I think the only things she wrote under her own name - Barbara Mertz - were serious Egyptology books (she had a Ph.D. in the subject). I have one. FYI, the Barbara Michaels books often have a supernatural element - ghosts, hauntings, etc. The Peters books less so (why, yes, I've read just about everything she wrote).
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Toddson - Nov 04, 2020 5:45:32 am PST #26198 of 28175
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-t - Nov 04, 2020 6:30:31 am PST #26199 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That would explain it! Thanks
bennett - Nov 04, 2020 6:58:10 am PST #26200 of 28175
I read all the Peters books back in the day - many of them are comfort reads still - but found the Michaels books a little too gothic-y and not as humorous. I probably need to try them again. Lord knows, I need some comfort reading.
-t - Nov 04, 2020 7:07:59 am PST #26201 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I really liked some Michaels books and didn’t care for others, took against Vicky Bliss, never got into Jacqueline Kirby and drifted away from Amelia Peabody at some point in that series. Maybe I should give them another chance as my taste certainly has not remained stagnant. We’ll see how this rabbit book goes.
Gudanov - Nov 04, 2020 7:23:51 am PST #26202 of 28175
Coding and Sleeping
drifted away from Amelia Peabody at some point in that series.
Same. I thought that series starting strong but petered out.
Toddson - Nov 04, 2020 7:56:34 am PST #26203 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I burned out on the Amelia Peabody books before too long. I still sometimes re-read the books (I got rid of a LOT of them before I moved). I still remember once - years ago - she was doing a reading at a local book store. She was running late and came zipping in dressed in early 20th Century archaeologist gear - long khaki skirt, white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a pith helmet with a long veil.
bennett - Nov 04, 2020 7:58:36 am PST #26204 of 28175
I drifted away from Amelia at one point, but during my last re-read I ended up enjoying all of them but the last - the one co-written after her death. Really awful. In the later Amelia's Ramses and David get involved in colonial Egyptian politics about which I knew nothing. I liked that.
I liked Vicky and John and use of lost treasures for plots - I really wish the Amber Room could be found - but it got a little tired before the final one. I also like Jacqueline, but then I'm a librarian as well.
-t - Nov 04, 2020 8:14:41 am PST #26205 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have always loved her publicity photos, very stylish
Toddson - Nov 04, 2020 9:21:07 am PST #26206 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I really enjoyed "Die for Love" when Jacqueline (NEVER Jackie!) goes to a romance writers convention.
-t - Nov 04, 2020 9:50:01 am PST #26207 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I"ll give the Jacqueline Kirbys another go - as I recall I picked one up in a used book store and it didn't grab me, but it wasn't bad or anything and it sounds like, in theory, something I might like. And god knows I am ripping through series of books I don't love right now in my general attempt to escape into fiction whenever possible, maybe I'll like them better at this point