.
(Despite being happy for the Cinderella Deal finally getting the fame & recognition it deservers.)
On February 4, 2010 at 1:57 am Merry the CB said...
And I’d better go to bed before I commit any more typos.
Been typing stuff about servers into a computer all day long and I’m starting to feel a bit FILE NOT FOUND, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
On February 6, 2010 at 5:45 pm Mary Kay Andrews said...
Yay you! BTW, LOVE the look of the new mass market pbs. They remind me of Tropical Fruit Twizzlers.
On February 6, 2010 at 8:09 pm Jenny said...
Hey, you, haven’t seen you since . . . PA? How’ve you been?
As for the covers, I know. They remind me of jelly beans. Or gummi bears. And now, I’m hungry again.
On February 4, 2010 at 1:22 am mindy said...
Hey, that is Fantastic news!! Congratulations! I really liked the book, and I am glad for your success!
On February 4, 2010 at 1:27 am KellyJ said...
Got it on the Kindle the day it was released – couldn’t wait for the bookstore.
Congratulations, Jenny.
On February 4, 2010 at 3:11 am DownUnderGal said...
Awesome news!
Loved it.
But then there hasn’t been a Crusie that I haven’t.
How cool is it to have them reprinted though??
On February 4, 2010 at 4:07 am Deanna Nelle said...
I just finished it yesterday. I LOVED it! The first time Jupiter fell over I started laughing out loud. I also loved it because it was so much a description of my husband and myself- I’m an artist, I go to bed around 1 AM (if I want to turn in early) and often find odd things in unexpected places around the house ( paintbrushes in my toothbrush holder, a box of truffles in the cabinet with the glass casserole dishes- they had to be at least a year old, because they were from Valentine’s day). My husband gets up at 5 AM and has a 140 page to-do list (really.). I thought it was funny and interesting and not nearly as much like Strange Bedpersons as you thought. I think it’s just because they sprang from the same premise and you know all the backstory on both that you feel that way.
I thought the descriptions of Daisy’s paintings were very intriguing- are they based on someone’s work?
On February 4, 2010 at 9:51 am me said...
Great news! But i saw it coming all along.
It was your only book I didn’t have and went right out on the first day to grab my copy. Congrats! I loved it BTW.
On February 4, 2010 at 9:58 am L. said...
Thank you! I’ve waited a long time to find a copy. I bought it through Amazon.com and hope it arrives today so I have something to read during the snowstorm this weekend.
On February 4, 2010 at 10:06 am me said...
I just realized I lied. I also don’t have Trust Me On This, so when that one is re-released, we’ll send that to NYT too.
On February 4, 2010 at 11:01 am Polly said...
Congratulations! I read TCD during a snowstorm last week, and really enjoyed it. I loved the academic setting that actually sort of resembled real academic places (though today no one’s supposed to ask you if you’re married
).
One of the aspects I love and respect most about your books is that there’s always a real sense of emotional justice. Not just that the good guys get the happy endings, but that both people have to materially change their opinions and outlooks. And that the willingness to change for a partner is not always treated as a good thing, has consequences, and has to be fully thought through. The character growth always feels fair to me. I can’t tell you how much I hate reading stories where the heroines give up lots, or change lots, and it’s either treated as good and necessary, or has no emotional fall-out whatsoever. Anyway, thanks.
On February 4, 2010 at 4:21 pm McB said...
I agree. Or the ones where the hero has done something for her own good and he never apologizes because the end justified the means. Huh.
On February 4, 2010 at 11:05 am Kate George said...
Yipee!! You deserve every bit of it. I don’t call you the queen for nothing. I haven’t got my copy yet (I live in the boonies and all the local indies have gone belly up.) But I’ll get to civilization a get my copy soon!
On February 4, 2010 at 12:32 pm S said...
That’s wonderful – congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!
On February 4, 2010 at 12:40 pm colognegrrl said...
I just looked at Amazon Germany and it’s currently no. 360 in the English book list. And it’s sold out, too. I hope one of my kids ordered it as a birthday present for me as I’d put it on my wish list.
On February 4, 2010 at 12:50 pm colognegrrl said...
…And then I looked up your backlist on Amazon Germany and discovered the original 1996 “Charlie All Night” cover. Harlequin Temptation. OMG. Looks like a weirdo tickling a giggling girl to death.
Good thing I know your books by now.
On February 4, 2010 at 1:13 pm Jenny said...
Yeah, they looked like cousins to me. Terrible cover. It’s amazing I ever sold a book back then.
On February 4, 2010 at 11:56 pm Micki said...
(-: If a company or line has consistently bad covers, but consistently good books, some people will overlook the awful covers. I first found out about you via my science fiction chat groups, and if you want to know about bad covers, well, look no further than the SF shelf.
However, if you feel *very* bad about the covers, and decide to do your own . . . and you make those available, I would download them and make a “bookcover” to keep my paperbacks in better shape. (-: You’d be doing a public service on many levels (-:. (-: Heck, this would be a good time for some “Fan Art” to make an appearance, LOL!
On February 4, 2010 at 1:20 pm Tawna Fenske said...
I’m so very happy for you! What a thrill!
Though the UPS man brought mine on Monday, I’ve been deliberately avoiding cracking it open because I know I’d devour it all in one sitting and then it would be OVER. That would be sad. I’m saving it so I have something to do while the rest of America watches the Superbowl.
Congrats again, Jenny!
Tawna
On February 4, 2010 at 3:22 pm Carol said...
Guess this means they’ll recoup the rest of that advance, huh? Congrats on NYTimes once again!
On February 4, 2010 at 3:24 pm Terrio said...
And I haven’t even bought my copy yet! Wow! Congratulations!!
On February 4, 2010 at 3:57 pm Judy Long said...
Well, I bought my copy, read it and loved it. Then I made the mistake of taking it with me to the library because they are running a contest this month with a prized at 8 books read and another at 15 books read. I just wanted them to write down that I had read it. Instead they badgered me into donating it to the library. Later that afternoon I looked it up and it was already checked out. I suspect one of the librarians. Now I either have to wait 6 months until it is freed up at the library or buy another copy cause I was really planning on reading it again.
Congratulations Jenny!!!!!!!!!!!
On February 4, 2010 at 4:03 pm McB said...
Sounds like the puppies will have kibble in the larder for another day. You could drop the exclamation marks as you move up the list, a sort of a count down. That would be cool. So how unusual is it for a reissue of distinguished years to hit #10 on the NYT?
On February 4, 2010 at 4:23 pm Kira said...
Glad to have done my part (and I’m going to buy a hard copy, too, to round out my collection)
May this be the first of several NYT best-sellers this year!
On February 4, 2010 at 4:42 pm Jill said...
Fantastic !!!!!!!!!!
On February 4, 2010 at 5:15 pm Karen H said...
Congratulations, Jenny! It’s a great book, so I’m not surprised.
On February 4, 2010 at 5:22 pm Andrea Dudas said...
My only request is that you write faster. I absolutely love all of your books and read them over and over again. If I were to pick a favorite, it would be Bet Me. I was wondering if any of your books were going to be turned into movies. They are all fantastic. Thank you for sharing your talent.
On February 4, 2010 at 5:27 pm Electric Landlady said...
Fantastic news!
And I just laid the smackdown on Amazon, so hopefully my copy will show up SOON (the copy that shipped last week appears to be lost in the bowels of Canada Post). WANT NOW. NOOOOOWWWWW… oh, sorry.
On February 8, 2010 at 5:40 pm Electric Landlady said...
It came! And I have read it (twice over) and loved it. And the painting-in-a-fever scene made me think of The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley, which is completely different in almost every way (widowed miniature-painting heroine making her way in the world, angels, devils, shipwrecks, low taverns, false relics, Henry VIII and his sister Mary, the French court, Archbishop Wolsey, and the Priory of Sion) but also wonderful, and I am reading that again too, so thank you at least twice!
On February 4, 2010 at 6:16 pm Lilah Pierce said...
This is something I’ve always wondered: where can I find the NYT bestseller lists? I just went to the NYT site and the only lists I could find were a few categories – hardback fiction, paperback trade, paperback mass-market, etc. I thought you might be under ppb mass-market, but no such luck. Do they have a specific list for romance and I’m just not finding it? Just curious.
On February 4, 2010 at 10:04 pm Jenny said...
This is the list that will be out on Sunday, either this Sunday or next Sunday, and it’ll be under mass market paperbacks. The publishers get the lists early.
On February 4, 2010 at 6:36 pm Susan D said...
Glad to help, Jenny. Any time you have a re-release you want skyrocketed to the NYT list, we’re so there for you.
On February 4, 2010 at 10:04 pm Jenny said...
And don’t think I don’t appreciate it.
On February 5, 2010 at 2:31 am Jill said...
Ah. No wonder I could not find it anywhere. So, I cheated. And copied and posted to JCF.
On February 5, 2010 at 9:56 am kavi said...
Oh! congratulations
I don’t know ifits out in Australia yet..? Haven’t seen it about. But I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.
On February 5, 2010 at 12:04 pm Becke Davis (Becke Martin) said...
Fabulous news!It’s well deserved and not at all a surprise. It’s a wonderful, wonderful book! (Just read my new copy last night; it’s going on the keeper shelf with the original.)
On February 5, 2010 at 5:27 pm Vaishali said...
Congrats, Jenny! Love the book and love that it’s zooming up the charts.
On February 5, 2010 at 7:29 pm sheagal said...
I was so annoyed with myself that I hadn’t thought to pre-order it on Amazon. Turns out I did! It was waiting for me in my mailbox. Best present I’ve gotten in ages. Thanks for the book, Jenny and congratulations.
On February 5, 2010 at 9:43 pm Sharon said...
Congratulations to my favorite author!! I drove into the city two days ago and purchased the book at a Borders. The clerk said they could not keep it on the shelf and would be out completely by the weekend! I also have every book but Trust Me On This and would like to know when it will be re-issued. I am saving the Cinderella Deal to read on a trip later this coming week-it’s SOOO hard to deny myself !!!
On February 6, 2010 at 1:17 am Carol Anne said...
It is hard to find. I got the 2nd last copy today at the bookstore. It is flying off the shelf. I am so very happy to have the place to myself so I can read it all in one sitting or sprawling.
On February 9, 2010 at 9:55 pm Carol Anne said...
Loved it. Read it in one night. Loved the nickname too. Have re-read the last 25 pages or so a few times. Love it.
On February 6, 2010 at 1:36 pm Dee said...
I got the last copy in B&N last night. Read it in one sitting and laughed and cried and generally thought it was wonderful. I may even read it again tonight…
On February 7, 2010 at 3:53 pm Mikaela said...
Congratulations! Now, maybe your Swedish Publisher with reissue your books, and buy some more
( I have them but… I, um, need to replace Bet me since it is kinda worn).
On February 8, 2010 at 2:36 pm Shangrila said...
I bought and read it yesterday and loved it! Thanks, Jenny!
On February 18, 2010 at 10:02 am Deborah Blake said...
Got it! Loved it! And I’m so happy for you–you deserve to be on the top of the list.
Your Chocolate Stalker
On February 21, 2010 at 3:03 am RENEE said...
I have read the Cinderella Deal and I am reading it again. I just had to tell you that you succeeded in writing an emotional true book. I read your introduction, something I rarely do, and I am glad I did. You have to understand that I am a person who has isolated herself and thought relationships were more work than they were worth. Even knowing that this is an idealized version of the world, there were moments of such gems that I began to see the light. I am the currently in the midst of making changes in my life and reaching out more, and your book hit me in the gut and really showcased why I am reaching out. So I just want to say thank you and keep going to that emotional, messy, vulnerable place. It’s worth it.