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Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)
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Sep 12, 2014
bookshelves: favorites, mystery-with-history, re-read-in-2017, favorite-characters, re-read-in-2019, re-read-in-2020, audio, books-i-have-re-read-time-and-time
Read 4 times. Last read August 13, 2020.
2020 Review
Oh, I love this book.
I didn't love it as much as an audio version. Maybe I am just too familiar with the story, so someone else's emphasis on certain words just sounded foreign to me. But by the end I forgave and forgot because the story always leaves me satisfied.
2019 Review
I want to be Amelia Peabody. Also, I want a parasol. They seem quite useful for poking people out of the way.
March 31st, 2017
Even better than I remembered. Amelia Peabody is wonderful. If I rated this book today, I would probably give it 5 stars because it remains enjoyable after multiple reads. In fact, I rather want to re-read the rest of the series!
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December 4th, 2014
Love.
Seriously, how have I survived unaware of Amelia Peabody? Though the novel occasionally gets weighed down by its description of Egypt, digs, and archaeology I loved the intelligent female heroine, her perchance for matchmaking, and her stubbornness. It's so nice to find a character who combines intelligence with a independent spirit and yet does not bog the reader down with pages and pages of feminist tirades (well perhaps only a page or two.) The mystery was perhaps a hint predictable but outrageous and fun enough to make it worth reading.
Most importantly, my Mom liked this one and immediately got herself the sequel!
Oh, I love this book.
I didn't love it as much as an audio version. Maybe I am just too familiar with the story, so someone else's emphasis on certain words just sounded foreign to me. But by the end I forgave and forgot because the story always leaves me satisfied.
2019 Review
I want to be Amelia Peabody. Also, I want a parasol. They seem quite useful for poking people out of the way.
March 31st, 2017
Even better than I remembered. Amelia Peabody is wonderful. If I rated this book today, I would probably give it 5 stars because it remains enjoyable after multiple reads. In fact, I rather want to re-read the rest of the series!
............................
December 4th, 2014
Love.
Seriously, how have I survived unaware of Amelia Peabody? Though the novel occasionally gets weighed down by its description of Egypt, digs, and archaeology I loved the intelligent female heroine, her perchance for matchmaking, and her stubbornness. It's so nice to find a character who combines intelligence with a independent spirit and yet does not bog the reader down with pages and pages of feminist tirades (well perhaps only a page or two.) The mystery was perhaps a hint predictable but outrageous and fun enough to make it worth reading.
Most importantly, my Mom liked this one and immediately got herself the sequel!
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Reading Progress
September 12, 2014
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to-read
September 12, 2014
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Started Reading
December 4, 2014
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Finished Reading
March 30, 2017
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Started Reading
March 31, 2017
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favorites
March 31, 2017
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mystery-with-history
March 31, 2017
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re-read-in-2017
March 31, 2017
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favorite-characters
March 31, 2017
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Finished Reading
Started Reading
January 27, 2019
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Finished Reading
Started Reading
August 13, 2020
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re-read-in-2019
August 13, 2020
– Shelved as:
re-read-in-2020
August 13, 2020
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audio
August 13, 2020
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books-i-have-re-read-time-and-time
August 13, 2020
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Finished Reading
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Apr 03, 2017 07:11AM
I'd forgotten about this series. I remember discovering it and then greedily grabbing these any time I stumbled across one in a bookstore or library. I think I only read maybe 3 or 4.
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I enjoyed this story and was very pleased to find that Elizabeth Peters has written many more.
