How to Make a Good Joke

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Apple Prove Nothing just started following us on a bunch of platforms and then sent this message. This is from when? Yes, this morning. Appreciate your in-depth analysis of books, but all caps. Please stop the constant laughing over nothing. Don't make it fun, make it good. Why not both? Or neither? Hey, careful what you wish for.

When a book's plot and characters don't break a ton of ground in and of themselves, you're left hoping that the writing and the perspective will be enough to make a book interesting—luckily for us, Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation is insightful and entertaining despite its narrow scope and well-trod material.

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