Jordan: Our Last Best Chance by King Abdullah II (from Diplomatica’s ‘Great Reads from Around the World’) Great Reads from Around the World I’m making my way through the Great Reads from Around the World list on DiplomaticaGlobal.com, a list curated by each country’s embassy in Washington, D.C. Looking at it just now, I can…
Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization, by Tim Queeney: REVIEW Synopsis The fascinating history and potential future of one of humanity’s most innovative inventions: rope. My Review First of all, I want to express my appreciation for Queeney’s opening disclaimer: “No AI was used in the research or writing…
African Folk Tales for the Young at Heart: Hausa Tales of Wit, Wisdom, and Wonder by Abubakar Yusuf Ibrahim: REVIEW Synopsis A collection of traditional Nigerian folk tales for children and the young at heart. My Review When I saw an ARC on NetGalley called African Folk Tales for the Young at Heart, I requested…
Flashlight by Susan Choi: REVIEW Synopsis Goodreads summary: “A novel tracing a father’s disappearance across time, nations, and memory, from the author of Trust Exercise.” My Review At the risk of my blog’s SEO plug-in yelling at me, I’m going to keep this review short and simple. My dog is sick, so he’s my top priority…
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…