Very Recent History, by Choire Sicha

You know, there've been a few times this year when I haven't felt much like reading, and I've thought, "You know what? Maybe I'm done. Maybe this is it. Maybe this is that thing that happens--that thing that authors talk about--where I just don't want to read books anymore."

And December 4th-14th was a lot like that. I don't even know what I did. I didn'…