We talk why it’s valuable to “go for the no” instead of avoiding rejection and failure. Plus we give our suggestions for excellent same-day books and a hack for making email more efficient.
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- Heartburn by Nora Ephron (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor (Amazon, Bookshop)
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- The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Strangers by Belle Burden (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Different Seasons by Stephen King (Amazon, Bookshop)
- A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Oh, William by Elizabeth Strout (Amazon, Bookshop)
- The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Piranesi by Susanna Clark (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (Amazon, Bookshop)
- A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas (Amazon, Bookshop)
- A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Elizabeth is reading: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Gretchen is reading: Random Harvest by James Hilton (Amazon, Bookshop)
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