21.   Modesett and her daughters take turns reading, with a fresh reader taking up the story when the previous reader gets tired.

22.   Mostly, our readers get the idea.

23.   Once the reader gets the joke, the rest has a tendency to become a variation on the theme, and can get tiresome quickly.

24.   Only a few big-name readers get more.

25.   Readers get a front- row seat at the grueling recording sessions in which Cline and Bradley tenaciously troll for just the right song.

26.   Readers can get a look at a mummy and a mummy case and see an example of the amazing architecture of the Aztecs.

27.   Readers get no idea of the medical products industry spawned by the University of Washington health sciences complex named for Magnuson.

28.   Readers get upset when sports columnists refer to Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer in demeaning terms.

29.   Readers got their first peeks at the book recently when The Wall Street Journal and People magazine published excerpts.

30.   Readers will get ideas not only on food but also on presentations, like using a hollowed-out bread loaf as a server for tea sandwiches.