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November Reading List
Here’s what I got through last month, all fiction this month, minus A Small Place and the massive histories that I am slowly plodding through: 1. The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin Last month, I read the first book in this series called The Wizard of Earthsea and loved it. The second volume introduces a new setting…
October Reading List
1. A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) Ursula K. Le Guin Most people from my generation (mid-range millennials) grew up with Harry Potter and believed (wrongly, in my view) that J.K. Rowling’s (Tolkien’s series too) were the height of fantasy. For most of them (myself included), Harry Potter was the only fantasy series that…
Reading, Watching, Listening
Reading This Week: Delusions of Détente: Why America and China Will Be Enduring Rivals Foreign Affairs By Michael Beckley Interesting perspective on why we need to take a hard line with China and why well-intentioned diplomacy is not going to have much of a positive impact. Watching This Week: Just coming across this divisive film.…
September Reading List
1. The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin This one has been staring at me from my bookshelf for a while and finally picked it up this month. Left Hand of Darkness, which has incredibly prescient discussions of gender and sexuality for a novel published in 1969, left a big impression on me. This novel also had…
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Jordan Mattox 