My year of reading: Ochuko Akpovbovbo
She's 25 and read 117 books this year
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While the best-of-year lists can feel like an overhyped New Year’s Eve party, crowded and expectant and requiring too much small talk, I always look forward to the unique and intimate reflections of The Millions Year In Reading (YIR) series.
Founded by C. Max Magee, The Millions began as one of the original “book blogs” in 2003, and now operates as an online magazine edited by Sophia Stewart.
The YIR series is like a slightly off-beat advent calendar I look forward to every year. For the first three weeks of December, The Millions publishes at least one of these essays per day. They’re usually 2-3 minutes reads and they often give an intimate glimpse into what was happening in the writer’s life that year through the bo…
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