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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? January 10 (self.books)

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Finished The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. The climax and resolutions was really good, even on my 2nd re-read. Finally done with the first era! Wanted to jump right into next book to find out what happens to that one character, but next book is hundreds of years in the future.

Started Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton. Got the series for the kid, he is already halfway through the book and wanted to talk to me about it, so reading it myself.

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

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[–] eRac@lemmings.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I loved the ending of Hero of Ages. There's a novella to read partway through the second age that does some beautiful stuff around it. The second age is a very different style, but it is a lot of fun. You never regret that extra shake...

I just finished the Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le Guin. The first book is from the sixties and the final short from 2018, so it is a fascinating trip through the maturation of Fantasy. The first three books are firmly young-adult, while the last three stick with the characters as adults. The whole series ends with a very short story the author wrote to be published after her death. It's a wonderful look at the mind of an old person at the end of their story.

Recent publications include afterwords written in 2012 which give a lot of context and interesting insights into how she wrote stories.

[–] dresden 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, second era feels interesting. And I did look at the novella, but it was published after the second book, so will read it in that order.