Apparently, before you buy a book you should turn to page 99 and see if you like it. If not, don't buy it. That is the advice from people who know what they're talking about. Here's what Ford Madox Ford has to say .... The Page 99 Test ...... "Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford So ... here's page 99 of a certain bird-related book ...... .. having read it, would you buy it ? Or have you already got it, and recognised it straight away ? What I say is, if all those page 99s are so damn good, why not just make a book entirely of page 99s from all your favourite reads ? Surely that is a massive opportunity, should some whizzo publisher fancy it. The idea is free of charge ... I willingly bequeath it to posterity. I'm a generous old Hector. Hey ... there's a band called Pg99 ..... luckily, this song is just under 3 minutes long ... but it seems a long longer ..... it is called " In love with an apparition" but you wouldn't know ...... watch out for the inflatable dolphins or whatever ... If you are completely stuck with that mystery book, here's the link to post 217, in which I embedded the solution .... it is stuck on at the end of the post ..... 217-glovelys-lovely-advice-for-young-birders.html Here's the vital and important " words video" for that Pg 99 song .... lucky us !
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