It looks like the Japan and NZ daily case numbers have finally intersected, hopefully with no further upswings in either case, knock wood... .
Thank you for the interesting reviews. Is there anyone around these days who is writing (interestingly) about fairly ordinary characters in fairly ordinary situations, SF or otherwise? I feel like it's all apocalypses and dystopias and amazing magical gifts and...I don't know, maybe I just have very boring tastes in fiction.