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  1. Susan Wittig Albert _ The Tale of Oat Cake Crag

    But as it turned out, the two had a great deal in common, for both Bailey and Thackeray {named for the famous novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, author of Vanity Fair} were devoted bibliophiles who believed that "a book a day kept the world at bay," as Thackeray was fond of saying. Bailey was the offspring of a generation of badgers who insisted that "Reader" was the most rewarding vocation to which a virtuous badger might be called and who gauged their week's anticipated pleasure by the height of their to-be-read pile. {Perhaps you know people like this. I do.}
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