EarthseaChapterADay

so-so

I am torn on Tehanu. I appreciate what Guin was trying to do with it, but it just flowed oddly. Not a lot happens, which is sort of the point but it seems to hint at bigger plot points only to gloss over them. I am happy to see the end of Tehanu's story though.
#Earthseachapteraday

UrsulaMonarch Agreed! 7y

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llwheeler

The Earthsea Quartet | Ursula K. Le Guin

Finished Tehanu the other day, and my Earthsea copy wouldn't fit on the shelf with the rest of my LeGuin books. Rearranged shelves and now my LeGuin collection is all together.

Thanks @2BR02B for organizing #Earthseachapteraday! I really enjoyed it and the books - just sorry I fell behind.

llwheeler And used A Wizard of Earthsea (The Farthest Shore works too) for the #readingwomenchallenge prompt "a book with characters who are travelling somewhere" 7y

2BR02B Thanks for being part of it! I love your Le Guin collection! 😍 7y

llwheeler @2BR02B Thanks! 😊 7y

UrsulaMonarch @llwheeler good point, I think I'll use it for reading women challenge too! ☺️👍 7y

llwheeler @UrsulaMonarch nice 👍 7y

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UrsulaMonarch

Tehanu: The Fourth Book of Earthsea | Ursula K. LeGuin

so-so

This is the book of the Earthsea quartet that should speak the most to me, but I was surprised to find it the least interesting. In theory I like Le Guin's focus on women in this book, but many of the relationships seemed built on fear and Therru's injuries seemed strangely overwrought to me. Somehow the whole book didn't gel for me and the abrupt ending didn't help.
SO glad to have read the series with #EarthSeaChapterADay - thanks @2BR02B !!!

UrsulaMonarch I am planning to read the next two books this year & will keep using the # ! 💚 7y

batsy I've been wondering if I should read The Other Wind... 7y

UrsulaMonarch @batsy overall I do like the world & Le Guin's writing, so that's enough of a push for me! 😊 7y

readordierachel Love your nail polish :) 7y

2BR02B I'm glad you're planning to read on! I plan to as well- I'm just gearing up for a move so i haven't had much time for reading lately. I'll look forward to reading your updates. 😁 7y

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BarbaraJean

Tehanu: The Fourth Book of Earthsea | Ursula K. LeGuin

so-so

This one finished out my reading for the #Earthseachapteraday buddy read! And...I was disappointed in the ending. I was excited to read more about Tenar, and pleased with the way LeGuin began to explore ideas about women & power. Like the other three books, it was a slow build...but this time most of the ideas were dropped in a sudden, rushed ending. I wanted more, and felt like it could have been more, if the ending had been properly fleshed out.

JazzFeathers I was so disappointed with the ending too. I finished last week and from a distance the ending makes even less sense. Already while reading, l had the impression the story was going nowhere, the random ending made this feeling stronger. Ultimately, l had the impression Le Guin wrote the story as an answer to the fans' perplexity to the original trilogy, she didn't really intend to write a story. My impression, anyway. 7y

UrsulaMonarch @BarbaraJean @JazzFeathers I agree! 😕 7y

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llwheeler

Tehanu: Book Four | Ursula K. Le Guin

Pretty sure I'm an entire book behind on #Earthseachapteraday but I just finished The Farthest Shore. On to Tehanu!

batsy Fab bookmark! 7y

llwheeler @batsy Thanks! 😊 7y

UrsulaMonarch I don't think my book had this map! 💚👏 7y

llwheeler @UrsulaMonarch ❤ maps! I've got the omnibus edition 7y

UrsulaMonarch @llwheeler FUN! #StartsWithAMap 7y

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2BR02B

Tehanu: Book Four | Ursula K. Le Guin

Yessss my copy of Tehanu has resurfaced! 😥 Now to finish up #EarthseaChapterADay.

LectricSheep Pretty kitty! ❤️ 7y

Leftcoastzen Did kitty find it?😻 7y

RohitSawant 😻😻 7y

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2BR02B @Leftcoastzen no, kitty is perfectly useless. 7y

DaveNeufeld Are you sure? S(he) seems to be a perfectly functional bookstand... 7y

BarbaraJean So glad you found it! I hate misplacing a book I‘m reading... especially so close to the end! 7y

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UrsulaMonarch

Tehanu: Book Four | Ursula K. Le Guin

? "old cheese rind" as an epithet ☺️
#earthseachapteraday

AmandaL So I just requested Tales of Earthsea from my library. 7y

UrsulaMonarch @AmandaL yay! 😊 7y

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BarbaraJean

Tehanu: The Fourth Book of Earthsea | Ursula K. LeGuin

...my soul can‘t live in that narrow place—this for that, tooth for tooth, death for life....There is a freedom beyond all that. Beyond payment, retribution, redemption—beyond all the bargains and the balances, there is freedom.

#Earthseachapteraday (I got behind over the weekend, and now I don‘t know what chapter I‘m supposed to be on! Is today the last chapter of the book?)

2BR02B

UrsulaMonarch I'm behind too - but catching up - I'm reading chapter 10 now... 7y

2BR02B Yes, yesterday was supposed to be the wrapup, but... I've misplaced my copy! 😭 I'm two chapters from the end, and I can't find it anywhere. 7y

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