I read it a few months ago and loved it, thinking of dping the English version for re-read. Any other short stories of her that you recommend?
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Wish that I did, but I’m only just getting into LeGuin’s works myself. I’ll have to get back to you on that once I’ve read more.
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Started reading Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom!
Pretty good, so far!
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Been plugging away at Confronting the Presidents. Really good so far, relatively easy read. When I pick it up next, I’ll be reading about Grover Clevland’s second term (the only other President with two non-consecutive terms).
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Been continuing on with my reading about the Presidents. Discovered that President Taft (the one who would stuck in the bathtub) invented the Seventh Inning Stretch. He stood to stretch during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh and the entire stood out of respect.
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I was about a third of the way through Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb but wasn’t getting hooked by it and didn’t want to sit through another boring, overly long fantasy after spending a month trudging through Lord of the Rings.
So I took what was meant to be a break and read some Doctor Who stuff. It has now become a little more than a break so I’ve challenged myself to finish the rest of Assassin’s Apprentice in three days, which is a heck of a lot of reading for me, so I can get it over with. Still not great but I’m a little more into it now.
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I’m finally past the halfway point of Heavenly Tyrant. It’s really good but the slower pacing and longer length are really getting to me as someone who doesn’t read as much literature these days 
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So, an update: I gave up.
Yeah, I’m really just not jiving with this book, which is a shame because Realm of the Elderlings (the series that Assassin’s Apprentice begins) is lauded as one of the best fantasy things ever. It just feels like a toned down version of a better story; over halfway in and one bad thing has happened to our supposedly “despised” protagonist.
It feels like Game of Thrones without the interesting politics and no good characters.
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I really enjoy the book. Surprisingly fast read.
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Not sure if that properly counts as non-doctor who, but after Months with it on & off, I finally finished ‘Anneke Wills - Self Potrait’. An interesting Insight into the Actress, her Life, and her Time in the 60s.
It was surprisingly a very good Read, that I recommend everybody who is interested in Wills and or reading about something 60s-related.
Anyway next up for non DW Books will be The Epic of Gilgamesh, that seems to be a short-read (and I am very excited for it, since well it’s a classic, isn’t it?)
After that back to a Biography with Dead Woman Laughing
…Yes I am still not done with The Years of Rice and Salt, currently on Page 400 out of 900+ 
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Library books are due on Saturday so I figured I should get started on them. I’m part the way through The Color Purple by Alice Walker and after that I’ve got The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich and Lavinia by Ursula K Le Guin
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Realized I accidentally shared the beginning of my Discworld reading adventure in the doctor who books thread instead of this thread. I’m currently 75% of the way through Going Postal and really enjoying it! Debating if I want to read the next book in the subseries after this or jump over and check out a standalone/another sub series. I’d also really love to read Kindred by Octavia Butler this summer. I have a whole reading list but that and Discworld are the primary things right now.
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Going Postal is definitely one of my favorites!
Got a big hardcover copy of it I lug around sometimes when I’m going someplace and want something to read.
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After sitting on my shelf for ages, I’m finally continuing my read through of The Lord of the Rings with The Two Towers, which I’m enjoying so far and don’t know why it took me so long to get around to it. And to satiate the nonfiction side of things, I’m currently reading Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson.
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I’ve been slowly working my way through the audiobook of Play Date (the novel that’s recently been adapted as The Stolen Girl). I wanted to finish it before watching the adaptation after starting about a year ago and never finishing it. It’s good but very drawn out and only now, about 75% of the way through have some of the ‘secrets’ started to be revealed.
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Started it today and basically finished it! I must admit I forgot how short it really is (at least my Copy was fairly ‘short’), not sure where my Thoughts are with this one, it’s a very different league in terms of PROSE. Probably doesn’t help that I read the Translation rather than the Original, but I did enjoy it overall, even if its merely an interesting Insight into past Storytelling. A bit shocked about the amount of Pages spends with the Background on it, then again one might pick it up and isn’t too aware of its History. Certainly one I would recommend, even if you read it once! (My Thoughts are yet again super rambley aren’t they?)
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LOTR is PEAK!
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How does it compare with Tymewyrm: Genysys?
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You ask as if there is something of worth to compare.. /lh /j
But uhh considering I hated Timewyrm Genysys, this is a much better Gilgamesh Story, no doubts!
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Some years—or rather decades ;)—ago I listened to a fantastic radio play adaptation of the Epic of Gilgamesh. If I remember correctly, it was probably the 2001 production by Bayerischer Rundfunk, based on Raoul Schrott’s translation and directed by Klaus Buhlert. I doubt that this audio drama is still available for purchase, but I’ll see if I can track it down somewhere. It really left a lasting impression on me! So, recommended for German speaking folks. 
Edit: Audible has it—bought!
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