so-soIn 2126 Edric Montague takes his tutor Dr Entwerfen to Egypt to test his galvanic battery by attempting to resuscitate the mummy of Cheops. Back in England, the country is gearing up to elect a new Queen, and elsewhere in Europe the new King of Ireland is invading Spain to restore the monarchy there.
I found it rather heavy going and overlong. The speculations from 1826 about life in 2126 were much more fun than the romantic melodramas.
This month I for really real want to:
🗝️ read The Wind in the Keyhole for the #MonthlyKeyWordgxo challenge
🇪🇬 finish The Mummy!
☕️ finish Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
📗 read my tba book club book
Well I‘m not going to make my 20 hour goal but for a happy reason: I bought a new car yesterday!
It took up a lot of my Saturday but I still read
☕️ Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing for 1 hour
(The Mummy! Is 680 pages-too big for my purse)
🇪🇬 The Mummy! for 3 hours
🟰 4 hours in 3 days
There‘s still time tomorrow!
#20in4 #Readathon
Thanks again @Andrew65 !
If I want to finish The Mummy! in time for book club next weekend, I need to read #20in4!
Thank you for hosting @Andrew65 !
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pickWait what?
This book is a masterpiece. I love it. I'm mildly confused as to why there were family things at the end but oh my.
It's about time I finished this.
Buddy read on @SerialReader with @DarcysMom but now I'm just going to read til the end
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I'm still not caught up, but I have made progress! King Cheops is fast becoming a favourite character
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I woke up too early so I thought I would catch up on this. Oh my.
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Her descriptions are so lavish, everything is so beautiful.
But poor Champion. I'm not crying, you are. It's hay-fever, definitely not tears. Nope.
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Not read anything in a few days, so it was good to catch up on this
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I'm so tired, this is my pre sleep reading. I really want this to be popular so I can read some Lords Noodle and Doodle fanfic.
Half way through!
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I do find it interesting that they vote for their monarch.
I wonder who will be queen...
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I love the humour of this book!
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I planned to sleep for an hour, and ended up sleeping for 9hrs. Oops.
I'm really enjoying this! I love the little insights you get into how she thought society would become.
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I wish she had written a book about the adventures of Lords Noodle and Doodle
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Hayfever is even worse today, this took almost an hour to read. I am so enjoying the story, I'm glad I have to wait each day to read it or I'd just binge the book.
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Oooh this got tense!
I'm very much suffering from the effects of hay-fever at the moment, so reading is slow.
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I know I usually share my progress but I couldn't resist sharing this part. It's quite a sad issue and then there's this moment.
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I'm exhausted enough to count this as my pre sleep reading.
I sympathise with King Cheops, I too would mourn the kitty. Love the twist at the end of this issue!
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Ooh wow. Poor Queen! But what a shock ending to that issue!
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Women in trousers. Women in trousers! A century and a half before it became acceptable, women in trousers!
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Oh my. What a fantastic issue. I do feel a bit sorry for Samuel, he didn't ask to be in that situation
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It only took fourteen issues but we are in Egypt!
... And there's imperial and colonial ideas. I'd expect it, it was written at the height of various empires, but yea it made me feel uncomfortable.
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Finally! Some mummy action. 😉
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13 issues in and still no mummy. I'm reading in hope that we can meet the mummy soon, but I am enjoying the book. Seeing how she thought technology would be, and how much agency women have in this, kinda makes up for the lack of mummy. Kinda.
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OK so still no sign of the mummy yet, but I do love Mrs Montagu's staff. They are so well informed but Mrs M seems to know best.
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A little (a lot!) late today, had a huge amount of research to do.
I'm getting excited about the mummy, but the wait is so long! I'm enjoying the read, especially as it gives a glimpse as to what Jane thought things might be like in just a century from now.
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Finally! Edric is set on going to Egypt. How long will it take him to get there? The eponymous mummy is beginning to feel like a bit of a tease.
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Bechdel test passed! And thankfully Rosabella feels the same way as Edric. Still no mummy though.
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I'm reading my issues a bit later today, been having a nap because it's so hot. Anyway, the book. I do hope there's no wedding, I think it'd make everyone unhappy
Finally! We may actually see a mummy soon. 😁
#buddyread
@EllanaRose
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Less mummy, and less agriculture this time. I'm definitely enjoying the characters and their relationships.
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Less mummy, more agriculture. Some new interesting characters at least
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Still not met the mummy, but I have hopes it will be soon.
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I knew already there would be a lot of detail about farming. In fact, she met her husband because he loved the amount of detail she went into when it came to agriculture.
Didn't realise it'd be this early into the book. Great relationship forming already, I love it!
Definitely a #blameitonlitsy choice. Thanks @EllanaRose for the inspiration.
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Waiting for my face mask to dry, so it's the perfect time to read an issue. I've been wanting to read this since I was 16, and over a decade on I'm finally reading it.
In this 1827 sci-fi story, an ancient Egyptian mummy is brought back to life in the futuristic world of 2126 (filled with more than a few prophetic ideas of new technology). Recommended for fans of Mary Shelley‘s Frankenstein or The Last Man. Preview the first issue in Serial Reader: https://www.serialreader.org/preview/5a805fb4572ec73088f4f61f/the-mummy!/
Anyone want to #buddyread this on @SerialReader with me? I've been wanting to read this since forever!
Written by a woman in 1827, this is a story of a mummy who travels to the 22nd century.
The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century | 
