this sets my eyelid twitching

[miaumeow]

no-no's:

"peaked/peeked my curiosity"
your curiosity seems mountainous/voyeuristic

"i poured over the book"
you seem very liquid.

"with baited breath"
this reminds me of those tic-tac commercials where a girl's minty-fresh breath strikes love into everyone she passes.

BLAGH