Food was food in the end of the world and those of us without it found ourselves at a disadvantage that could serve to be deadly. One or two months in, I suddenly understood the appeal of buying sixteen cases of canned vegetables. Why bother stocking up on groceries that won’t keep? At first, I thought the people stockpiling had to be out of their minds. At first there was only a little pilling a handful of looters who thought they could get away with stealing-they usually could-and soccer moms fighting over the last package of toilet paper at big box stores. It was like someone took the seams of the entire nation and started tugging. Government officials disappeared and with them, government aid.

Six months after the blackout, they went dark too. They always know stuff like that, don’t they? I suppose it doesn’t really matter now. Except maybe some secret branch of the government. I will confess that I haven’t used the 'Book Talk' section of my website to its full potential, I have many plans for many reviews and lists and essays that I’ve just not had the opportunity to elaborate on. Admittedly, I’d like to go into why these books are on this list and for what reasons but until then I’d like to share at least my highest-rated books from the last year.No one knows why the lights went out. (I was very lucky to receive #thighgap from My Dark Library curator Sadie Hartmann and Consort and its sequel from author Regina Watts.) It's done wonders for my inspiration, both in private projects and within my art. I’ve gotten to discover so many new authors this year and it's been so fulfilling to delve further into new genres, especially horror. I don’t operate under the delusion that the amount of books someone crams into a single year has some sort of morality attached to it. I do, however, feel grateful that I did. It’s obviously not a normal or recommend amount by any means. So I suppose that's why I also made the time to read 183 books. That I did it through joint issues, health scares, and an irregular sleep schedule baffles me. It feels insane that I’ve managed this amount of work on my own, the entire act of maintaining a business with my own hands. Typing that out doesn’t make it feel any more real to me.

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