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I hadn't heard of this before

Read page 99 of a new book and, according to Ford Madox Ford, you'll know whether you want to read the whole thing

"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you."

Or use page 69

Marshall McLuhan, the guru of The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), recommends that the browser turn to page 69 of any book and read it.

I have books I have to take back to the library without reading them

Her by Christa Parravani I like memoirs but both page 69 and 99 too much substance abuse, don't like books that are all downers . The author is writing about her twin that died and I did read some of it but it was too unhappy for me.

Defiant Brides by Nancy Rubin Stuart about the wives of Benedict Arnold and Henry Knox only a maybe to take home again.