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Monthly Archives: September 2005
Page-turners
What makes a book a page-turner?
When I’m in the office, I have lots to do: read PC Gamer, Harper’s Magazine, Science, Nature, or even the random professional journal; surf blogs; catch up on my bottomless chart basket; feed the frogs. And I see patients, too.
That’s why it’s always remarkable when I find a book that demands I keep reading it no matter what. I’ll squeeze in a half hour of reading time before the patients roll in, five or ten minutes between patients, and my lunch break, all to finish the damned book. This is uncommon enough that I can count these books on one hand.
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