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Fully agree that the Libby app is the best thing of all time. I immediately topped off my holds list with some of these book recs (I am spending NYE sick at home and a murder mystery read sounds perfect). I cannot believe my newsletter was NUMBER THIRTEEN. A favorite number!! ❤️ Happy New Year, Sophie!

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It was my favorite Substack of last year! I loved every essay and read it so consistently. I love the way you see the world and I feel incredibly lucky that ours collided even in a small way. Thank you for writing it! You’re a light.

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That’s so nice of you to say! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it.

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Happy new year, Sophie! This post was the first thing that wasn't a text that I read in the new year, so the new year is off to a great start!

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Well, Sophie, this is just about the best list I’ve seen…ever. Gotta make this salad, gotta buy these shoes, gotta read that book, get that app…it may take me a whole year to implement the things that caught my interest here. Thank you. Happy 2025!!

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I was saving this list for a time when i could savor it and now I’m stressed because #6 truly is dangerous unless the rice cooker keeps the rice consistency HOT HOT HOT which I suspect it doesn’t. Much rice is contaminated with the spores of the bacteria B cereus (caused much laughter in medical school which shows how much humor was lacking..) When you eat rice immediately, it is fine. When the spores have a chance to grow, and they will - exponentially- as they tolerate cold and a fair amount of heat, the rice will become contaminated. It causes a very nasty gastroenteritis. Please, please be cautious!!

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consistently

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