He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd …

Tom Perrotta
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He made me think of all the books I hadn't read, and all the ones I'd read but hadn't fully understood. ✨ Tom Perrotta (2006). Joe College: A Novel, p.48, Macmillan
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