Review: The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters

It’s 1907 and Amelia Peabody is participating in the Suffrage movement and preparing for another season in Egypt. While Amelia thinks this season in Egypt will be a boring one, fate decides to change that by bringing back an old enemy, the Master Criminal.  I really enjoyed this adventure in Egypt. When the book starts … More Review: The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters

Review: The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

Trigger Warnings: graphic death; genocide; torture; physical abuse; starvation; PTSD; survivor’s guilt; infanticide; cheating; alcohol use; paranoia; abusive relationship; suicide of a child; cancer;  “Information is necessary, to be sure, but it is never sufficient. Information must also be believed…Only when information is combined with belief does it become knowledge, and only knowledge leads to … More Review: The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland

Review: The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters

Amelia and Emerson return to Egypt with Ramses and Nefret in tow for another year of excavating. This time to find an undisturbed royal tomb that is irresistible to tomb robbers and thieves.  This was another enjoyable adventure in Egypt with Amelia and her family. Like always, I really like Amelia and Emerson. These two … More Review: The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters

Review: Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon

Emery Thompson hates Calvin Chamberlain. When they are tasked with working together for a podcast series, they quickly find it hard to ignore the fierce chemistry between them.  This was a surprisingly wonderful audiobook. For shorter romances like this one, I was concerned it would feel incomplete, but nope. This was a wonderful story about … More Review: Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon

Review: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

As the battle between the Olympians and the evil Titan Lord, Kronos, draws closer Percy finds that even the haven of Camp Half-Blood is threatened. Now to stop an invasion, Percy and the gang must set off on a quest through the mysterious and dangerous Labyrinth.  With each book this series just keeps getting better. … More Review: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Review: The Snake, The Crocodile, and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters

Amelia and Emerson are returning to Egypt for another year of excavation, but for the first time in years they will be alone. Unfortunately, their plans are quickly changed when Emerson emerges from an ambush with no memory of Amelia.  This was an interesting one because we finally return to just Amelia and Emerson in … More Review: The Snake, The Crocodile, and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters

Review: The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters

Amelia and Emerson set off for a new archeological dig, this time in Sudan. They are unwillingly drawn into the search for an explorer and his young bride who went missing twelve years ago. This leads to a very dangerous journey through the desert that leads to them being taken prisoner.  When I picked this … More Review: The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters