In or Out? (Or both)

Reading so many *good* blogs has finally gotten me off the dime. I hope my muse is amused...

Consider this the beginning of a novel that you'd never would have bought for yourself because the title's strange, the cover art obviously has nothing to do with the story, you've never heard of the author, and the first couple of paragraphs were a bit slow... So, there it sits on the shelf in the loo, next to a book on bartending, a couple of old Pottery Barn catalogs, and an ancient book of potty humor.

Having picked it up when you (ahem) had nothing else to read, you found yourself with numb legs from having gotten too engrossed in the book to finish your business... you'll put it down, but you'll find an excuse to pick it up again later and might even see if that author has published anything else.