And so it begins …

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My name is Gillian Colbert and I am an addict. I have spent the better part of my adult life consuming textbooks to exclusion of all other reading. The feel of the book in my hand is almost narcotic. It seduces me and strokes my senses. Each page, each new sentence absorbed provides a sense of satiation that I find in only one other activity. This addiction has consumed my life in many ways, but I find myself unwilling to...