Currently reading
Roman Blood
Progress:
171/401 pages
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
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208/557 pages
Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930
Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War and On the Civil War
Les bûchers de Bocanegra
The Songs of the Kings
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II
The Hobbit
Seeing a Large Cat (Amelia Peabody, Book 9 )
Started to read this during my NY visit. I started it after visiting the Met. We find Amelia Peabody Emerson with her "tribe" : husband Radcliffe aka Emerson (whom I've cast with Michael Shanks' face for a number of years now), her son, Ramses who's a young man now, David, Ramses' best friend, Abdullah's grand son from the Hippopotamus pool that Evelyn and Walter took in, Nefret, Amelia adoptive daughter who ends the trio of young characters that from this book forward will drive more and more of the narrative. I don't mind. I find Ramses quite intriguing and fun to read about. There are the cats of course.It's 1903. Emerson is being kept out of digging in the interesting parts the Valley of the Kings and can only clean up old, known tombs. A modern mummy, a duo of father-daughter that are up to no good and a con artist. Peters writes an entertaining tale and wonderful portraits of strong love (Amelia-Emerson); rediscovered love (Enid and Donald); love that you don't expect (Cyrus) and unrequited love (Ramses). Howard Carter is excavating Hatshepsut's tomb. It was very appropriate to read this during my NY trip.
