Personal Journey

Growing Up: One Book at a Time

From saving my lunch money to buy books, to now enjoying free access to millions of books from the DC public library, my love for books continues to grow. Persuading my dad to buy a storybook every time we were near a bookstore, taking him to book exhibitions, and planning my school breaks around reading one book per day —this is essentially how I grew up.

I’ve always dreamed of having my own library, or at the very least, a shelf filled with all the books I’ve read. Truth be told, most books went missing. Thus, I’m now striving to live that dream virtually. If the slogan ‘You are the books you read’ holds true, then the books listed below are the ones that have shaped me.

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