Tag: books
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So if you want to read the Amelia Peabodies
asked me about this, so I thought I’d do a longer post on the topic of which books in the Amelia Peabodies are more skippable than others if you want to read the series but are finding it slow going. Book 1, Crocodile on the Sandbank. Not optional. After all, it’s how Amelia and Emerson…
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Book Log #64: The Last Camel Died at Noon, by Elizabeth Peters
My rating: 5 of 5 stars You really need to point at Book 6 of the Amelia Peabodies, The Last Camel Died at Noon, as one of the pivotal books of the series–because it’s here that arguably the most important character in the entire cast (aside from, of course, the Emersons themselves) is introduced. The…
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Book Log #63: The Deeds of the Disturber, by Elizabeth Peters
My rating: 5 of 5 stars In a series that’s famous for being primarily set in Egypt, The Deeds of the Disturber, Book 5 of the Amelia Peabodies, is quite distinctive in that it’s set in England during the off-season, when the Emerson family is between digs. It also has the good fortune of being…
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Book Log #62: Lion in the Valley, by Elizabeth Peters
My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you pick and choose only a selection of the Amelia Peabody books to read, one of your choices must indisputably be Lion in the Valley, book 4 of the series. This introduces one of the most critical recurring characters to show up all throughout the books: as Amelia…
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Book Log #61: Disturbed By Her Song, by Tanith Lee
My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was given Disturbed by Her Song as a review copy from Lethe Press, and I’ve got to say, this was one of the most unusual things I’ve read in a while. It’s a collection of short stories written by Tanith Lee, but under the conceit that two of…
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Book Log #60: The Mummy Case, by Elizabeth Peters
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Once you get into Book 3 of the Amelia Peabody series, The Mummy Case, you start picking up steam for the long haul of the bulk of all these books. Hands down, the best aspect of it is that Amelia and Emerson’s young son Ramses joins them for the…
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Book Log #59: The Curse of the Pharoahs, by Elizabeth Peters
My rating: 4 of 5 stars After the awesomeness that is Crocodile on the Sandbank, the mighty opening round of the Amelia Peabody series, a reader might wonder how Elizabeth Peters could possibly have packed more awesome into these books. The answer: by the introduction of Amelia and Emerson’s son, the “catastrophically precocious” Walter Peabody…
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Book Log #58: Crocodile on the Sandbank, by Elizabeth Peters
My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of my all-time favorite authors is Elizabeth Peters, a.k.a. Barbara Michaels–and of her many, many works, my all-time favorite hands down is the Amelia Peabody series. Which starts off with a mighty roar in Crocodile on the Sandbank, a book I can go back to again and again.…
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Book Log #57: Blood, Smoke and Mirrors
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Robyn Bachar’s Blood, Smoke and Mirrors was favorable reviewed on Smart Bitches, and that’s always a fine thing, so I took it upon myself to check this book out. It was my first from Samhain Press, who certainly did make an impression upon me with the gorgeous cover for…
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Book Log #56: Matters of the Blood, by Maria Lima
My rating: 4 of 5 stars You can’t pick up an urban fantasy these days without getting some variation on the “heroine in tough pose and generally without a head” cover. Nor are your chances good of finding an urban fantasy that does not involve vampires. Maria Lima’s Matters of the Blood has both of…