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‘Tis the season of DNF

On December 18, 2021December 18, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews, Thoughts4 Comments

It’s really rare that I do not finish a book. Unlike in my daily life, I seem to have an infinite amount of patience for bad writing. This is terrible because I must have wasted hours on books that I did not enjoy, just because of my sheer stubbornness to finish what I’ve started. But …

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