jon_auc 's review for:

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin

5.0

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Technically, for those of you reading at home, this book does not deserve the 5 stars I'm giving it (it's still very good and you should check it out if it sounds up your alley though, probably a 3.5- to 4-star book). But I'm rating it a 5 nonetheless because a copy of it was one of the few physical items an incredibly special person gave to me and I cannot separate it from the memory of her. She's special not just because of who she is and the success she will become, but because of the way she forever changed me and opened up my eyes to world and my heart as well. Someday I will come back to this book, think of her fondly and remember how good our time together was. I tried to finish this book before we were. I wasn't fast enough. But learned that sometimes the quick reads are the best ones and last far longer than pages that contain them.