>From Lester Powers: >I like to skip around and read snippets here and there at first, to get a >feel for the literary territory, kinda like casing the joint. That's fine as far as it goes. I even do that myself. But, as a rule and especially when I'm new to a topic, I have found it's more effective to read the whole of a book before criticizing part of it. Sometimes one's criticisms turn out to be answered in the chapters that were skipped. Also, I sometimes find that I bring preconceptions to a subject, and that before I can appreciate what the author is saying in later chapters, I need to understand the foundation built in the earlier ones. Francine Nicholson _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail