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City Of Illusions | Ursula K. LeGuin
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It‘s that time again for me to bore you all with my lists with the progress of my book challenges this year on Litsy. I‘ll start with #authoramonth, which is coming along swimmingly. @Soubhiville

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Read4life
Untitled | Unknown
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Two books finished last week in May & two in June.
#RandomClassic #AuthorAMonth #buddyread #BookSpinBingo

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Gissy
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I read 12 books in May (one book was the #CBBC reading and I don‘t own that book).
Only one bingo but I read #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin books I read more books in the free spaces😂
No bingo in the #ISpyBingo May @TheAromaOfBooks @Clwojick

Two books were not completed. I will try to finish them during this month. They are:
The Splendid and the Vile #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
Clothes-Pegs #FurrowedMiddlebrow @LeahBergen

LeahBergen What a good month! Did you not like Clothes-Pegs? 23h
Gissy @LeahBergen I‘m enjoying it but I couldn‘t finish it because it was a busy month, where we have to sacrifice our reading time☹️Today is June 5th and I haven‘t read much either😩 22h
Clwojick Good job! 22h
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 19h
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Andrew65
Five Ways to Forgiveness | Ursula K. Le Guin
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First book I‘ve read by this author and first book for #AuthorAMonth for her.

This is a book with five closely related novellas that really captured my attention, really enjoyed these books and what they said about human relationships, the human condition and seeking to overcome slavery and power over others. She definitely had great imagination.

Based on this if I can get hold of others I will be reading more by this author.

@Soubhiville

Soubhiville Great! Glad you liked it. 1d
Crazeedi I've read a couple of hers years ago. Unique style and good 20h
Andrew65 @Crazeedi I hope to read more, I don‘t read enough science fiction. 12h
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squirrelbrain
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I‘m not really a huge fantasy fan, but I‘m also a list completist so I wanted to read a Le Guin book for #authoramonth.

I found this novella on Scribd. It‘s a coming of age story for Owen, who‘s seventeen and trying to figure out his place in the world.

It did feel a bit dated, and it‘s a very simple, slight tale but I still kind of liked it. A soft pick.

#aam

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Amiable
A Wizard of Earthsea | Ursula K. Le Guin
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Full disclosure: Fantasy is not my thing. I‘m glad that #AuthorAMonth encouraged me to pick this up since it‘s considered a classic and one of those “books that everyone should read.” And I can appreciate the beauty of the writing—really, I can. But honestly? This book kind of bored me. Maybe it‘s because it‘s a middle-grade young-man-coming-of-age story and I‘m a middle-aged woman eying the retirement years? Thank goodness it was short. ✔️

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City Of Illusions | Ursula K. LeGuin
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My next audiobook. #authoramonth @Soubhiville

bnp I haven't read this one. Look forward to your take. 2d
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Andrew65
June | Lori Copeland
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A bit late, but here are my reading selections for June.

13 #SeriesLove2023 Books @TheSpineView
5 #BacklistReadathon Books @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks
2 #AuthorAMonth Books @Soubhiville
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Soubhiville Looks like a fun lineup. 🙂 3d
Clwojick Great stack! 3d
TheSpineView Great line up! 3d
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Andrew65 @TheSpineView @Clwojick @Soubhiville Thanks. Hoping it will be a good month. 2d
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looks fabulous!! 2d
Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks Thanks 😍 11h
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gossamerchild
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I sincerely doubt I'll get through all of these, but I'm going to finally crack into this chunkster for #authoramonth. I ADORE Ursula K. LeGuin!

@Soubhiville

Soubhiville Ooooo, illustrations! That‘s cool. 3d
gossamerchild @Soubhiville it's beautiful! I'll make sure to post some of the illustrations 3d
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IndoorDame
The Lathe Of Heaven | Ursula K. LeGuin
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Okay, so I‘m not actually digging into my #AuthorAMonth selection until a bit later in June, but since I stirred up so much controversy I thought I‘d pull my copy of this off the shelf now before I caused any more trouble 😅🤣 You ladies can let me know if you agree with my assessment or if I‘m just a wuss. 🤗💙 @BarkingMadRead @dabbe @Soubhiville

Soubhiville Ha! Definitely looks vintage. Let‘s just say I wouldn‘t pick this up based on the cover alone. Hopefully what‘s inside will be good though. 🙂 4d
BarkingMadRead Omg this is amazing 🤣🤣 4d
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dabbe Yowza! That's about as vintage as it gets! I'm excited to read something of hers because I've never read her before! Any you'd recommend as the starter to her works? 💙💚💙 3d
IndoorDame @BarkingMadRead @dabbe like a time machine! 😂 3d
IndoorDame @dabbe I‘d survey some of the readers in the group who know her better, I‘m just starting out with this author too. 3d
bnp LeGuin is a favorite author for me, but I'm not sure what to recommend as a starting point., Be cause it depends on what a reader likes. Fantasy: The Earthsea trilogy published in the 1970s? And then a look at how she rounds out the character of Tenar, and the role of women and dragons 20 years later? 3d
bnp Science fiction: I'm partial to The lathe of heaven, though it freaked me out a bit as a teenager. The left hand of darkness for exploration of "ambisexuality"? (Though it feels dated now, that was also a challenge for teenage me.) The dispossessed "anarchist utopia" 3d
bnp And then there's are collections of essays, and things like Searoads and Always coming home. 3d
IndoorDame @bnp what a perfect overview! Thanks! @dabbe 3d
dabbe Many thanks, @bnp! 💙💚💙 3d
bnp @IndoorDame @dabbe You're welcome! 3d
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