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Finished two books this weekend (after a relatively slow few months for reading).

* The Stone Sky, by NK Jemisin - final book in a trilogy (that began with The Fifth Season), released August 2017 (shout-out to @Gatarix for recommending the book series) - Satisfying conclusion, though a lot of it went over my head. Really interestin for the way it handles race and discrimination and hatred; really interesting for an entirely different fantasy dystopia; really interesting, unique world-building and lore.Not as hot on

* The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes - novella about an old British dude revisiting his youth and a few key figures from it. Read this for my book club which met yesterday. I didn't love the book when I read it (despite having some hilarious prose - the phrase 'apocalyptic wanking' is used). But due to its postmodern structure and most specifically its themes of unreliable memory and the very limited POV, there wound up being a good amount to discuss for sure.

I am supposed to be reading, but might not finish by the time it's due (9/28):

* Everybody Lies. Literally still in the prologue of this book right now, but it's my usual jam - social psychology is always fun to learn about, even if you have to temper a lot of the conclusions with the disclaimers about replicability and/or sample size.

My favorite book I've read this year is actually a series called The Neapolitan Novels, by Elena Ferrante. They're told through a flashback framing device, with an old woman reminiscing on her entire life growing up in Naples, Italy, and especially her relationship with her best friend. The first book is called My Brilliant Friend and might feel slow, but the entire series is incredibly crafted and shows such a different story from what I'm used to.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness