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Anatomy of a Literary Pageturner

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Naomi K
Sep 26, 2011
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Definitions: A page turner is:

  1. a really good book that you can’t put down.

  2. a style of book: a plot-driven thriller that keeps you in suspense so that at every moment, you want to see what happens next.

  3. a physical format. It’s a book with large fonts, large margins, and lots of space between lines. This means few words per page, which means you turn the pag…

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