couple of tips -- not major spoilers by any means, but if you're the type who wants to do *everything* yourself, I'll hide the text.
(SPOILER)-each book on the desk says something different. I just did something with one of the books that made some progress

-You can click under some things--like the couch/futon. you can also click to the side/behind some things, like the flower pot to the left of the futon and to the right of the futon itself.


I still haven't finished it. Quite challenging.