Readin' Robbie @Alamantus@wandering.shop

I've had this account for a while, but since I'm repurposing it and will actually use it, an #introduction seems in order!

I'm Robbie (@Alamantus), and I like #fantasy and #scifi stories. Brandon Sanderson is my current favorite author, and I'm always trying to find new stories to enjoy. I mostly read via audiobook or text-to-speech, so if I misspell a character or place name, that's what I'll blame it on. This account will mainly be for #reading and #book-related posts. はじめまして！

#introductions

These #Earthsea books are cool, but I can kinda see why its slower, more pensive tone didn't catch on like Harry Potter's fast-paced content. The time spans and perspective shifts between are also kinda hard to follow at first, but they're really interesting and good!

I wish I had known there were 6+ books instead of 3, but my library only had 3 at the time I was reading them.

Damn it I'm 63% through the Tehanu audiobook and I just want to start this instead 😭

Ooooohhhohohoho happy new year to me!!

The results are pretty predictable so far 😂 I definitely should've known masto folks would go for Le Guin before anything else 😄

⚠️ IMPORTANT SURVEY ⚠️

What book do I read next from among these options?

Here's an abbreviation guide because surveys are limited to short line lengths:

Tehanu = Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle #4) by Ursula K. Le Guin

TBoSaS = The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

TWGtRM = The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic by Emily Croy Barker

I read Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor, and it was a very interesting and fun fantasy perspective on voodoo and non-western witchcraft! I love Okorafor's writing, and its non-western flavor is always delightful and intriguing. This story had some American characters that served as a lens of sorts, and I almost wish it wasn't that way because being thrust into well-established worlds where you as the reader are initiated into it by reading is more fun to me.

Anyway, it's worth taking a look!

Been a while since I posted about books! I read Atomic Habits by James Clear, and it lays out some neat simple strategies for making it easier to develop habits you want and stop habits you don't! Things like "habit stacking" where you add habits you want after things you already do regularly and making the environment conducive to what you want to do.

For example, I started keeping my phone in the kitchen at night so I can make coffee when I get up and learn Japanese while it brews!

I discovered I had a surprisingly-large Amazon gift card balance, so I ordered the last 2 pretty Legend of Zelda manga volumes I was missing :D

Consider the riddle in the context of a world before electricity.

I thought of an easy #riddle that may or may not already exist, but I just thought of it:

As I live, I die quickly so you can work longer,
but snuff out my life and I live forever.
What am I?

DM me your answers!
Check the thread for a hint!

Well ain't this cute:
https://solarpunks.net/post/630800664911544320/a-field-guide-to-roadside-wildflowers-at-full

#solarpunk #wildflowers #pdf

I've finished some books recently but I haven't documented them anywhere. I should fix that soon.