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- n. Plural form of page-turner.
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“But they still entrance us, the old page-turners from the glory days of American SF, half a century or so ago, when the world was full of futures we were never going to have.”
The Guardian: The stars of modern SF pick the best science fiction
“BookBrowse seeks out these rare literary gems from both established writers and first time authors – novels that whisk you to unfamiliar times and places, thrillers that are more than "page-turners" and thought-provoking non-fiction that informs while it entertains.”
“I have always loved reading novels that both were page-turners and taught me something of the world.”
“The thing that is consistent is they capture my imagination and they are page-turners.”
The Huffington Post: Arielle Ford: My Top 7 Great Reads This Year
“But the dirty little secret is that this is a bodice-ripping page-turners of a TV series, filled with intrigue and romance and danger and betrayal and all the sort of thing one finds in a soap.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Giltz: DVDs: Johnny Carson Outshines His Boxed Set
“HBO successfully brings the epic fantasy to TV with dynamic impact in this adult, red-blooded and relentlessly brutal saga derived from George R.R. Martin's iconic page-turners.”
“Your books function on many levels, you're fiction in any case, they're both easy to read, page-turners, but they address serious issues and also have literary illusions varied in them.”
“Even the most library-bound among us inevitably seems to wind up with more bestsellers than they can reasonably store, more page-turners than you can shelve.”
The Huffington Post: Milkshake: Four Great Places To Donate Used Books
“Let's start with three deliciously heavy page-turners, biographies of bigger-than-life personalities -- cultural icons -- each of whom looms larger and larger as years and centuries go by.”
The Huffington Post: Edward Goldman: They're Big, They're Heavy and, Boy, They're Gorgeous!
“Child_lit has been discussing how books perceived as page turners (like The Hunger Games) don't get the respect they should, but I figure there's page-turners and then there's page-browsers -- James Patterson, I'm looking at you.”
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