11.   It is factual writing that reads like a good novel.

12.   Read a good novel, magazine, newspaper or something not producing a lot of intellectual stimulation.

13.   Smith still wanted to write a good serious novel, but his confidence was battered.

14.   The filmmakers were probably repeating like a mantra the accepted wisdom that good novels rarely make good movies, and praying the opposite was also true.

15.   What better time to sink your teeth into a good novel than the winter months?

16.   What gives the film the flow of a good novel is its consistency of tone.

17.   Write a good novel, get published.

18.   You could buy two good novels instead of your one nosebleed seat.

19.   Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa says the life of troubled Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona would make a good novel -- or a soap opera.

20.   His book reads like a good detective novel.