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When I was young, I thought that reading was like a drug which I was allowed to take only a teaspoon at a time, but which, nevertheless, had the effect of carrying me away to an enchanted world. As time went by and I took that drug again and again, I became addicted to it. Books became an intrinsic part of my life. They became my friends, my guides, my lovers. My most faithful lovers. I didn’t know I would fall in love with books when I was young and started to read. I don’t even recall when I started to read and how. I just remember that my mother didn’t like me to read. In spite of this, eve