Last month I wrote about how hard—though rewarding—I find writing professional book reviews. They’re tough. Also tough are those “most anticipated” lists in which you’re supposed to pretend you’ve surveyed the thousands of books being published in a given season and carefully selected the Top 10 (or 50 or however many) best ones for your discerning readers. But part of the pleasure of having this newsletter is I can write whatever I want here and ignore the (useful) constraints of professional reviews and the (annoying) SEO-focused framing of listicles.
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