Parov Stelar - "Baska Brother"

Electrojazz and instrumental. Nice!

Quite different, but from an album ("The Princess") I had tagged before: "The Fog". Piano and trumpet. Reminds me of Kyteman Orchestra's "Sorry"

Ukandanz - "Endè iyèrusalem"

"ethno-fusion-jazz"?? Who knows. A bit busy and chaotic. But intriguing.

N.K. Jemisin - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

book 1 of the Inheritance Trilogy
book 2 - "The Broken Kingdoms"
book 3 - "The Kingdom Of Gods"

Not as good as her Broken Earth trilogy but still a nice read. Lots of little inconsistencies though. Seems she had a cheaper editor??


"A mortal man's strength had limits. he spent himself and slept. He could be a good lover, but even his best skills were only guesswork - for every caress that sent a woman's head into the clouds, he might try ten that brought her back to earth."


Amazing double negation: "Like the good Itempan girl I had never quite been, I nevertheless flinched."


The little sun "En" from Sieh's orrery, who became his companion (and killed for him) and suddenly got referenced in a child's song that had been going around in the books, was a wonderful writing trick. '"Trickster, trickster," he whispered. "Stole the sun for a prank." En pulsed on my breast, pleased to be mentioned.'