CONVERSATION: 2021 in Review

Janine: I’ve noticed that my reading habits change a little from year to year. Some years I read more or fewer books than usual. Some years I discover new favorite authors. At times a genre shifts in a direction that isn’t as likely to engage me while another becomes more exciting. There are years when I look forward to tropes that once bored me and years when certain character behaviors become intolerable. My preferences as far as emotional tones can change too–there have been years when angs...