Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
King of the Wind! Still a favorite, as are the Farleys, before he incorporated the space aliens wtf?
Victoria Holt is also somebody else - both of whose books I read.
Jean Plaidy and Phillipa Carr.
Also, Barbara Michaels is actually Barbara Mertz, aka Elizabeth Peters.
That's right and I read Jean Plaidy and Phillipa Carr too.
Also, Barbara Michaels and Elizabeth Peters.
Barbara Mertz writes very interesting books on Egyptology. Having a talented author is handy when dealing with dull-to-some topics.
Her expertise and knowledge of the subject certainly enhances her fiction--both the Peabodys and the Vicki Bliss books.
I've read a number of the Peabody books, but I petered out on the series. I thought the Peabody clan got a little too perfect over time.
I thought the Peabody clan got a little too perfect over time.
Yeah, once Ramses and Nefret got together, it lost some of the zing. I'm tired of the focus on Sethos, he was much better as the Nemesis in the Shadows.
I miss the Vicki Bliss books.
I only read the first two Peabodys and stopped there while the love was strong. I would read a dozen more Vicki's, though. And her Jacqueline books are fun, too.
There is a new Vicki Bliss! The Laughter of Dead Kings. However, I stopped reading it halfway because I didn't like Vicki. I don't know if she's always been like this, but her disdain for other people's passions became very annoying. She's far more self-absorbed than Amelia Peabody, even though both series are done in first person (with other POVs having appeared in the later Amelia books).
King of the Wind! Still a favorite
I always loved Born to Trot.