I finished The Incandescent by Emily Tesh, which was enjoyable enough, but probably wouldn't reread. The story being told by a teacher is a nice change in the ever so popular magical school trope, but I wish we got slightly more teaching. I do appreciate the boring reality of all the paperwork and dealing with parents and board, you really can tell that Tesh was a teacher, but let's make this more fantasy haha. I saw all the twists coming early in the story, but it was still fun seeing them unfold.

I'm slowly going through Exhalation by Ted Chiang, reading one or two short stories each day. He's a decent writer, but I think I had my expectations set too high after hearing all the praise.