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I would have said I didn't like reading #fantasy but I accidentally borrowed The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin from the library the other week thinking it was SF, and loved it - now on book 2, so good!
#TheFifthSeason #NKJemisin #CurrentlyReading
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Thank you to @Erzbet for setting up #KPopMonday with this #KPopIntroPlaylist theme.

I did have a list of five songs, but then I wondered if they are suitable as an introduction, because they are mostly third generation girl group songs.

Obviously my list can't be comprehensive, but should I try to make it representative of various styles and generations?

Or should I stick with my earlier plan, and just post what I love the most?

Hmmm....well, here's something to start off with: a song with an absolute knockout of a chorus, wonderful vocals, and good looking idols in pretty outfits in attractive settings - and it's a song with enough going on to stand up to repeated listening.

Oh My Girl -- The Fifth Season -- SSWFL
https://youtu.be/phXzu7GQAPc?si=6kczeSYfxm1-GPf9

#Kpop #OhMyGirl #TheFifthSeason #SSWFL #GirlGroups

(MV)오마이걸(OH MY GIRL)_다섯 번째 계절 (SSFWL)(The fifth season) (SSFWL)

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The 10 Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century 

Eat your heart out, Tolkien. These are the 10 best fantasy books of a new century.
https://www.themarysue.com/the-10-best-fantasy-books-of-the-21st-century/

#Books #JadeCity #piranesi #thefifthseason #thenameofthewind
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The 10 Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century 

Eat your heart out, Tolkien. These are the 10 best fantasy books of a new century.

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Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 6 copies of N. K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Book 1), over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lljwfknlj22q

#KindleBookGiveaway #NKJemisin #TheFifthSeason #TheBrokenEarth

Sean Eric Fagan (@kithrup.bsky.social)

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 6 copies of @nkjemisin.bsky.social's The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Book 1), which I have and have read and holy fuck does it have an ending and maybe prepare a kitten chaser for afterwards. #KindleBookGiveaway

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#TheFifthSeason by best selling author #MarkNepo explores what it he's accepted by aging and is filled with journal prompts and conversation talking points. https://www.amberunmasked.com/review-5th-season-nepo/ #BookReview #books
Book Review: “The Fifth Season – Creativity in the Second Half of Life” by Mark Nepo #NetGalley – Amber Unmasked

And now, with my re-read complete, onto new books.

Book 63 of 2024 is "The Fifth Season" by N.K. Jemisin.

Edit: finished 13th December.

#CurrentlyReading #Bookstodon #NKJemisin #TheFifthSeason

Nice, gloomy visuals reading with nov.el (or nov-mode) on #Emacs

(Screenshot hidden for mild spoilers) #amReading #BrokenEarth #TheFifthSeason

Finished _The Fifth Season_.

I liked it. I thought it was well written. The way the story unfolds kept me consistently intrigued as the details of this world became increasingly dystopian.

#Books #Reading #NkJemisin #TheFifthSeason #BrokenEarth