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The book made me wish I had even a basic understanding of math. For purposes other than utilizing it for murder plans of course. Unfortunately, that is not a name I have ever encountered. If you have any recommendations from the author, please do share them! I am always open to new writers. Besides Higashino, the only other Japanese authors I recall having read are Murakami, Banana Yoshimoto, and Kazuo Ishiguro though iirc he's English so I don't think he really counts as a writer of Japanese lit. Also, I thought I'd try Scribd so I've been reading The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo on there. So far it's enjoyable and the culture of the setting is really interesting to me. I hope it's as nice throughout as I have really high hopes for it!

Finished The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. I can't deny the fact that one of the reasons I picked it up is because I vaguely remembered the author being mentioned by/associated with Kai but I was also surprised to see a foreign author at my local library since they are a smaller branch with limited books. I was actually there looking for Stephen King novels but the few titles they had did not interest me. Anyway, I did thoroughly enjoy the novel although I was a little unsatisfied with the ending. I recommend it to everyone who enjoys reading crime. It's a pretty quick read too! Been reading consistently recently so I hope I can keep it up and catch up to my goal for the year.

I was bed ridden for most of the day and managed to finish The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. It's quite short and is peppered with some illustrations and graphs. It's written through the perspective of a 15yo boy with a mental illness. I can't remember what it is called exactly but it deals with the inability to relate to emotions and consequently others. The story follows Christopher through his investigation of who killed a neighborhood dog who he is fond of. And though I really wanted to like the book, I thought it was just ok. It opened my eyes to how hard it is to care for someone with special needs. And so while I was a little irked by his mother's decisions, I could also understand her. So I guess it's quite insightful in its own way as well. I'm way behind on my goodreads goal so I hope I can keep up this pace I'm currently reading at while truly enjoying the books I pick up!

Just finished Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth and it's hands down my favorite book of hers. A lot of people complain that it's too similar to her first collection of short stories and that her characters are all the same (educated Bengalis) but I really enjoyed each and everyone of the stories and felt very invested in the lives of all her characters.

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I've finally finished Jo Nesbo's The Police after what it feels like a long time. The ending picked up quite a lot and I found myself unable to put the book down. The gimmicky bit at the end was a bit of a turn off but generally, the book was enjoyable. I recently picked up Ruth Ozeki's My Year of Meats because it was selling for a dollar at a local bookstore but I can't get into it. Rather I'm more interested in purchasing and reading Shonagon's The Pillow Book which Ozeki integrates in her story telling rather finishing her novel.