I grew up in a pretty home with limited literary options (bathroom joke books anyone?) and a belief that people who were "readers" were odd and socially challenged. Needless to say, I was seen as the odd social reject in my family as I didn't conform or share their beliefs on "the readers".

I started hanging out in used book stores...more »

I grew up in a pretty home with limited literary options (bathroom joke books anyone?) and a belief that people who were "readers" were odd and socially challenged. Needless to say, I was seen as the odd social reject in my family as I didn't conform or share their beliefs on "the readers".

I started hanging out in used book stores as a teenager and even now the musky smell brings me back and makes me feel a bit like a rebel. « less