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finished reading Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin: Tehanu (Paperback, 2001, Simon Pulse) 4 stars

In this final episode of "The Earthsea Cycle", the widowed Tenar finds and nurses her …

finally looped back around to this one. what an interesting followup to the earthsea original trilogy (or- as le guin calls it- wobbly three legged stool)... i hadn't read it before and it is a compelling shift in tone and subject, even where it doesn't fully work for me

started reading Under the jaguar sun by Italo Calvino ("A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.")

Italo Calvino: Under the jaguar sun (1988, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) No rating

Three tales, each dominated by one of three senses, present a married couple touring Mexico, …

i do love italo calvino as a rule (one of my favorites!) and i did want to read his unfinished book (about the senses - only contains drafts for 3 out of the 5 (?), he died before the rest), but i will say the first one (re: taste) reads like the new york times reviewing an "ethnic restaurant". and it is. not great.

finished reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)

Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Hardcover, 2021, Tordotcom) 4 stars

It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …

this book made me cry almost every time i picked it up, not because it is particularly special or well written or full of characters i will think about forever (though i did enjoy it) but simply because it is about a world that is better than our own