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Literary consumer

The pandemic has brought forth many a weird hobby.  Recently I've been in an almost maniacal feverish romance novel addiction.   I've always been a bookish person.  I devoured Babysitter's Club, Sweet Valley High and Land of Oz Books as a young girl. I was always a bit on the nerdy side, rule abiding and good grade getting.  I was in essence a good girl and I played by all the rules and gave no one reason to distrust me.  I also lived in a very strict household where I was often told I couldn't hang out with my friends and yet often left to entertain myself.  Why I couldn't just have fun with my friends, who can guess?  Perhaps allowing me freedom was too much of a risk to my virtue?   In any case I read a lot of books, watched a lot of tv and did a lot of daydreaming.  When my cousin who was 12 years older than me moved out of the house and left her books when she went to college guess who read inappropriate books given her reading level? This gal.  I'm still a