11.   Novels, no matter how idiosyncratic, must have enough believability to draw readers into the story.

12.   Readers are also drawn to real life, he says.

13.   Rather than the gibber and squeak of the dead, what is arresting about these stories is the deftness with which Ms. Lurie draws the reader into their dramas.

14.   Sales of jerseys, balls and backboards are flat, as is television audience growth, and magazines about the NBA draw fewer readers than they used to.

15.   She draws the reader into a delicate and love-affirming fantasy that, thanks to her graceful sense of humor, stops short of turning saccharine.

16.   Since these are all controversial observations, the reader is drawn to learn what more Michaud has to say on these subjects.

17.   The authors employ the humor used in their other books to draw the reader into the subject.

18.   The authors employ the humor used in the other books to draw the reader into the subject.

19.   The prospect of getting answers to these questions is intriguing enough to draw the reader through much material familiar to any basketball fan or reader of the financial pages.

20.   Those early days turned out to be invaluable for the kind of writing through which Garland draws his readers into his novels, offering snapshot, cinematic moments.