It listening to All the Backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.

I'm Tears of Price coming to you from Book Riot.

And this week I'm going to be diving into the stacks to talk about two great essay collections.

It is the final week of 2022, the final backlist episode of 2022.

So I thought that I would talk about these two books because I have been spending my last week or so traveling at home, my home state with my family.

And I have since learned that if I want to get anything read when I travel back home to see my family over the holidays,

especially considering how chaotic and hectic the holidays are, it's best to pick up some things that are a little bit shorter or can be read in chunks and be put down and picked back up pretty easily.

So these two books fit the bill perfectly. They are excellent essay collections that I've actually read over the holidays in previous years.

And I thought that you all might enjoy them as well.

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