Vignettes

I have always loved books. Historical, political, puzzles or enigmas, faith-based, sci-fi, romantic comedies, sleuthing, you name it. Dire economic straits while growing up, however, dampened that inclination so severely i could not even buy my college textbooks. But I knew no bounds. I became a ubiquitous denizen of the school library just to fulfill my homework requisites and to go beyond .... satisfying a voracious stomach for the printed media. Sub-consciously, I promised myself that in every home I would buy in the future - if I could - would have a niche for innumerable books, if not a library. That dream was fulfilled many times over in America.

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