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My parents got me started reading at a very early age and I took to it like a duck does to a cliche. \u00a0And I got fast<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Over the years it became less like reading and more like absorbing the books. \u00a0I wasn’t intending to hurry, but I just got so much into the stories that they raced past me.<\/p>\n

I roasted smores with vampires and blood mages.<\/p>\n

I did sudoku puzzles with Mentats.<\/p>\n

I bitched-slapped some elves \u00a0– they know what they did – and fired laser cannons at AIs. \u00a0 They also<\/em> know what they did.<\/p>\n

And all of this at hundreds and hundreds of words per minute.<\/p>\n

So there was no one more surprised than me when I got an email from the library warning me that my books were due soon.<\/p>\n

There were only three of them – did it really take me two weeks to read? \u00a0Really?<\/p>\n

Apparently, some things got in the way – namely work, video games, and DVD’s. \u00a0 \u00a0I had two days left and still had a book to go.<\/p>\n

Now, I could have renewed it – obviously – but it seemed like admitting defeat. \u00a0When I got home from work I tore into the book \u00a0– and got through half of it.<\/p>\n

So now I had one day and half a book to go . \u00a0I read a little at lunch and when I got home I dove into it again. \u00a0 \u00a0I ate dinner while I was reading and finished up early evening.<\/p>\n

And it was good, though the ending was a little weak. \u00a0Eh.<\/p>\n

The next day I headed to the library to return my books and check out some more.<\/p>\n

But only two this time.<\/p>\n

Just in case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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