First two sentences of the article:

"Historically, this pre-background background section has always been an area where I share meta-level updates about the collection, my life, or whatever else that comes to mind when I sit down to write reviews week in and out. While this certainly does its fair share in buffing out the word count on each review (even though I don’t get paid at all, nor by the word), I quite enjoy these sections as it offers me a chance to document additions to the collection that I may not have another reason to write about for some time. "