Welcome to Litsy!

My friend decided to try out Expedition Everest, which makes me feel nauseous 🤣 so I sat in the shade and read a chapter or two! #readeverywhere

Couldn‘t resist #bakerstreetirregulars #disney #caribbeanbeachresort @StayCurious @CatLass007

I love this series and was so happy to have it selected for #bakerstreetirregulars. I have read the whole series in print and on audio multiple times. It does require accepting the racist, colonialist, sexist, and classist viewpoints as belonging to the historical setting. That aside, it‘s a fun romp through late 19th century Egypt, with entertaining characters, mystery, adventure, and a touch of romance.

#motivationalmonday
@Cupcake12 (thanks for the tag; you, too, @Deblovestoread! 🤩🤗😘)

1. D-backs baseball game 🤩 and three different doctor's appointments. 😂
2. Out to my backyard with a globe mallow in full bloom. 🧡
3. Sunny Phoenix, Arizona ... temps to hit 99 degrees (37 C) by this weekend. I am NOT ready for this. 🔥
4. CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK--the weather fits perfectly for where I'm at. 😂
Play? @TheLudicReader @TheBookHippie @Cuilin

I've been wanting to reread this series for quite some time, so I was pleased when the first book was chosen as this month's read for the #BakerStreetIrregulars, giving me an excuse to kick off the series reread!! This book was just as funny and entertaining as I remember, with just delightful characters and a romp of a mystery. I remember reading that Peters wasn't intending this to be a series originally, so this one ends with a HEA epilogue ⬇

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

“WHEN I first set eyes on Evelyn Barton-Forbes she was walking the streets of Rome— ...“

I rather enjoyed this tale of archeological times in the late 1800's. The characters grew and I loved the leading lady who told the story. This was a great read for #BakerStreetIrregulars #BuddyRead. Our discussion at the end of the month should be interesting. @StayCurious @CatLass007 One Bingo Spot for #ISpyBingoApril #ReadAway24 @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Hey #BakerStreetIrregulars, I‘m so far enjoying our April read! I really like our sassy main lady. Here is an interesting article about Amelia Peabody and her inspiration: https://thenewinquiry.com/blog/will-the-real-amelia-peabody-please-stand-up/hick...

April 1 #SpringSkies BkClubRead the only book club I Do is #BuddyReads this one is for April reads #BakerStreetIrregulars with @StayCurious and @CatLass007 @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Repost for @StayCurious

#BakerStreetIrregulars our April selection is the first in the Amelia Peabody series which was first published in 1975. This one has always been on my list & I just never had the perfect excuse & now I do! I love buddy reads bc they keep me reading 😊For those of you with Audible, you can access this one for free. Read at your own pace & we‘ll discuss on the last Sunday of the month. Let me know if you want to read along

#BakerStreetIrregulars our April selection is the first in the Amelia Peabody series which was first published in 1975. This one has always been on my list and I just never had the perfect excuse - and now I do! I love buddy reads bc they keep me reading 😊For those of you with Audible, you can access this one for free. Read at your own pace and we‘ll discuss on the last Sunday of the month. Let me know if you want to read along.

In spite of the obvious Scooby-Doo mystery and pervasive racism, it was hard not to love the formidable Amelia Peabody.
Read for the So They Know It's Christmas? prompt for #cloakanddaggerchristmas
@Ruthiella

My picks for #cloakanddaggerchristmas 😀

1. Crocodile on the Sandback by Elizabeth Peters 🐊
2. Deep House by Thomas King 🇨🇦
3. An English Murder by Cyril Hare 🎅
4. A Stranger in my Grave by Margaret Millar 🕵️‍♂️
5. Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham ⚠️
6. A Morbid Taste for Bones (Brother Cadfael #1) by Ellis Peters ☕
7. Mrs Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa 🌎
8. Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia Deluce #5) 👧
@Ruthiella

The August #TitlesandTunes theme is #TheWorldIsMyOyster and I finally found my pair. For my song, I chose “We Are!“, the first One Piece anime opening (Japanese version). Nothing says “the world is my oyster!“ like an adventure series for 13 year old boys. My book opens with Amelia inheriting £500K in 1884, as well as being Very A Citizen of the British Empire in Egypt.

https://soundcloud.com/opphantasy/we-are-one-piece-1

1. The Odyssey by Homer. Published 1701.
2. Endless if I like the series.
3. Cowboy Moon by James D. Doss
Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters

#WonderousWednesday @Eggs
I tag @NataliePatalie.

Listening to books I‘ve already read seems to be key. I find I miss too much listening to unfamiliar texts.

Next audible

Can I choose a fiction and non-fiction author? 🤭 Fiction: Elizabeth Peters. Her Amelia Peabody series is my favorite ever- the only books I re-read. Non-Fiction: AJ Jacobs. I LOVE him. I'll read anything he writes. 🤓
What a great question @ozma.of.oz 😃
Thank you! #SundayFunday

Thanks for the tag @EadieB ☺️

#LittensWantToKnow

I would love to see the Amelia Peabody series done right in a TV adaptation. My biggest concern about book to screen is, however, that they won‘t be faithful enough to the original material.

The time has come for indomitable Victorian Amelia Peabody to see the world, armed with her parasol, and rescuing a young woman along the way. There‘s mystery, there‘s Egyptology, there‘s romance (Peabody might deny this), there‘s a walking mummy and there are some cracking lines!

Great fun, though a little dated in parts. Glad I got to this eventually.

Rainy train reading earlier.

I *know* book series should be read in order but I just don‘t (sorry Trish). Outcome being: I am LOVING going back to the start and hearing how Emerson and Amelia got together.

I've coveted these versions of the Amelia Peabody books for a long time and finally decided to get them. 😊 It's a bummer that not all the books in the series have been updated though.
Also shown- a petrified rock my dad found in a gravel quarry when I was 7. He gave it to me and it's been on one of my bookcases after another ever since. 💜

I do love Amelia Peabody. She‘s so very very… herself!🐊

And I‘m over the moon to discover I never actually read the first in the series! (Yes, I read series in random order 🫣 - I was actually planning to re-read from the start, but that might be tricky!)

😁

Light, entertaining. My favourite part was the setting…Egypt, the Nile, excavation sites. The story itself was ok, but not anything spectacular.

Oooh! Someone donated a ton of Elizabeth Peters books to the library! I decided to support my library by buying them all! Getting 17 out of 20 is not bad. The way things are going I can‘t always rely on libraries to keep older series like these. Better safe than sorry right! 😅
#bookhaul

A lot has been going on so it's time for a comfort reread.

I quite enjoyed this travel, excavation, mystery, mummy book. It reminded me of The Mummy, the Brendan Fraser version, in all the best ways. Adventure, Egyptology, a mummy mystery (although more earthly than supernatural), and a great spunky, snarky, doesn‘t put with anything, intelligent heroine trading barbs with a much more blunt & gruff excavator. It is definitely a bit dated in parts, but it fit with the time period of the story.

30 Elizabeth Peters
29 Janet Evanovich
28 Lilian Jackson Braun (used to commute with her on audio)

In front of large picture window at library

No

#WonderousWednesday @Eggs
@NataliePatalie

The first book in some of my favorite series.

#FirstLove #ItHadToBeYou
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

It‘s 1884, and the wealthy thirty-two year old spinster, Amelia Peabody, inspired by her late father‘s work, decides to travel to Egypt. Traveling with her is her companion Evelyn. Foul play ensues, as a Mummy frightens the traveling party and absconds with Evelyn. Who or what is this Mummy, and what does it want with Evelyn? Light hearted, amusing with a strong and brave heroine. I enjoyed it! #FoodandLit #Egypt #readingafrica2022

Rating: 3 🌟
Book: 2 of 2022

January #FoodandLit book is done! Now time to go figure out what to eat 😍

New Audiobook. #egypt #foodandlit #blameitonlitsy

January #FoodandLit book is Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters!! 📖

I really enjoyed this mystery novel.. the first in a long series…so lots of reading pleasure ahead!!
The protagonist Amelia Peabody is marvellous…..spirited and self assured👏🏼👏🏼
#egypt #archeology #mysterynovel

I have had a run of fabulous books..by such brilliant authors as Willa Cather , Pat Barker and Graham Swift💕
I‘m thinking after 2 chapters that this will be a winner too. I love a book that grabs me right from the start!!
This is the first in a series of murder mystery books so lots of reading pleasure ahead😊
#murdermystery #fiction #egypt #wetdayreading

Oof, that was way too much colonialism for my taste. I managed an hour of the audiobook and couldn‘t take any more.

Overall loved this book! It was written in 1975 so views are a bit outdated. Loved the MC Amelia Peabody, she's independent, smart and snarky. Loved the friendship formed and enjoyed watching it develop. Loved the adventure and mystery, perfect for fans of The Mummy. Ending was all wrapped up well and HEA but I might continue the series anyway but could be read as a standalone.

"I believe you would square off at Satan if he came around and inconvenienced you!"

So love the Elizabeth Peabody series!

Amelia Peabody! (And dust 😳)
#ShelfieCorner @Kenyazero

Free space #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

3.75 🌟. I enjoyed it but not sure whether I'll continue the series.

This used book came today! And the bunnies had fun in the snow
#petsoflitsy #bunniesoflitsy

I would like to give this book 5 stars, but I am uncomfortable with the racism. One could say, well that‘s the way it was in the 19th century, and I know this was written in the 70s, but, still. That being said, the mystery was good and I did not guess the ending. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

So I directed Walter to pick out a nice tomb for us.
He was staring at me in the most peculiar fashion...
‘There is a nice tomb close by, I trust,‘ I repeated...‘I want the place all swept out and tidy by the time our luggage arrives. Where are your workmen? Some of them can take care of that matter.‘
‘Nice tomb,‘ Walter repeated stupidly. ‘Yes. Yes, Miss Peabody, there are several other tombs nearby. I don‘t know whether you would call them nice‘

‘He has almost the Gallic temperament,‘ said Maspero admiringly. ‘One observes the magnificence of his rages with respect.‘

Maspero, a Frenchman, commenting on Emerson, an Englishman.

Got hit by a book bullet for this one & thought I‘d try something out of my comfort zone (fantasy). Am about halfway through & am enjoying it especially after 2 so-so reads from the Rokesby series. I like the occasional unexpected flashes of amusement; not finding them forced. I like the female protagonists - ahead of their time but not out of their time. Interesting description of Egypt & archeology in which I have no expertise. 4-4.5* currently

Amelia Peabody.
Love her!
#funfriYAY
@HappilyEverKrafter

#20series20days Amelia Peabody

No list of my favourite series would be complete without this series of adventure/romances about archeologists in Egypt and surrounding areas in the 1890's through to the 1920's. Fabulous characters and wonderfully witty writing make them very appealing to reread. There are 7 books missing from my shelf - I have a friend who helps herself to them whenever she visits.

Day 7 #top20series #20series20days

My absolute favourite detective. These books are a complete comfort read for me and the audiobooks are amazing too. I love Amelia and her family and all their Egyptian adventures.