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I agree. Back in the day when I was a kid, I know that I was labeled (derogatorily) a bookworm because I loved to read. I think that any of the "classics" that I did read, prior to high school, were all on my own. I suppose I was lucky in that the branch library that I got most of my books from didn't have separate rooms for the childrens' and adults' sections - the adult section was just at the back of the huge room, so I was able to freely wander into it and look at the books available. Because I was such an avid reader, the librarians there knew me and let me take out adult fiction on a kid's library card. My parents always encouraged me to read so I never got any grief from them, and they were always willing to fund my paperback book addiction.
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