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In defense of slow reading

In defense of slow reading

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Sara Hildreth
Oct 23, 2022
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Hey, readers!

I read quite a bit this week but I didn’t finish a single book. When I realized on Thursday that I likely wouldn’t finish any of the books I’m in the middle of in time to read and review them for today’s newsletter, I panicked a little. I opened up my Libro.fm app and sorted all of my audiobooks by length, shortest to longest (what a great …

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