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Maybe too much, since I make at least two visits a week.\u00a0Barnes &amp; Noble trips rivaling my library rendez-vous became far too expensive (it\u2019s the Starbucks Venti Soy Chai Tea Lattes that do me in), but a girl\u2019s\u00a0<em>got<\/em>\u00a0to get her reading done if she were ever to be regarded as a lady.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This month\u2019s reading stack:\u00a0<em>Lolita<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Persuasion<\/em>,\u00a0<em>A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Lady Chatterley\u2019s Lover<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Peace Meals<\/em>. Currently reading\u00a0<em>Lolita\u00a0<\/em>and completely enamored. Oftentimes I find that books considered \u201cclassics\u201d just get the honorary title because they\u2019re old and\u00a0<em>really<\/em>underserving (literary and otherwise), but perhaps I\u2019m too young and silly to even render judgement. 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