Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers

Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers by joshuamorton on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @10:27PM (#34255516)

My queue for the month is

    1. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (which I'm about 15% of the way through)
    2. The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
    3. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (last year's Booker prize winner)
    4. The Trees by Percival Everett (a Booker prize shortlistee)

And then I'll try to finish up the Earthsea cycle (I have Tales and The Other Wind left). After that, I'm not sure, and who knows how far beyond January that will take.

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Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers by desio on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:49AM (#34257494)

Oh I freaking LOVED the farseer trilogy. It gets better and better until a big wow. I did a lot of the booker+booker internationals in previous years but found them too hit and miss (mostly miss) for my tastes and decidedly switched to classics. Curious how they end up for you, I havent read this. I'm a big fan of Le Guin though, have you read her masterpiece short story "The ones who walk away from Omelas'"?

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Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers by joshuamorton on Thursday January 05, 2023 @12:42PM (#34263504)

Omelas is fantastic. If you enjoy it, I'd recommend NK Jemisin's broken earth if you've somehow avoided it.

And yeah Booker and Pulitzers are hit or miss, I choose carefully and don't try to do the entire shortlist.

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