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Dec 2024
50m 30s

Ep 459: Reading for quality over quantit...

Anne Bogel
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Today's guest is feeling stuck between quality and quantity in her reading life. With all of the end-of-year reading reflections happening lately, Anne is here to help if you're also facing this situation. Caroline Hines lives on a Christmas tree farm, which is not really related to today's book-talk, but feels like the perfect setting for our final episode ... Show More
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