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i am free of undergrad. anyone seen this sudoku puzzle solve video? it fills me with a great and terrible rage that is hyperspecific to the world of puzzles.

What I Just Finished Reading

The Golden Compass, by Phillip Pullman
I have very few thoughts about this? Not as interesting as I remember it being, although maybe that might have been the other books, which I'm about to read.

The Monster Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickinson
This confused me a lot because there was a lot less economic maneuvering and and lot more sitting around strategizing and running around from place to place. Also I was not convinced the strategizing was ever done smartly because there definitely was not as much suspicion of everyone as there was in the preceding book, which seems misguided to me.

What I'm Currently Reading

Comics
Star #4, 2020 Ironheart #1, Hawkeye: Freefall #5
Too bad there was a several week gap in comics, I hardly remember what's going on. Ironheart is the best of the IM2020 tie-ins so far, which isn't saying much. I have some gripes about seeing the event writer's hand too strongly in the issue, but it's still fine.

The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Slow and not the kind of book I typically read. I think I'm about to reach the magicky parts?

What I'm Reading Next
Not sure if there will be something, I start an internship next week and will be busy getting that up and running.