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15. kingdom of the blind, Louise Penny-- 3/5.
16. the witch elm, Tana French. -- 3/5.

2019:

1. Binti, Nnedi Okorafor. 4.5/5
2. Snowblind, Christopher Golden. 2/5
3. Blackfish City, Sam Miller. 3/5
4. Medusa Uploaded, Emily Devenport. 4/5
5. Semiosis, by Sue Burke. 5/5

5. Finished Semiosis. excellent. human colony on a new planet. each chapter told by a character in subsequent generations, tho there is some back and forth between generations near the end and a few sections are told from an alien's POV. interesting structure, interesting story, interesting take on a first contact situation. best book i've read in a while. would be deserving of a hugo win.

6. Binti: home, by Nnedi Okorafor-- in progress. longer than the initial novella, tho not by much. good follow-up story. will probably be finishing it in the next day or two. would probably have finished it the other night if i didn't get yelled at for keeping the light on too late.

they'll end up with an extension. it's a giant game of chicken at this point.

not sure there's enough activity here to justify a new thread. but to wrap up last year's list...

15. kingdom of the blind, Louise Penny-- 3/5. mystery, set in quebec. two parallel stories; the minor one being a continuation of the arc through the entire series and the major one being a new independent story. a lot of this series has had this sort or structure. in this one, the primary story was not as interesting and much less important than the minor (ongoing) thread. so it goes. apparently Penny didn't plan to continue the series before she ended up writing this book, but then she did and the ending was open-ended, so guessing there will be more. will read them if they appear.

realized looking at the stack of books in my read pile that i forgot to list the witch elm last year, so here it is:

16. the witch elm, Tana French. -- 3/5. she writes a series of police procedurals set in/around Dublin. a continuation here, the twist being it was told from the perspective of the primary suspect. was a fun twist, tho it probably still wasn't as good as her first few books in the series. would also continue this series.

2019:

1. Binti, Nnedi Okorafor. 4.5/5. hugo and nebula winning novella in its year. can see why it won. short, just under 100pg. far future SF, sort of an alien first-contact story. have the next in this series in the to-read pile.

2. Snowblind, Christopher Golden. 2/5. meh. similar to an average dean koontz book. there's a niche there. fast read, not particularly satisfying.

3. Blackfish City, Sam Miller. 3/5. near future SF, interesting spin on post-apocalyptic scifi, tho that element was mostly background here. took a bit to really get into it, but finished well. would read another by the author.

4. Medusa Uploaded, Emily Devenport. 4/5. far future SF, politics/revolution on a generation ship. great start but meandered a bit. would also read more by this author.

5. Semiosis, by Sue Burke-- off to a promising start.

If you find you love and want to play through UVHM I would recommend one path.  If not I will recommend another.

i would appreciate those suggestions! just finished the main story on normal. not sure about playing to UVHM.

edit: i dipped a toe into the tiny tina stuff as per the rec above, and promptly started getting 1-shot by creatures. gear/lvl problems, i assume.

Japanese Primer Minister Shinzō Abe nominated President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize after the U.S. government “informally” requested the nomination, the Asahi newspaper reported Sunday.

LOL

so freaking pathetic.

best tweet of the night:

"these teams are playing like they know the winner has to go to the whitehouse"

pats, 35-31

got my GR70 gift primal, a harrington waistguard. have maybe 15 10 (overestimated) non-seasonal primal items, and naturally this was already one of them.