{"id":142,"date":"2006-03-06T22:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-06T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sararosso.com\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/06\/thirsting-for-knowledgeor-at-least-a-good-book\/"},"modified":"2011-11-12T23:18:40","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T21:18:40","slug":"thirsting-for-knowledgeor-at-least-a-good-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/06\/thirsting-for-knowledgeor-at-least-a-good-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirsting for knowledge&#8230;or at least a good book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a problem. An addiction.<\/p>\n<p>I like to read. A lot. And I read fast. Actually, more of an eater.<\/p>\n<p>When I first moved to Italy, I used my paltry salary as an excuse not to buy the 12 euro books that beckoned me. I knew I would finish them in a few hours, and would have to work just as long to pay for them (yeah, you do the math).<\/p>\n<p>So for a while I made myself happy by buying Penguin Classics, THE cheapest books in English in Italy. You know, the light-brown binded books for only <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a problem. An addiction. I like to read. A lot. And I read fast. Actually, more of an eater. When I first moved to Italy, I used my paltry salary as an excuse not to buy the 12 euro books that beckoned me. I knew I would finish them in a few hours,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/06\/thirsting-for-knowledgeor-at-least-a-good-book\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-italy","category-random","category-tech-talk","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-2i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2318,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/20\/ms-adventures-in-italy-facebook-fan-page-giveaways\/","url_meta":{"origin":142,"position":0},"title":"Ms. Adventures in Italy Facebook Fan Page &#038; Giveaways","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"January 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Many of you have become Fans on Facebook for Ms. Adventures in Italy, and I'm so glad! 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