The Book of Form and Emptiness, Ruth Ozeki

Super interesting, about books and libraries, objects, mental health and culture vs philisophies, how our environment affects us, how people see us and how we see other people, finding our way, medicine and authority and how they hinder and maybe help. Nice push and pull between what is 'crazy'. Both in how Benny, the protagonist, sees other people and how the reader sees him.

Really good, lots in it, unexpected and lovely, deeply thought through. Not sure how it's that long though, felt like it could have been shorter, but not at all boring or slow. 

Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 (Book One)

I ended up cutting this book into books one and two because it was too heavy to carry aound in my bag. It has two parallel stories which at the end of book one are just starting to touch. One is of a young fitness instructor who seems to be an assasin, and the other of a quiet Maths teacher and writer who agrees to ghost write, or rework, a story written by a teenage girl for a literary competition. 

The book seems to get more complicated and more confusing as it goes on, but I was really happy to sit back and let it tell me things. The way Murakami writes is calm, precise and detailed and it somehow provokes a trust, that the things he is telling you are relevant and worth knowing. Complex and beautifully written and intriguing.