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Where to Start With Haruki Murakami If Magical Realism Intimidates You
Talking cats, wells that lead to nowhere, fish falling from the sky - if that kind of surreal image makes you hesitate, you are not alone. Murakami has a reputa…
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Deep Work by Cal Newport: A Review for Focused Work in the Age
Notifications chatter, tools sit on your screen waiting to help, and your calendar looks like a game of Tetris. The question I hear most is simple: should you s…
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I unlocked The Idiot by reading it as a comedy
I stalled on The Idiot twice. The solemn reputation, the saintly prince, the bleak ending - I kept bracing for philosophy and missing the point. The third try,…
Introduction I picked up Emma L. Carter’s A Reader’s Guide to Fiction Reviews: Principles and Practice on a rainy Sunday with a notebook and a highlighter ready…