Yes, yes we do. You'll find quite a few of our posts in these threads when we have things to add. Our problem is with people who have nothing to add posting anyway..

Like saying "get back on topic".

David Cat - two day ban for spamming and arguing with the admins. I've lost count of how many warnings I've posted in the last couple of days. This is getting silly.

Er... *backs away from this conversation*

The introduction was okay. I got a bit hooked when Nat said Bart's name, but what really got me was the conversation between the two. :D

Okay, maybe I'm just repeating what other people said. This is why we get off-topic so much...

:ermm:

As I said before, I had a hard time getting past the first page, but the rest of the chapter is what made me keep reading. :D

Hooked me straight off. Stroud's got a knack for exciting openers.

Well an opening needs to be good, otherwise one doesn't get sucked in, and the rest of the book is history.

Yep. I only survived reading Hamlet was from the beginning; ghosts always suck me in. :P

I haven't read that yet.
Probably soon.
GE's intro was certainly entertaining.
Different from AoS, too.

I like how they had a nice long description of the room and how did Bartimaeus appear then just ended it with the line: 'Hey, it was his first time. I wanted to scare him.'

yep.agree. loved it when bart introduced himself. :D

Best. Character. Intro. Ever.

"I am Bartimaeus! I am Sakhr al-Jinni, N'gorso the Mighty, and the Serpent of Silver Plumes! I have rebuilt the walls of Uruk, Karnak, and Prague. I have spoken with Solomon. I have run with the buffalo fathers of the plains. I have watched over Old Zimbabwe till the stones fell and the jackals fed on its people. I am Bartimaeus! I recognize no master. So I charge you in turn, boy. Who are you to summon me?"

p. 5-6