Tag: reading
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Four Thousand Weeks
Author: Oliver Burkeman How do you visualize time? In minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Months? Or Years? As a kid, I would divide my study hours into 15 minute chunks- 15 minutes to cover one page of a lesson. So if a History chapter had 8 pages, it would take me two hours to fully absorb…
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Favorite Books of 2022
2022 has been the year of book hopping. I have picked up more books than I can remember, only to leave them midway. A part of me is proud for not forcing myself to complete books for the sake of checking a box. But a part of me is also concerned about my dwindling attention…
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11 Ways to “Kindle” a Love for Reading
I love books. But at times I love the idea of books more. I buy more than I can read. My to-read list grows at a much faster rate than my “read” list. Bookstores are my happy places. But I often fall short of my reading goals- struggling to hold attention, jumping from one book…
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3 books I enjoyed in 2018
While 2018 was yet another year that witnessed an unfinished Goodreads Reading Challenge, I did manage to pick up a bunch of interesting books this year. I am no Bill Gates to curate reading suggestion lists but since I haven’t heard anyone complain about “too many suggested books”, here goes my top 3 favourites of…
Asra Yousuf 