Ancient Egyptian: Writings from Ancient Egypt Let me just preface this Very Serious Analysis of Writings from Ancient Egypt by saying: OMG I don’t think I’ve ever had a floppier Penguin paperback! I’m in love. 😍 Now that that’s out of the way… Writings from Ancient Egypt overview This Penguin collection is translated and compiled by…
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix: REVIEW Synopsis It’s the summer of 1970 in the American south, and Neva is 15 and pregnant. Her parents send her to a home for wayward girls, where she is told to follow every strict rule, give up her baby for adoption once it’s born, and then return…
So Far Gone by Jess Walter: REVIEW Synopsis Back in 2016, Rhys Kinnick punched his far-right conspiracy-theorist son-in-law in the face, threw his cellphone out the car window, and took to a cabin in the woods to escape society’s madness. But now his grandchildren have arrived at his doorstep. They inform him that his daughter…
Canada: Ru and Unearthing Diplomatica’s ‘Great Reads from Around the World’ #1 Full details about my Diplomatica ‘Great Reads from Around the World’ project are here. Hello! Welcome to my first, hopefully monthly, installment of my Great Reads from Around the World project AND my Top 100 Canadian Books of All Time project. My goal here is…
Ancient Egyptian: The Egyptian Book of the Dead The Book of the Dead I talked briefly about Ancient Egypt’s The Book of the Dead in my post about Ancient Egyptian language and literature a couple months back, but today I’ll take a more in-depth look at this most famous work of Ancient Egyptian literature. The Book of…
New Reading Project: Diplomatica Global’s ‘Great Reads from Around the World’ Hi everyone! I’m excited to announce a new reading project that I’ll be talking about on this blog over the next couple of years. I’m still invested in my original World LiteraTour project, where I pick a language each month to learn a bit…