Southern & Jewish I have always been a reader. As a kid, going to the local public library was the highlight of my week. And it really was an almost-weekly trip. My sister and I would spend half an hour or more browsing the shelves, looking for the perfect books, and then we would each make our way to the counter, nearly tripping up the stairs because of the teetering piles of books that blocked our view. I loved so many characters, and I related to aspects of them. I liked to think I had Hermione Granger’s brain, I wished I had Anne Shirley’s imagination, and I felt quite sure I h...