I just finished this book, the first I’ve read from this author. It’s an incredibly deep and quietly disturbing book. The kind of book I’d have loved to write a paper on in college. There are a lot of themes and angles at play, but what stuck out for me was the backhanded reminder about mortality and the human condition.

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I just finished Intermezzo, by Sally Roony — read my thoughts over at Books. This was the second book I read with Libby, the Kindle alternative that serves up e‑books from your local library. A dear friend and former librarian tried to turn me onto Libby years ago, but my library card had lapsed and I was too lazy to deal with it. For decades, I have purchased and read books using Kindle on my phone. But as Amazon becomes more and more of a monopoly, and as its CEO Jeff Bezos increasingly cozies up to a lawless authoritarian regime, I finally renewed my library card.

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