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From the creative mind of Chris Congreave:
Curiously Enough

Liar - a totally commercial lie detector routine. Give the lie detector a killer finish. Every day carry cards - a routine to have in your wallet and perform anywhere.
Stop - an easy and totally fooling card at any number routine, with a surprise ending. 50/50 - a great, easy to perform opening routine.
Coin prediction 2.0 - a self contained mentalism routine using coins.
Coin prediction 2.5 - another self contained mentalism routine using coins... ok it's the same routine but a different ending
Visible prediction - predict anything on the back of a playing card!
Kickback card to wallet - a great addition to a card to wallet routine
Holey prediction - totally commercial way of handing out your business card
Futurama - a card prediction routine that is easy to perform and an absolute reputation maker Pocket matrix - a new take on the Jim Steinmeyer classic Matrix Poker
Any named card again - Gary Jones has wor1Predicta pack - a gaffed pack that you can easily make yourself

Effects and ideas using predicta pack - Peek, Harry in your pocket, card through table, card under box.

You must be f***g joking - a great way to reveal a selected card using the Jokers

Invisible deck prediction - not what you might think...

An essay on performing at tables

Diary trick - a diary trick using a regular pack, and a regular diary, no memory work, easy to do.
Double card to wallet - using a gaff you already own have 2 selected cards appear inside your wallet
The Flash - a great start to an amb itious card routine
Sticky business - a great Stickman routine that also gets your business card out!
Time for a change - a mentalism routine with coins, but also kickbacks...

Thanks to Dave propless - a new take on Thanks to Dave from Curiouser and Curiouser

What a joke - a prediction routine using Jokers
Cutting the Aces (again) - a fun Ace cutting routine
Grease and Beer - an in the hands quick and visual routine

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I wasn’t familiar with Congreave’s “Curious” series of books and decided to take a chance on this one.
The book is very thin despite boasting a sizable contents. Not bad because you don’t have to deal with any fluff but also kind of made me feel I purchased a $55 pamphlet. The book can easily be finished in a day although it took me around a week due to my lack of enthusiasm of the contents therein.
While there are certainly some clever ideas in this book, almost every, if not all the tricks are either heavily gaffed or require gimmick cards. This isn’t an issue if I felt that the juice was worth the squeeze. The trick 50/50 is exactly as it sounds in that you predict whether the spec is thinking of the AS or QH. Even this trick requires some prep and arts and crafts.
Highlights of this book include “visible prediction”, “drawn transport”, and “Thanks to Dave”. These tricks made me nostalgic of the old Sankey type material. Although these tricks also require prep and/or gimmickry.

I felt bad giving this book less than 4 because I feel my qualms with material is a result of a differing taste and style, rather than inadequate effects. If an effect requires 25 jokers or blanks then it better be the holy grail of its plot. Instead I found most of the routines in this book could either be accomplished in different or more economical, or they simply didn’t interest me personally.
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