You find yourself regularly reaching for the book to squash the silverfish in your apartment.
You keep having to reread the first chapter because you've been distracted by an article about Gary Oldman's movies, ranked from best to worst.
You're ten pages into the book and think a murder investigation would really liven things up right about now. (You are reading "Little Women.") You're twenty minutes into reading the book and just now realize you've been asleep the whole time.
You're twenty years into reading the book and it's the only book that hasn't been burned or rewritten by our robot overlords, and yet you still can't seem to get emotionally invested in the story.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 01, 2024 من The New Yorker.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 01, 2024 من The New Yorker.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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GET IT TOGETHER
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AGAINST THE CURRENT
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METAMORPHOSIS
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THE BIG SPIN
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THIS ELECTION JUST PROVES WHAT I ALREADY BELIEVED
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HOLD YOUR TONGUE
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A LONG WAY HOME
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YULE RULES
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