Wil Wheaton had a great entry about reading a book and reaching the Point of No Return, basically the idea that there is a certain point in a book when you are totally sucked in and can't think of anything else except finding out what is going to happen. I thought about it, but couldn't remember exactly on any old books what that point was. However, I just started a new book, The Man Who Folded Himself, and I hit it.

It was very early in the book when Danny's Uncle Jim visits him and tells him that he (Danny) is worth 143 million dollars. Danny is currently receiving $400 a week from a trust fund, but Uncle Jim is going to up it to $1000. In exchange, all he asks is that Danny keep diary and write in it every day, or at least once a week. At that point, I was hooked. Why would he want to do that. I already knew the book was about time travel, so I could see some interesting results of keeping a diary.

I started this at the beginning of my lunch, and I'm now at page 53, lamenting that I can't read for the rest of the afternoon. Doh!