Reading the Last Page First
[I started a post about bing cherries and pear martinis in an effort to stay within the NaBloPoMo food theme, but I deleted it. While I love cherries, and I think there's room to improve my pear martini recipe, it felt forced. Instead, today I will post a tiny book-related rant.]
What the heck is UP with non-fiction books that provide a teaser chapter up front and then go back to the beginning (or worse, jump back halfway for a few chapters, then all the way later)? Al says this is normal documentary behavior; I say that I don't mind a Frontline-like summary up front, but then I want the story to just START AT THE BEGINNING, GODDAMMIT.
I'm looking at you, Feeding the Monster and Skunkworks.
Posted by Lori in books at 8:35 PM on July 7, 2008