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Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (100%) #41

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Congrats on starting Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell, I hope you enjoy it! It has an average of 4/5 stars and 39 ratings on Google Books.

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When you're finished with reading this book, just close this issue and I'll mark it as completed. Best of luck! đź‘Ť
AnandChowdhary commented 2 years ago

I'm on page 165

AnandChowdhary commented 2 years ago

I'm on page 230

AnandChowdhary commented 2 years ago

I'm in page 339

github-actions[bot] commented 2 years ago

You completed this book in 2 months, 1 week, 2 days, 4 hours, 35 minutes, 7 seconds, great job!