"Figuring out the sitch and getting out of it may be rather different things. But it seems like there's no shortage of brains willing to give it the old college try," she says, unable to keep from grinning at the turn of phrase.

Moving along the shelves, she lets her fingers hover just out of touch of the spines, letting her instincts guide her until she lands on a book that feels right. She doesn't even look at the title before pulling it down and paging through.