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The BookWorld Remade

The re was one of those moments when one felt a part of literature and not just carried along within it In less than ten minutes, the entire fabric of the BookWorld was radically altered The old systeed forever But the group of people to wholoriously unaware: the readers To most of them, books were merely books If only it were that simple

Bradshaw’s BookWorld Companion (2nd edition)

Everyone can remember where they hen the BookWorld was res,” which is a polite euphemism for “almost remaindered”

But I wasn’t doing nothing No, I was using the ti Narrative Devices, all designed to assist a first-person protagonist likefive-book series at the speculative end of Fantasy

I couldn’t afford any of these devices—not even Verb-Ease™ for troublesoularity—but that wasn’t the point It was the coional salesnated Love Interest named Whitby Jett

“We have a new line in foreshadowing,” he said, passing me a small blue vial

“Does the bottle have to be in the shape of Lola Vavoom?” I asked

“It’s a ”

I opened the stopper and sniffed at it gingerly

“What do you think?” he asked