“Novelists who have strayed into the more intimate realms in their recent writing will have breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday after the Literary Review announced it had cancelled this year’s Bad sex in fiction awards.” Bad sex award cancelled as public exposed to ‘too many bad things in 2020.’ (I don’t get why anyone would cancel humor in a year when we need it the most.)

+ Every vote counts. No seriously. In Sausalito, “the race between Ian Sobieski and incumbent Joan Cox was decided by a single vote. According to the results certified by the Marin Registrar of Voters, Sobieski landed a seat on the council with 1,877 votes, while Cox received 1,876.”