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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 23 (discuss.online)
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Finally got some reading time and finished Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series)!

It's a very quick book, which is kind of ironic for me to say, since I took months to finish it, but finished the last third or so of the book in a single sitting.

There were certain things in the start that I didn't like, but was enjoying the book by the time I finished it. Would love to read more in the series.

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

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[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Rereading The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin definitely recommend it for its depiction and criticism of a potential utopian anarchist society.

[–] emb@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Just the other day I found a copy of this at a yard sale. A vintage, cheap feeling paperback, which (materially) feels so classy now by way of contrast with moat of my other books.

Glad to see the high praise of it! Grabbed it on a whim. When I get to it, will be the first of Le Guin's that I've read.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I was about to grab that from the library the other day, but then I saw it was the listed as being in the middle of a series. Does it fare well on its own or should I start with something else?

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Yes it fares well on its own none of the books in the "Hainish Cycle" are really in the same story they just share a vague universe with intersecting technology and multi-planet organzations but barely intersect so all can read on their own very easily.