On Book Polygamy

"What crime could somebody commit in Salt Lake City?" Louella wondered. "Monogamy?" "And they'd arrest you years later," Alden said, "on suspicion of serial monogamy." —— Lawrence Block, Dead Girl Blues (2020) When I was 12 and attending that boarding school, I bought a book every week (two if I could afford it). I only read one at a time, then reread it until I bought another one on the weekend,…