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Josh Korr

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Josh Korr

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  • A World Without EmailPositive Sentiment
    A World Without Email

    Cal Newport

    Josh shared insightful thoughts on World Without Email, highly recommend for those considering reading it.

  • Home FirePositive Sentiment
    Home Fire

    Kamila Shamsie

    Josh agrees with Laura that Home Fire is a compelling and empathetic page-turner.

  • Piecing Me TogetherPositive Sentiment
    Piecing Me Together

    Renée Watson

    Josh concurs with Laura's recommendation of Piecing Me Together, noting its unique approach to similar themes as The Hate U Give.

  • Glass HotelNeutral Sentiment
    Glass Hotel

    Emily St. John Mandel

    Josh found The Glass Hotel to be well-written and engaging, but personally did not love it due to diffusion of focus and uninterest in fictionalizing recent financial-world events.

  • A Gentleman in MoscowPositive Sentiment
    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles

    Josh loved Gentleman in Moscow, recommended by Melanie before he knew it was a Viget book club selection.

  • Happiness CurvePositive Sentiment
    Happiness Curve

    Jonathan Rauch

    Josh found The Happiness Curve by Jonathan Rauch to be great and highly recommends it as required reading for adults over 30.

  • AmericanahNeutral Sentiment
    Americanah

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Josh is currently 2/3 of the way through Americanah and finds it good, with some aspects possibly not as revelatory due to current cultural/sociological observations.

  • UntamedNeutral Sentiment
    Untamed

    Glennon Doyle Melton

    Josh is listening to the audiobook of Untamed by Glennon Doyle and finds it good but in a vignette/essay form that may not be conducive to extended listening.

  • Home FireNeutral Sentiment
    Home Fire

    Kamila Shamsie

    Josh's next fiction read will be Home Fire from his library of personalized recommendations.

  • Piecing Me TogetherNeutral Sentiment
    Piecing Me Together

    Renée Watson

    Josh's next fiction read will be Piecing Me Together from his library of personalized recommendations.

  • Rules of CivilityNeutral Sentiment
    Rules of Civility

    Amor Towles

    Josh's next fiction read will be Rules of Civility from his library of personalized recommendations.

  • The black swanNegative Sentiment
    The black swan

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    Josh found the audiobook of The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb to be the most insufferable thing he's ever encountered after listening to the first ~45 minutes.

  • AmericanahNeutral Sentiment
    Americanah

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Josh is reading Americanah before exploring personalized recommendations from <@U0255M8JK>.

  • The Lord of the RingsPositive Sentiment
    The Lord of the Rings

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    Josh praised The Lord of the Rings as an epic fantasy masterpiece.

  • The stuff of thoughtPositive Sentiment
    The stuff of thought

    Steven Pinker

    Josh is 3/4 through Stuff of Thought and finds it mind-blowing.

  • Sense of StylePositive Sentiment
    Sense of Style

    Steven Pinker

    Josh recommends Sense of Style for writers. It's an amazing book.

  • Steven PinkerPositive Sentiment
    Steven Pinker

    Ray Percival

    Josh is enjoying Steven Pinker's work.

  • A Gentleman in MoscowPositive Sentiment
    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles

    Josh recommends rereading Gentleman in Moscow a year later and enjoying it even more.

  • Rules of CivilityNeutral Sentiment
    Rules of Civility

    Amor Towles

    Josh recommends Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.

  • Say NothingPositive Sentiment
    Say Nothing

    Patrick Radden Keefe

    Josh recommends Say Nothing as a true story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.