Second Edition

Second Edition

Author: Cleo White Listening Length: 8h 44m

In retrospect, it might not have been the wisest idea to hand in my v-card to a hot librarian I picked up at my mother’s cocktail party. In my defense, the man has a French accent, gray hair, and knows a lot about books. The cards were really stacked against me making good choices, folks. I was probably na?ve to expec...

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Weston University boasts a total of twelve libraries and mine, Montgomery, is the largest. It’s a beautiful place, full of sweeping, finely carved mahogany and endless rows of leather-bound tomes. During my very first visit here, I’d drifted from the tour group of incoming freshmen, wandering deeper into the seemingly endless building, filled with a sense of rightness I’d never experienced before.

The hushed voices of study groups, the smell of dust and ink, the glow of computer screens and rustle of turning pages might have seemed mundane to some, but to me, it felt as though ancient magic lived within the very walls of Montgomery.