Dystopias and Introspection: September 2025 Reading Log

Book Review, Books, Creative Non Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Literary Fiction, Short Story Collection, Weird Fiction

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K Le Guin

This is the second book in the Earthsea series that I started reading in August this year. I loved this second instalment even more than the first one, if that is even possible. Whereas A Wizard of Earthsea was more classical fantasy, this book had some horror and weird fiction features intertwined that I particularly enjoyed.

Best Books of 2021

Books, Nature Writing, Science-Fiction, Speculative Fiction
Luna agrees, these books are also high up on her list of all-time favourites

Sure, 2021 feels like a decade ago, especially because, thanks to Covid-19, that whole year felt like a very long day. But this was also a very fruitful year reading-wise for me, and before I wanted to share three of the books that stayed with me and that I still keep thinking about to this date. A list of interesting readings from 2022 shall follow in due course…