The Book Worms Character of the Month

"Abdullah clapped his hand to his brow. 'Not a dead man, sitt. Not another dead man . . .' A flicker of reviving hope returned to his stricken face. 'Is it a mummy you mean, sitt? An old dead man?'"
-Abdulla, the Emerson’s Ries

The Book Worms Character of the Month:

A little English woman that packs a big wallop!! This is how I would describe the spunky Mrs. Amelia Peabody Emerson, otherwise known as the Sitt Hakim. If you are not familiar with Amelia I would just like to say you are missing out on a fantastic character.

Amelia Peabody is a spunky archeologist who finds a dead body on her doorstep every time she and her handsome/temperamental husband Radcliffe Emerson enter Egypt on one of their famous archeological digs.

She catches murders, kidnappers; master criminals all with the help of her every present belt of accouterments and of course her trusty parasol.

Amelia is the creation of author, Elizabeth Peters. There are around 18 books in the Amelia Peabody, and they all take place in Egypt.

Want to learn more about Amelia and her family check out the website dedicated to the infamous Amelia Peabody. http://www.ameliapeabody.com/

Bookworms Book Review

I have found a great new book titled, Hey Day, by Kurt Anderson. It is a novel that takes place in the Nineteenth Century, depicting the modern life of that culture. The novel’s time frame runs from April 1848-Late 1850. The story line evolves around four characters: Ben Knowles- an aristocrat from England bound for New York City, looking to carve out a life for him-self independent from the watchful eye of his father. Then there is Duff Lucking, a volunteer New York fireman haunted by his experience during the Mexican War. The third character portrayed is Polly Lucking (Duff’s sister and Ben’s love interest) is a part-time prostitute, full-time aspiring actress, and sketch artist who longs for a life of adventure. And last, but not least, is Skaggs, a freelance newspaper journalist and amateur photographer in New York City.

Their stories weave through the French Revolution in Paris journeying across the expanse of America to the California Territory to the Gold Rush. The story is surrounds the passion and colorful lives of these nineteenth century characters painting the New America in a new light. You follow their hopes and dreams, plus to spice up the plot you have a murderer tailing these four young adventurers, whom are unknowledgeable, in that they are being pursued by a murderer. Why is the murderer following them? You’ll have to check out the book to find out.

A Musing For Those Who Love The Written Word!!

Music had stirred him like that. Music had troubled him many times. But music was not articulate. It was not a new world, but rather another chaos, that it created in us. Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?

-The Picture Of Dorian Gray -