So cozy fantasy sounds like what I want and didn’t know existed.

I read the first Earthsea book, it was good, dragged a bit, but had good world building and I did find myself enjoying how the magic works a lot. It is absolutely nothing like the Ghibli movie, I would be upset if I’d read the books then watched that movie. Of you’ve seen the movie and try reading them just know it’s different.

Also enjoyed the His Dark Materials show, but I never finished the last season as it came out and I never got to rewrching the earlier seasons.

I’ll look through your other recommendations, something I can read aloud while my partner falls asleep is good.

I’ve been listening to LOTR on audio book, and mostly it isn’t too bad. We just finished Helms Deep and things got pretty busy so I’d need to pick it back up.