Ep. 143 The Best of 2020 with Christine Bollow and Oscar Almonte-Espinal

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re joined by two of The Stacks’ most favorite readers, Christine Bollow (@readingismagical) and Oscar Almonte-Espinal (@booksteahenny) to share the best books of 2020. We also discuss how 2020 impacted our reading and look ahead to the books we’re most excited about in 2021.

The Stacks Book Club selection for December is Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine, we will discuss the book with Darnell Moore on December 30th.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. Today is the Stack's best books of 2020 and I am joined by two of my favorite readers to break
0:17.2	down this year in reading.
0:19.2	Christine Balo is the Oscar Al Monte Espinal, the reader behind Books T Henney on Instagram.
0:35.0	We're picking our top 10 and telling you about the books who are most looking forward to in 2021.
0:41.0	Reminder of the Stacks Book Club pick for December is Citizen and American Lyrich by Claudia Rankin
0:46.7	and we will discuss the book on Wednesday, December 30th with Darnell Moore.
0:50.9	Patreon is an incredible website that allows everyday creators like me to connect with my supporters, like you, and offer you
0:58.0	all unique perks in exchange for your support.
1:01.0	In my case, I call my Patreon community the Stax Pack and they earn things like the Stax Virtual Book Club and discounts on merch. They also get to rest easy knowing their contributions make the stacks possible. If you want to join the stacks pack head to
1:14.1	Patreon.com slash the stacks. This week I'm shouting out some of our newest members of
1:19.2	the stacks pack. Melissa Mellis, Ali, April Nickison, Okeyame Haley, Kristen Anton, Jessica Wonderlich,
1:27.8	Corey B, Becky Fuller, Anna Garrity, and Caitlin Duffy. Thank you all so much. You make this show possible.
1:36.0	Okay, now let's get to the Stack's official Best Books of 2020. of the year it's the Stacks favorite books of 2020 episode this year we're doing something a little different
1:56.2	20 20 sort of been a shit show for many people there have been really good things about this year
2:01.4	but there have also been some just fucking disastrous things about this year but there have also been some just
2:03.0	fucking disastrous things about this year so I decided that a way to have a little
2:09.3	bonus fun was to bring on two of my favorite books to grammars to talk about our 10
2:16.1	favorite books of 2020. So I have brought on Christine Ballo who is the
2:21.5	reader behind Reading is Magical,
2:23.7	Christine, welcome.
2:25.1	Thank you.
2:25.8	Happy to be here, Tracy.
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