This year, I read 100 books, and almost half of them were romances. Here's a little essay on the joys (and perils) of reading romances. https://johnwest.substack.com/p/the-year-in-books-2022
And here's a network graph of my favorite books this year.
@jsbw oh my, such feels to this:
> This year, I built a levee of books around me, a wall meant to hold back the rising panic[...]
