{"id":2754,"date":"2011-06-12T17:19:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T23:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2011-06-12T17:19:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T23:19:05","slug":"why-secondhand-bookstores-are-addicting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2754","title":{"rendered":"Why Secondhand Bookstores Are Addicting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science can explain. It’s all chemicals<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Science can explain. 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