The Pyramid of Doom by Andy McDermott
A fun and wild ride… fast-paced, funny and at times over-the-top but a good story that kept me reading until the wee hours of the morning! I’m not sure how much of the Egyptology was based in reality but whether true or not it didn’t detract from the story or my enjoyment. Imagine Lara Croft teaming up with James Bond… loved it! My only regret is that this book was obviously written in the middle of the series and while it certainly stands on its own there were references to prior books that I wish I had read first. Of course, my Egyptphile brain honed in on this one so that is my punishment I guess! I will definitely be reading more of the adventures of Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase.
Check out Andy McDermott’s Webpage here.
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Book Review
The Lost Temple by Tom Harper
Finally finshed reading “The Lost Temple” by Tom Harper. Seems like it took me forever to finish with all the other stuff going on. The story moved along a bit slowly for me so it definitely wasn’t a sit and read in one fell swoop kind of book. As my loyal subscribers already know I like historical fiction, especially things to do with Egypt. This was actually to do with Ancient Greece, really further back than that. Think Achilles and Troy, etc. It had a little injection of Indiana Jones though the protagonist really wasn’t an archeologist. Per my usual complaint, there were a couple ‘love scenes’ that I could have done without though they didn’t really detract from the story at all. The ending was a bit lackluster but good and I think not maybe what I was expecting. Overall a good read. I will likely pick up other books by Tom Harper.
R.I.P. Willa
I just found out that my friend passed on this morning. Willa was a wonderful, kind-hearted, generous, funny & beautiful lady and I loved her like a sister. When I was going through the in-vitro process to get pregnant with the twins she was there for me every painful step of the way. She helped give me my injections, she listened to me cry and rant. She even had symapthy pains for me! When the first round failed and I lost the embryos she was the one who held me up and stuck with me for the next round. I am so glad that she was still with us to meet the fruits of our labors. When I heard the news today the first thing I did was run upstairs to hug my twins. I know that she was in a lot of pain from the cancer and so I hope that now all her pain is gone. She will be truly missed and forever loved.
We’re both so *fond* of having our picture taken that this was the only one I could find of us… and it’s old… and we are a motley crew, that…
I love you lady and I hope you’ve found peace.
(I am in white and Willa is next to me in red.)
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