I always intend to read more but then take half a year to get through one book... Maybe tracking and sharing what I read helps? Reading and posting in English and German. You can also find me on Mastodon at todon.eu/@heptag0n
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Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the …
Content warning Mention of how and when magic occurs
Very enjoyable read so far, however more in the "lighthearted fun read" kind of way and less "start of an epic series". Lots of space on the pages make it feel shorter than the 496 pages suggest. So far, only two instances of magic have occurred in this Fantasy novel.
*New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin …
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to …
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the …
The worldbuilding in this series is absolutely great. The different peoples of Earthsea feel diverse and really creatively drafted. The only small drawback that it is very much "One great man doing great things", which I think is actually a bit untypical for Le Guin. I think this series is some of her earliest work, so that may explain this.
Great read though and I can wholeheartedly recommend this as some slow-paced cozy reading.
The worldbuilding in this series is absolutely great. The different peoples of Earthsea feel diverse and really creatively drafted. The only small drawback that it is very much "One great man doing great things", which I think is actually a bit untypical for Le Guin. I think this series is some of her earliest work, so that may explain this.
Great read though and I can wholeheartedly recommend this as some slow-paced cozy reading.
"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would …
A smart, incisive take-down of the bogus claims being made about so-called ‘artificial intelligence’, exposing …
Got this sitting on my shelf for a couple of months already. I am a bit scared that it will be out of date if I don't read it soon :D
Got this sitting on my shelf for a couple of months already. I am a bit scared that it will be out of date if I don't read it soon :D