Comfort asterisks
* "The Pirate Loop" earns a second mention because it has real warmth - the party piece at the finish is wonderful. But my fickle fanboy gaze has now turned towards "Abarat Book Two: Days Of Magic, Nights Of War" (2004), written and with copious paintings by Clive Barker. It's alien, it's scary-beautiful, it's classic CB.
* You'll go crackers for new Paradise Veri Deli Double Cheese & Leek crackers. If you're a parrot.
* Socceroos 4 - Qatar 0.
An exercise for the reader
When a book's contents lists chapter headings, do you... (a) read them slowly and guess at their meanings? (b) skim through, picking out key words/phrases? (c) page past the potential spoilers to chapter one? Take a minute to analyse your choice.
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posted by Addster @ 11:00 PM
2 Comments:
(b) if it's non fiction, (c) if it's fiction.
(d) I never read contents pages. Which I suppose could count as a (c) answer, in a pinch.
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