Read the (paper version of) L’art du naufrage by Pascale Quiviger. Very light and rather YA, but still with enough creativity and originality to be enjoyable. Which made me read the second volume as well, Les filles de Mai, which proved an improvement in the scenario and its tension, even though the island-universe is most unrealistic. Nice covers of the Folio edition as well. Two more volumes to appear (and already written). And (again a paper version of) The House of Shattered Wings a relatively old book by Aliette de Bodard. A British Science Fiction Association Award and for once (!) a rather impressive horror story taking place in an alternative 1900’s Paris partly destroyed by a war between magical Houses run by fallen angels. With connections with French occupied Annam. The construct is quite original, with some great characters, if over-prone to introspection. Some components of the scenario remain obscure till the end, though, maybe due to my rushed read. Currently reading the next volume…
Finished harvesting an amazing year of figs, turned mostly into compotes even though I tried a fig pie that did not held well enough to carry. Had an epiphany after purchasing new running shoes with a carbon plate. As I noticed a significant impact on my lap times when training. I hope the impact will last till the next half-marathon! However I fear the lack of flat roads near Fort-de-France will definitely not help with the training..!
An additional perk of visiting Sài Gòn last week was in enjoying the rich and diverse food scene there, even though, obviously, I only scratched the surface of the offer there. Among dishes, a morning rice pancake called bunh cuon,
several 
sweet sea snails,
a morning dish from Hué with fat noodles, 
a sea-grass soup, a noodle dish with crab cakes, delicious sea and river fish, a banana flower salad, and many other delicacies whose names I could not trace. The food was always super-fresh, made on the spot and often in the street (although we also visited a place with a 
