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.
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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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."
Toddson - Nov 04, 2020 7:56:34 am PST #26203 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
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
bennett - Nov 04, 2020 10:08:26 am PST #26208 of 28175
My all time favorite remains "The Murders of Richard III" but then I love the whole argument over whether RIII really killed the princes in the Tower.
Atropa - Nov 04, 2020 10:59:02 am PST #26209 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
FYI, the Barbara Michaels books often have a supernatural element - ghosts, hauntings, etc.
Which is why they're excellent!
I've read most of the Amelia Peabody books and thought they were a lot of fun, but I dropped off after The Dramatic Reveal about Sethos.
Calli - Nov 04, 2020 12:29:27 pm PST #26210 of 28175
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I stopped reading the Amelia Peabody books after her son was born. I found him overly precocious and tiresome. But first ones in that series were a lot of fun. The Murders of Richard III was great fun. I liked Jacqueline Kirby and the take on an English house party murder mystery.
-t - Nov 04, 2020 12:41:07 pm PST #26211 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Huh. I apparently bought The Murders of Richard III in 2017. Good lord, I own all 4 of them? I really don't think I read these. Well, giving them another shot will certainly be easy. This is definitely an advantage of e-books over physical, I don't have to find them on my shelf to know I already have a copy...
bennett - Nov 04, 2020 1:13:38 pm PST #26212 of 28175
I liked very young Ramses. He was annoying while growing up, but later allowed Peters to play with the politics of the colonial middle east - there's one book set in Palestine - which I found interesting. Also his kids allow Amelia to get her own back. I think the books are all on Overdrive if your library makes them available.