| There are few experiences in life that
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| | reading to explore. I'm particularly
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| match curling up with a good book and
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| | drawn to online bookstores that are the
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| losing yourself in the lives of the
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| | equivalent of independent brick and
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| characters, the exotic settings, and the
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| | mortar bookstores - those that have a
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| twists and turns of a compelling plot.
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| | depth of selection within many different
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| Reading continues to be one of the great
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| | genres, but that don't purport to stock
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| joys in my life, and I so appreciate the
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| | every book ever published. I've found
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| effort that authors put into crafting
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| | that the mega online bookstores are
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| their work.
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| | difficult to browse; keyword searches
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| As I've gotten older, though, I've found
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| | bring up unrelated titles and I have to
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| that I am more apt to read fiction, and
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| | dig through all of the wannabes in order
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| to stick to a set of authors that I know
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| | to find the gems I'm looking for.
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| and love, or to a single genre of books.
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| | So far, my quest to expand my reading
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| Personally, my great escape isn't in
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| | horizon has led me to read non-fiction
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| literature, but in what I term "junk food
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| | books like biographies (one on Rosa Parks
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| for the mind" - reasonably well-written
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| | was a favorite) and autobiographies
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| murder mystery novels. I enjoy taking the
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| | (Madame Secretary, by Madeline Albright
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| journey with the author down one dead end
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| | is a winner), as well as African American
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| lead after another, reading with bated
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| | titles like Black Trials, which traces a
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| breath as the protagonist extracts
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| | path of civic identity through the prism
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| himself or herself from harm's way, and
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| | of the legal system. I've even read a
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| finally understanding how all of the
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| | graphic novel. It wasn't to my taste, but
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| puzzle pieces fall together and point the
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| | I can at least say I've given the genre a
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| finger at the book's true culprit.
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| | try. I've also found a new delight in
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| Although I absolutely adore this genre, I
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| | children's books. Some of the classics
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| also know that I'm limiting myself in my
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| | are as good as I remembered, and there
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| reading choices. That's why my New Year's
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| | are new authors proving that children's
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| Resolution this year was to expand my
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| | books can, indeed, be considered
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| universe and read books that I wouldn't
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| | literature.
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| have even glanced at twelve months ago.
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| | I'm enjoying fulfilling my New Year's
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| Because I've never been fond of browsing
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| | resolution, and look forward to browsing
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| the aisles of a bookstore, I've turned to
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| | my favorite online bookstore for more
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| online bookstores to find new areas of
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| | ways to expand my literary horizons.
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