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When You Are Engulfed In Flames

Novel By: David Sedaris The idea of “a collection of essays” has always bored me, as I envisioned a textbook full of lackluster stories and unrelatable life lessons. This book, however, is not that. When You Are Engulfed In Flames is a beautifully crafted novel filled with stories of both mundane and extraordinary moments thatContinue reading “When You Are Engulfed In Flames”

Outliers

Novel By: Malcolm Gladwell What is the link between airplane crashes and ethnicities? How does a child’s birth month affect their athleticism later in life? In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell unveils a variety of unheard of connections found throughout history and our current society, as a way to define the meaning of success. His writing styleContinue reading “Outliers”