Richard Osman Has a (Tiny) Bone to Pick With John Grisham
I do something similar to this with reading, I enjoy non-fiction, but I have a rule that after reading a non-fiction book, to read a fiction book to 'cleanse the pallet' so to speak. And trust me, reading a fantasy book about opening a coffee shop (Legends and Lattes) helps after reading a book on the history of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
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Critics and readers tend to be insufferable nostalgics. In a letter he sent from exile in 1513, Niccolò Machiavelli described his evening routine: After coming home from the “vulgarity” and “trifles” of daily life, he donned “garments regal and courtly” to commune with the dead. Reading those before him, he was “not frightened by death,” and
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