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Abi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Abi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Abi Olvera’s Followers (11)
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Abi Olvera
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in The United States
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July 2010
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The Underdog's Guide to Scholarships: Get Big Money for Your Dream College
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"American parents feel guilty 24 times a week." I'm not a parent but I was eager to read this book because I'm thinking about whether I'd want to be a parent and what kind of parent I'd be. I feel really validated by the books examples and quotes on h ...more |
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| This book was a game-changer for my health struggles. Despite eating only 1500 calories daily for MONTHS, I couldn't shed 15 pounds I had gained. My doctor suggested the problem might be fiber—and he was right. Going low-carb (which an earlier doctor ...more | |
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Even though I’ve been a diplomat for about a decade and studied in different states and countries, I’ve been scared of flying for years. I would dread flights 6-8 weeks in advance and even tear up a bit during turbulence. This is the second book on f ...more |
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| I picked up this book because their blog blew me away. Just like their blog posts, it explained how private sector / journalism’s AI hype happens, especially with small companies marketing their AI services to hospitals and other industries. I liked ...more | |
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Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required
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| Finally someone explains the true mechanics of FIRE (financial independence retire early). This book was recommended to me by someone who reached FIRE and gave financial planning advice. FIRE seems so much more achievable and clear now. The author ex ...more | |
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Abi Olvera
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TomBrevisse’s review
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The Underdog's Guide to Scholarships: Get Big Money for Your Dream College
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Hi Tom, thanks for the review! The reason why it was acceptable to have average/mediocre high schools grades was solely because of my several semester
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| I picked up this book while dealing with FOMO and wondering about paths not taken. It really resonated with me, making me think about how every life has its challenges, and what matters most are your loved ones. The book was an easy read with good pa ...more | |
“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”
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“When the immense drugged universe explodes
In a cascade of unendurable colour
And leaves us gasping naked,
This is no more than the ectasy of chaos:
Hold fast, with both hands, to that royal love
Which alone, as we know certainly, restores
Fragmentation into true being.
Ecstasy of Chaos”
― Poems 1965-1968
In a cascade of unendurable colour
And leaves us gasping naked,
This is no more than the ectasy of chaos:
Hold fast, with both hands, to that royal love
Which alone, as we know certainly, restores
Fragmentation into true being.
Ecstasy of Chaos”
― Poems 1965-1968
“She tells her love while half asleep,
In the dark hours,
With half-words whispered low:
As Earth stirs in her winter sleep
And puts out grass and flowers
Despite the snow,
Despite the falling snow.”
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In the dark hours,
With half-words whispered low:
As Earth stirs in her winter sleep
And puts out grass and flowers
Despite the snow,
Despite the falling snow.”
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“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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