Countdown to my childhood and former life...

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I think I've told you this before, but when I was in college, I was a rare book preservation technician at the very prestigious library on my college campus.

I got to hold in my hot little hands what was at that time the largest Victoriana collection in the US. We even had one of Queen Victoria's dresses! 

I learned to make buckram boxes to protect our oldest and most fragile books, learned about book safe tapes etc. 

I got to read two of my favorite authors' handwritten and annotated manuscripts - John Updike and John Gardner - that was magical. We even had some of Thomas Pynchon's annotated writings - and I ended up doing my thesis on him. It was magical to me, as an avid lifelong reader and an English major at the time.

And before that, in my TV-less childhood, I spent 90% of my time alone reading books in our linen closet at the top of the stairs. 

Books are a huge part of my life.

So I can't show you much of what's coming tomorrow, but what I can tell you is if you, too are a bookworm, you are going to want to come back tomorrow for my full reveal and a fun video. But here's a little peek.

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