You're listening to all the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.

I'm your host, Stanica Ellis.

This is episode number 443.5.

And today I'm going to be talking about two of my favorite backlist reads of the year.

So now that we're into December, it's a natural time to look back on the year.

So of course I've been thinking about my reading year and this is I think the best reading year I've ever had at least it's the most I've read in a year since I start keeping track. I've read over 120 books so far,

hoping to knock out a few more before January and usually I read about a hundred but this is well above that and I haven't done that since I started book blogging.

That was when my reading really skyrocketed.

And it's been really nice. I don't really know why I've been reading more this year. I've read a lot of

comics and other short reads, but I don't think any more so than usual. I don't feel like I really had a big project I was

reading for so I don't know why it's been such a good reading year at least in terms of raw numbers

but I'm really happy with it

especially because 2020 was a really bad reading year for me and actually made me kind of lose touch with why I like reading.

So it's been nice to see that I seem to have fully recovered from that and I am finding more joy and reading again.

I'm finding it easier to read.

Because I always feel better when I am reading more,

but I don't necessarily reach for a book

when I'm not feeling great.

I tend to go for videos, you know, watching a lot of YouTube when I feel like I need a break.

So that is a positive sign. I haven't looked at my average ratings. I'm not sure if I read more five-star books than

usual or less because I've been reading more, but I did read a ton of books that I really loved. I put together my

best of list for the newsletter Our Queer Shelf, so you can check that out if you're interested and my just first

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