title: I Cannot Live Without Books: Literary Tattoos for Book Lovers
author: Chronicle
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zlib_text: Dedication
  This book is dedicated to our parents for their Vicky-style love, their JD-like words of wisdom and
  their unconditional support and acceptance of our tendency to write really dirty books.
  
  Prologue
  Sawyer Compton waved goodbye to his father, JD. The taillights of the ranch’s pickup dwindled as
  his old man drove away from the airport. Sawyer slung his bag over his shoulder more securely,
  wincing at the pressure the weight put on his too-new tattoo. His back was killing him. He wished he
  and Sam had managed to find time to get the tattoos right after high school graduation. Instead, the two
  months between pomp and circumstance and packing their duffels had been filled with chores on the
  ranch, travel plans, a huge going-away party thrown by their mom and the million other little things
  needed to pave the way to their future adventures.
  As a result, they’d gotten the tattoos yesterday after Sam had stormed into Sawyer’s bedroom as he
  stuffed photos of his brothers into the scuf