Leave it to Leonor #410

This week, I am thinking about lists. I cannot believe that the week that I went on summer hiatus was the same week the Times launched their 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. You would THINK my dear friend Gilbert would’ve said, hey Leonor given the fact that you love books and lists and book lists maybe you should wait a week, but no, he did not. When it launched that Monday and I realized I would not get to see the whole list at once, I sent him some texts with. . .choice language. My feeling about lists like these is that I cannot trust them if I cannot immediately see the number one book and determine the validity of the list as a whole. It should come to no one’s surprise that I spiraled about this all week. And in the end, I was displeased that Elena Ferrante¹ took the top spot. When I had dinner with my friend Rox that Friday she said I should’ve sent out an emergency issue of LITL. At the time, I laughed, but also she was probably right.