[TheJaz]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Just out of curiosity - unless you don't want to say ofc - which book/story was that for you?

I talked about "The Big Year" by Mark Obmascik, it was one of my favourite books back in highschool, I haven't read it in a long time but it still means a lot to me

It's a sort of odd book, it's a non-fiction book about a specific year of a birding (or bird watching) competition that happens every year

It has a good deal to say about following your dreams and passions, as well as how people from different walks of life may have an easier or harder time following their dreams than others (an example from the book being how someone wealthy could take a year off work from their huge company they founded without much issue, while a lower level employee at a power plant needed to give up a lot and save for years to even have a chance at their dream)

It was the first book I ever read where I wanted to reread it the moment I finished it lol

I know the premise may sound a little uninteresting but I'd recommend it, it's very well written and the story is very compelling

It also got adapted into a pretty mediocre movie too, I'd recommend that less lol

There are books that I probabaly think are funnier, or more exciting, but this is definitely the book that meant the most to me when I was younger, so it felt like the clear choice choice me

(Now that I think about it though, does non-fictiom even really count as a story like they wanted? I didn't even consider that lol
I guess I'd say it still just counts since it's in book format and because the author is who elevates it to being a real story and not just a list of events)

My audio is pretty muffled and overshadowed in the episode but if you listen with headphones you might be able to make out the title of the book if you're listening for it lol