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Author: FIGBERT <figbert@figbert.com>
Date:   Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:49:54 -0700

Add Seaside Hotel review

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+title = "A Lovely Read"
+date = 2024-04-20
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+book = "The Seaside Hotel"
+author = "Michael Holt"
+finished = 2024-04-17
+rating = "★★★★☆"
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+I had the great privilege of studying under Michael Holt for two years.
+When, two weeks ago, a friend forwarded me and a fellow student of
+Holt's [the link to his new book], the three of us immediately purchased
+copies and instituted a haphazard book club.
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+I think it is a very beautiful thing that I am able to read a physical
+work written by a friend. Holt has done an incredible thing through the
+creation of this tangible relic of his thought and conciousness. I find
+it very inspiring. It makes me consider writing in a way more serious
+than I ever have before.
+
+The form of the book is independently notable. I am a proponent of
+compact, purpose-built objects. I love [my Kindle] because its existence
+is limited to precisely what is necessary and nothing more. [Any object]
+can be similarly refined. *The Seaside Hotel* is such an object. Its
+unique dimensions are subtly unsettling, subverting your assumptions to
+break you into a concious focus. Less poetically: it is small and almost
+square, light and fun in the hand.
+
+I read the book sitting on a sunlit porch, and then tucked away
+stretching out across the length of a light-brown couch. Though I am
+concerned this says something about my current mental state, *The
+Seaside Hotel* brought me a feeling of contentment. I recommend it to
+all.
+
+Though it almost certainly goes without saying, I am excited to see
+where Holt goes in the coming years and will follow his works with great
+interest.
+
+[the link to his new book]: https://sublunaryeditions.com/products/the-seaside-hotel-michael-holt
+[my Kindle]: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B495319/
+[Any object]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NDLKQC5/