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My experiences with books growing up remind me of the movie You’ve Got Mail, which I’m not ashamed to admit my wife and I watch regularly.  There’s a scene where Meg Ryan’s character says, “When you read a book as a child it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.”  In part, I agree with her.  The books I read growing up did become a part of me, but the books I’ve read in the past six years have become part of me in much deeper, more firmly rooted places—shaping not just who I am, but how I think and sometimes, what I believe.