I read this as the September buddy read. This is one of those good old fashion ghost stories. I had to keep reminding myself that it was written in the 1960s and some of the actions and reactions of the characters were definitely old fashion. This was the first book I read of Barbara Michaels, I ...
Ammie, Come Home by Barbara Michaels Book 1 of Georgetown It begins as a lark -- a harmless diversion initiated by Washington, D.C., hostess Ruth Bennett as a means of entertaining her visiting niece, Sara. But the séance conducted in Ruth's elegant Georgetown home calls something back; something ...
Where to start? I've been hearing my mom rave about how much she loved this book for ever, which in the way of such things between mothers and daughter sometimes, had the perverse effect of making me disinclined to read it. This is spite of my enjoyment of ghost stories and Barbara Michaels' othe...
I always enjoy Michaels/Peters stories. She writes really well and does a great job with setting up the atmosphere whether it's in the deserts of Egypt or an old southern historic home. This was my second time reading it and I enjoyed it just as much as the first time. The ending seemed a little ant...
This has been an ok read for me. I really liked the creepy atmosphere that Michaels has created, the story is entertaining and it´s a very fast read. Unfortunately I didn´t like the characters and I couldn´t get past the mannerism of the 1960s, especially how men treated women back then (I´m not a...
This was a re-read for me, as well as my Read With Friends square for Halloween Book Bingo 2016. I grew up on Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters, Mary Stewart, Phyllis Whitney and Victoria Holt, so it was a lot of fun to revisit. Michaels has a gift for atmosphere, and it's in full force here. She's ...
Barbara Michaels is a new-to-me author, and one whose other works I will definitely be looking into. This was a wonderfully creepy book, and scary without being gory (though, I'm not one who minds gore). What we have here is a good old-fashioned ghost story, and Ms. Michaels pulls it off beautiful...
Page 340 And, I'm done! Well played, Ms. Michaels. Just the right level of creep, and she did manage to redeem the irredeemable Patrick in the end (although I still don't like the way he treats his dog). I can't say I'd go out on a date with him, but I didn't find him entirely vile, either! Pa...
This book has always frightened me. Although Barbara Michaels generally does gothic novels, I am rarely actually scared of anything she writes. I get the occasional shiver, but this is probably the only one of her novels I've read (and I've read most of them at this point) that I would classify a...
This book has always frightened me. Although Barbara Michaels generally does gothic novels, I am rarely actually scared of anything she writes. I get the occasional shiver, but this is probably the only one of her novels I've read (and I've read most of them at this point) that I would classify as "...
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