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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

by Cal Newport

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Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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read in October 2020

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The Light of All That Falls (The Licanius Trilogy, #3)

by James Islington (Goodreads Author)

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read in February 2023

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