"I am simply a 'book drunkard'. Books have the same irresistable temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them." (L. M. Montgomery)
All the people I know (ok, lady friends only, since no guy has admitted to having done so) who have read this book can relate to it, often in more than one instance. Our circumstances and situations are all different, but the journey is rather similar.