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K (Purpose)

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Joined 2 years, 1 month ago

Since I discovered the fediverse I must have written like 10 new bios for profiles. And, as you may know, it's hard to keep telling who you are to people you've never met and you probably never will. Especially when you're not really sure yourself.

This list of books here is wildly incomplete. I was one of those weird kids that spend their time reading. I don't even remember what books I've read. I try to keep track but I get lost, I forget, I lose interest. Also, my attention span is getting funny with age.

Everything is getting funny with age.

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K (Purpose)'s books

Currently Reading (View all 6)

Martha Wells: Witch King (EBook, 2023, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC) 4 stars

Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always …

Didn't love it

2 stars

Content warning Mention to certain parts of the plot (not big big spoilers)

started reading Provenance by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch)

Ann Leckie: Provenance (Hardcover, Orbit) 4 stars

Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke …

I started reading this book because the first chapter was at the end of my digital copy of The Stone Sky by NK Jemisin, and of course because the author was Ann Leckie, and I adore her Ancillary trilogy. I found the beginning, this first chapter, intriguing, so I bought the book.

For now, it's interesting and an easy read.

finished reading The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #3)

N. K. Jemisin: The Stone Sky (Paperback, 2017, Orbit) 4 stars

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.

The Moon will soon …

Second time through the whole trilogy. I enjoyed this third volume more this second time over. I think I got over my misunderstanding of Nassun. And I also think I understood better what happened to Schaffa after Meov.

The same thing can be said about the three books. I loved them the first time, but I loved them more the second. As if, knowing the characters and knowing what to expect, I was able to get more into who they really are.

This trilogy is so good, so complex, so nuanced. And I am completely convinced I only have the tools, experiences and knowledge to really grasp a small part of all that Jemisin put in it.

Martha Wells: Wheel of the infinite. (2000, HarperCollins) 5 stars

Maskelle is the voice of the adversary, but the adversary appears to have abandoned her …

Perhaps it was a lack of ability to focus on my part, but for me, this time, this book was hard to read. I could not empathize with the characters or really understand the world depicted and its magic (that never happens to me with Martha Wells). The rhythm was also complicated. I didn't really enjoy it (and it means a lot that I even finished it).