jay started reading The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who …
another reread
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Contains brainfog. I admire people who have a clear definition for what each number of stars means, but I give them out purely intuitively.
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jay rated The Other Wind: 5 stars
The Other Wind (2001, Harcourt)
The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Other Wind is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Harcourt in 2001. …
jay started reading The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Other Wind (2001, Harcourt)
The Other Wind is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, …
Felt a need to go back to Earthsea.
jay rated Nine Lives: 5 stars
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enne📚 quoted Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
The really unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, or anger, or desire, or any redeemable emotion to excuse them but cold fear of some pretended future. But the crimes they hope to prevent in that future are imaginary. The ones they commit in the present--they are real.
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Catship quoted The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out …
The day had been long and full of dragons
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jay finished reading The Thousand Eyes by A. K. Larkwood
The Thousand Eyes by A. K. Larkwood
Two years ago, Csorwe and Shuthmili defied the wizard Belthandros Sethennai and stole his gauntlets. The gauntlets have made Shuthmili …
jay finished reading The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood
The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood
What if you knew how and when you will die?
Csorwe does. She will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine …
jay started reading The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood
The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood
What if you knew how and when you will die?
Csorwe does. She will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine …
jay rated Emergency Skin: 4 stars
Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin
What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award–winning …
jay finished reading Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin
Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin
What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award–winning …
jay reviewed The ghostway by Tony Hillerman
Old Joseph Joe sees it all. Two strangers spill blood at the Shiprock Wash-O-Mat. One …
The Ghostway
4 stars
A friend recommended this series for the pacing and the important role the landscape plays in the stories, which intrigued me. And it really delivered in these respects. The pacing is truly excellent, unhurried without dropping the reader. The description of the landscapes painted them well enough in my mind, without ever having been in any similar ones. The glimpses into the life and inner worlds of the protagonists were convincing and interesting. The unraveling of the mistery felt engaging and natural, despite the small red herrings.
Books I really love are usually ones that concern themselves with the big questions. This isn't that—not that it leaves them out, it's just not what the book is about. It still was a pleasure to listen to, and made me think about how I acquired this taste and how useful it is at my present point in life.
I listened to …
A friend recommended this series for the pacing and the important role the landscape plays in the stories, which intrigued me. And it really delivered in these respects. The pacing is truly excellent, unhurried without dropping the reader. The description of the landscapes painted them well enough in my mind, without ever having been in any similar ones. The glimpses into the life and inner worlds of the protagonists were convincing and interesting. The unraveling of the mistery felt engaging and natural, despite the small red herrings.
Books I really love are usually ones that concern themselves with the big questions. This isn't that—not that it leaves them out, it's just not what the book is about. It still was a pleasure to listen to, and made me think about how I acquired this taste and how useful it is at my present point in life.
I listened to the audiobook, narrated by George Guidall.
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reading crustacean quoted Erdling by Emma Braslavsky
Emma Erdling ist notorisch pleite. Nur dank der Unterstützung ihrer kinderlosen Großtante konnte sie sich …
Thomas lachte kurz auf und schüttelte den Kopf. "Für den Freund der Aufhellung behalten Wort und Begriff des Volkes selbst immer etwas Archaisch-Apprehensives, und er weiß, dass man die Menge nur als Volk anzureden braucht, wenn man sie zum Rückständig-Bösen verleiten will."
— Erdling by Emma Braslavsky
Thomas Mann redet da, evtl. ein echtes Zitat aus dem Doktor Faustus
@eldang@outside.ofa.dog I thought I was going to pass on this one, but now I won't.