When I caught Covid this past March, the Reading Queue* of My Library had over 300 stories. This was Not Acceptable. I’m the sort who tries to keep my email inbox to no more than a screen. I rarely manage that, but I can at least deal with as much as two screens. Any more than that, though, and I feel scattered and pressured and anxious and yeah no that’s not gonna work. 300 TBRs is a total Yikes!
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So during my recovery I set out to reduce that TBR pile, er, list: I sampled all the opening chapters and then actually read the ones that passed. Officially gave up on things that lost my interest halfway through. And most importantly, stopped watching the front page for more stories to bookmark. It was an ambitious program, to be sure, but as of last night, my Queue was down to 141. Much better. I can live with that level of pressure.
This means I can start paying attention to new releases again. Which brings me to my question: what Good Stuff have I missed noticing on SOL, the last 9 months?
TIA for any recs.
(Have I been writing? No, I have not for I, dear reader, am one of the lucky 5% of Covid catchers to get the Long variety. I’m still improving, at least, but not enough yet. Use PPE, people -- we’re all in this together.)