📚 2 Books mentioned in "180. What Makes Some Objects Feel Special? | No Stupid Questions" of No Stupid Questions

By the way, I remember the day that I was reading John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, and I hated, did you read that book?

In this segment, Mike shares a personal story about his experience reading John Irving's 'A Prayer for Owen Meany', expressing his strong dislike for the book and how it led him to damage the physical copy. This anecdote contributes to a broader discussion on the emotional and physical value we place on objects.

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Right, and in the world of the life-changing magic of tidying up and the world that kind of called forth Marie Kondo to write a book about how we accumulate like so much crap in our lives, I mean we have so much crap.

In this segment, the hosts delve into the theme of sentimentality regarding possessions, using Marie Kondo's book as a reference to explore how individuals struggle with accumulating unnecessary items in their lives.

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In her 2010 self-help book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo says that she experimented with this method but that it didn't end up working for her, and she instead recommends discarding most books in their entirety.

The podcast discusses a segment that addresses a previous remark regarding content from Marie Kondo's book, highlighting her unconventional approach to tidying and the recommendation to discard most books.

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