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finished "...And Your Enemies Closer"

four chapters to go!

end of chapter 14 (page number is a dummy placeholder... why can't it be left blank?)

I'm listening to the audiobook version. Actually started yesterday. Finished the first chapter.

finished chapter "Darkest Before the Fall"

finished "Fear in a Handful of Rust"

I feel like the story is kicking into high gear. Much suspense.

finished the last chapter, "The Moments of Enjoyment", as well as the book as a whole.

"We must remember that life is often long enough to be patient with the time worthwhile things take, but it's also short, and we can start now."

finished chapter 15 "The Generosity of Kindness" and chapter 16 "The Depth of Curiosity"

"These small, good, ordinary things can shape a day into something good, even amid a string of not-so-good days. ... When they pile up, we slowly begin to have something we can stand on, things we have some control over, a ballast that can steady us in our days."

end of chapter 14 "The Trying Pursuit of Perfection"

"...success is just a set of well-curated failures: a collection of smaller mistakes that we paint over and learn from, again and again, until our fear of being bad at something is replaced by the confidence that comes from experience."

end of chapter 13 "The Push and Pull of Distraction"

nothing like a deadline (the book being due at the library) to get me to read it lol

finished chapter 12 "the harsh rules of discipline" (ft. wordplay on the word "discipline")

decided to browse bookrastinating and found this which seems interesting. trying out a feature in a way i haven't used before, adding a book to my "want to read" even though i don't have the book and it's not even in the local library's catalogue. I dunno if i goofed because I added it then deleted it and the post saying I added it lol. but I think i undid everything and so now I can add it again. and i guess i'll just put this here and leave this on my virtual "shelf" in "want to read" status.

end of chapter 11, "The Denial of Limitation"

finished chapter 10 "The Trap of Busyness"