Didn’t get time to read anything this week either.

What about all of you? What have you all been reading or listening to lately?

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  • billionsandbillions@piefed.socialEnglish
    121·
    3 days ago

    I need to finish The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. I’m just over halfway but it’s not really providing me with any new ideas.

    I think it’s a good book for teenagers or someone who hasn’t really thought about the themes in this book.

    Edit: I just finished the chapter I was on. It seems like the book may become more interesting…

    • bigoofn@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      4 days ago

      Same boat. Also started & bounced off of The Left Hand of Darkness. Now I’m halfway through The Fifth Season (N.K. Jemisin).

      • alternategait@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        I am thinking about doing a reread of The Fifth Season. I think k there’s something that will hit a bit differently now that I know Jemisin’s writing style.

        • callous_etymology@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          2 days ago

          Maybe it was because I listened to them instead of read them, but this series didn’t click with me. It was almost like floating through a haze. I feel like I missed out, it seems like it’s a well-liked series.

          • bigoofn@sopuli.xyz
            4·
            2 days ago

            I was honestly expecting something meatier than it is, but it’s definitely not bad. Fantasy EarthBenders living like singularly typed X-Men in an alternate semi-apocalyptic world is still pretty neat.

      • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        I enjoyed Left Hand of Darkness, but I do think it’s showing its age. The themes were probably mind-blowing at the time, but reading it in the 2020s…idk, it doesn’t feel so momentous.

        OTOH, about 2/3 of the way through the book, it turned into a VERY different type of story than I’d been expecting, so that was fun.

        • bigoofn@sopuli.xyz
          1·
          3 days ago

          That’s good to know. I fully intend to go back to both when the time/mood strikes better.

          • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            3 days ago

            Once you have more reading time, enjoy! LHOD is worth reading even if it’s “merely good” instead of “mind-blowing” :)

            And NK Jemisin is an amazing author. Her Inheritance trilogy was excellent. Hmm, I haven’t actually read any of her newer books. I should change that!