It was an emergency!' Seth blurted. 'Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap opera. And to save Fablehaven, I would read a book, okay, are you happy?'You had best be careful, Seth,' Grandma warned. 'The love of reading can be contagious.'I just lost my appetite,' he declared...

— Brandon Mull
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