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By Abe Friedtanzer
Librarians make for interesting protagonists because they spend most of their waking hours in a place where silence is meant to be upheld but surrounded by such vast troves of knowledge. Temperaments can vary, and some may prefer to remain quiet while others will eagerly engage visitors in warm conversation or ply them with recommendations about what to read next. Darkest Miriam presents a character who tends towards the former, chattering nonstop in her head but sharing very little of that with the world…