Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Last year Scott and I read the first line of a number of books. Without any further information, would we read on or not?
Can you tell a classic from a clunker based on a single sentence?

The three other parts of this discussion can be found here:
Pt 1) youtu.be/CB8TovdRYAc
Pt 2) youtu.be/t2fZ0jcYiNw
Bonus/EL James) youtu.be/al4u7zoMQlk

My books, the British sci-fi comedy Professor Lovecraft, are now available on Amazon here: cutt.ly/W9GeO37