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FROM: Melissa Bittinger <[removed]@redrose.net>
REC'D: 2/16/01, 3:08 PM

I need help with a book suggestion and can't think of a better place to
go. Author Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels, Barbara Mertz) will
be visiting our library next spring. I am putting together a list of
books to be read for the 2001-2002 season of the library's book
discussion groups and want to include one of her books. My problem is
that I don't know which one would best lend itself to discussion. Our
groups do like mysteries, but always ask me to find books that offer
more than just a "whodunnit" appeal (easier to discuss). I am open to
either the E. Peters books or Barbara Michaels titles. Can anyone
suggest a good book to discuss? I need to complete the list in the next
two weeks and just don't have time to read them all.

Your help is much appreciated!

Melissa Bittinger
Adult Programs / Reader's Services
Hershey Public Library
701 Cocoa Ave.
Hershey, PA 17033
[removed]@redrose.net

FROM: Melissa Norton <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/16/01, 8:27 PM

CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK is the first title in the
Amelia Peabody historical mystery series and is a
wonderful stand-alone title with history, romance and
the redoubtable Amelia to add to the mix.

Maybe you could combine it with a nonfiction title
like DESERT QUEEN (about Gertrude Bell)by Janet
Wallach, WOMEN OF THE FOUR WINDS by Elizabeth Olds,
about intrepid female explorers of the 19th century or
the brand-new THEY WENT WHISTLING by Barbara Holland.

Melissa

--- Melissa Bittinger <[removed]@redrose.net> wrote:
> I need help with a book suggestion and can't think
> of a better place to
> go. Author Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels,
> Barbara Mertz) will
> be visiting our library next spring. I am putting
> together a list of
> books to be read for the 2001-2002 season of the
> library's book
> discussion groups and want to include one of her
> books. My problem is
> that I don't know which one would best lend itself
> to discussion. Our
> groups do like mysteries, but always ask me to find
> books that offer
> more than just a "whodunnit" appeal (easier to
> discuss). I am open to
> either the E. Peters books or Barbara Michaels
> titles. Can anyone
> suggest a good book to discuss? I need to complete
> the list in the next
> two weeks and just don't have time to read them all.
>
> Your help is much appreciated!
>
> Melissa Bittinger
> Adult Programs / Reader's Services
> Hershey Public Library
> 701 Cocoa Ave.
> Hershey, PA 17033
> [removed]@redrose.net
>
>
>
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FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 2/17/01, 8:44 AM

The Amelia Peabody series is appealing on many levels, but you would
definitely need to read the first one, since skipping around ruins the
suspense of the earlier ones. There is the wonderful sendup of the
adventure/gothic novel style, great characters, lots of Egyptian &
archeaological background, Victorian social attitudes, etc. to get your
teeth into. You might also consider _The Murders of Richard III_, one in
the Jacqueline Kirby series. This is set at a conference of scholars from
competing factions of Richard III historiography, so there is the whole
historical puzzle (did RIII kill the Princes in the Tower or not) as well as
the present day murder and mayhem to discuss. This is a little like a comic
version of _Daughter of Time_ by Josephine Tey, which has been used to great
success by many discussion groups, largely because of the historical
element. I am deeply envious of your having Peters actually at your
library. Maybe I can think of some sort of excuse to have to travel from
Connecticut to Pennsylvania that week...

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Melissa Bittinger
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 10:22 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Elizabeth Peters book group suggestion


I need help with a book suggestion and can't think of a better place to
go. Author Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels, Barbara Mertz) will
be visiting our library next spring. I am putting together a list of
books to be read for the 2001-2002 season of the library's book
discussion groups and want to include one of her books. My problem is
that I don't know which one would best lend itself to discussion. Our
groups do like mysteries, but always ask me to find books that offer
more than just a "whodunnit" appeal (easier to discuss). I am open to
either the E. Peters books or Barbara Michaels titles. Can anyone
suggest a good book to discuss? I need to complete the list in the next
two weeks and just don't have time to read them all.

Your help is much appreciated!

Melissa Bittinger
Adult Programs / Reader's Services
Hershey Public Library
701 Cocoa Ave.
Hershey, PA 17033
[removed]@redrose.net

FROM: Meg Sarff <[removed]@libby.rbls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/17/01, 9:16 AM

You might want to try the historical Crocodile on the Sandbank which also
addresses some feminist issues and has some information about the history
of 19th century archaeology. Meg

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On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Melissa Bittinger wrote:

> I need help with a book suggestion and can't think of a better place to
> go. Author Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels, Barbara Mertz) will
> be visiting our library next spring. I am putting together a list of
> books to be read for the 2001-2002 season of the library's book
> discussion groups and want to include one of her books. My problem is
> that I don't know which one would best lend itself to discussion. Our
> groups do like mysteries, but always ask me to find books that offer
> more than just a "whodunnit" appeal (easier to discuss). I am open to
> either the E. Peters books or Barbara Michaels titles. Can anyone
> suggest a good book to discuss? I need to complete the list in the next
> two weeks and just don't have time to read them all.
>
> Your help is much appreciated!
>
> Melissa Bittinger
> Adult Programs / Reader's Services
> Hershey Public Library
> 701 Cocoa Ave.
> Hershey, PA 17033
> [removed]@redrose.net
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Sharon Weinberg <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
REC'D: 2/17/01, 9:48 AM

Instead of the first Amelia Peabody, you might want to consider Seeing a
Large Cat. It is the first book in the "internal quartet." It focuses
on the younger generation. I'm a fan of all her books, so I think you'll
have a good discussion no matter what you pick.

Sharon
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Melissa Bittinger
wrote:

> I need help with a book suggestion and can't think of a better place to
> go. Author Elizabeth Peters (aka Barbara Michaels, Barbara Mertz) will
> be visiting our library next spring. I am putting together a list of
> books to be read for the 2001-2002 season of the library's book
> discussion groups and want to include one of her books. My problem is
> that I don't know which one would best lend itself to discussion. Our
> groups do like mysteries, but always ask me to find books that offer
> more than just a "whodunnit" appeal (easier to discuss). I am open to
> either the E. Peters books or Barbara Michaels titles. Can anyone
> suggest a good book to discuss? I need to complete the list in the next
> two weeks and just don't have time to read them all.
>
> Your help is much appreciated!
>
> Melissa Bittinger
> Adult Programs / Reader's Services
> Hershey Public Library
> 701 Cocoa Ave.
> Hershey, PA 17033
> [removed]@redrose.net
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

--
Sharon Weinberg
Skokie Public Library <http://www.skokie.lib.il.us>
Phone: (847) 673-7774
E-mail: [removed]@skokie.lib.il.us

FROM: Spring Quick <[removed]@ccrls.org>
REC'D: 2/20/01, 5:48 PM

Although it's been awhile since I read it, I think Patriot's Dream by
Barbara Michaels might be good for a book discussion. It's probably more
of a romance than a mystery, and it goes back and forth from contemporary
time to historical Williamsburg, Virginia. As I recall it also has an
unexpected ending.

Spring


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