{"id":9649,"date":"2018-01-28T08:37:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T13:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=9649"},"modified":"2024-01-30T19:43:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T00:43:18","slug":"die-for-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/9649","title":{"rendered":"Die for Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Die for Love<\/a><\/em> (1984) Elizabeth Peters<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The third Jacqueline Kirby book finds Jacqueline headed to New York for a romance conference (it was the only thing she could find to let her escape Nebraska for awhile).<\/p>\n

Why do I like Jacqueline?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can have this when I\u2019m finished, if you like.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cReally? Oh, that\u2019s really nice! But you won\u2019t finish it before we get to New York.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOh yes, I will.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, that is really nice of you. Books are so expensive. I read four or five of them a week, and that really adds up.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She reads fast and she is generous with books she has been given for free. <\/p>\n

\u201cThen you must have a weakness for weirdos.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI do\u2014if you mean people with unorthodox opinions about obscure subjects. They\u2019re much more interesting than so-called normal people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Plus she’s a fan of weirdos.<\/p>\n

She arrives at the conference and is surprised by the amount of hostility she feels in the undercurrents–and that most of the featured authors are not what they seem.<\/p>\n

This story aged a little less well than the previous two, mostly because I don’t believe that modern fandom is at all what was presented here.<\/p>\n

It was fun, but I didn’t like it as well as the earlier books.
\nRating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Publisher: William Morrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Oh, that\u2019s really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,26],"tags":[730,326,691,698,695],"class_list":["post-9649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mystery","category-romance","tag-1980s","tag-elizabeth-peters","tag-jacqueline-kirby","tag-librarian","tag-middle-aged-protagonist"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-2vD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22434,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22434","url_meta":{"origin":9649,"position":0},"title":"Die for Love","author":"Michelle","date":"September 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Die for Love (1984) Elizabeth Peters (Jacqueline Kirby) First, I love the reminders of a world past. 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The only one that might be a contemporary portrait is in the Royal Collection. When it was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "7\/10"","block_context":{"text":"7\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Murders of Richard III","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Murders-Richard-III.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22208,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22208","url_meta":{"origin":9649,"position":4},"title":"The Seventh Sinner","author":"Michelle","date":"September 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Seventh Sinner (1972) Elizabeth Peters (Jacqueline Kirby) This was written in 1972, and is a product of those times--but not horribly so. 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