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When I come home and look back through my Book of Books I see a personal narrative I didn__ recognize at the time. I went from escaping into books to extracting things from them, from being inspired by books to trying to do things that inspired me__any of which I first encountered in stories. I went from wishing I were like a character in books to being a character in my books. I went from reading books to wrestling with them to writing them, all the while still learning from what I read.
Pamela Paul My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues
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When I come home and look back through my Book of Books I see a personal narrative I didn__ recognize at the time. I went from escaping into books to extracting things from them, from being inspired by books to trying to do things that inspired me__any of which I first encountered in stories. I went from wishing I were like a character in books to being a character in my books. I went from reading books to wrestling with them to writing them, all the while still learning from what I read.
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My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues

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