Books, housework and men: If you're not enjoying it, give up early
OPINION: Whether it's books or men, it's not worth carrying on if it's no fun.
Source: stuff.co.nz
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The 20-page rule: how much time should you give a devastatingly boring book?
Novelist Mark Billingham advises readers to angrily launch a book across the room after 20 non-gripping pages – but almost 40% of people will keep going right to the end
Source: theguardian.com
Novel idea: judge books on their first 20 pages, says leading crime writer
Crime writer Mark Billingham says life is too short for boring stories and urges people to stop reading if first chapter fails to deliver
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Buses wishing Merry Christmas in October and 5G masts shrinking manhood: That's Lincoln for you!
Seriously, what on earth is going on at the moment?!
Source: thelincolnite.co.uk
September's best new crime fiction: Ian Rankin finishes off a William McIlvanney manuscript
Plus new releases from Vera Kurian, John Hart, Alan Johnson and Celia Walden
Source: irishtimes.com