Novel help: Intermixing past and present

[Saitaina]

Since many of us are avid readers and all of us
have read at least one book in our lives, I
thought I'd toss this question out:

If you were to read a book that combined past and
present (ie: Two characters current lives and
their pasts), how would you like to see it done?
Note: Both are important to the story so I can't
cut either out.

Alternating chapters between current time (now)
and the past.  Such as, Chapter One: New York,
2004, Chapter Two: Romania, 1756 (examples, not
actual dates)

Flashbacks to only the major issues.

The characters telling others of their own pasts
without actually seeing it (which leads to very
long monologues...)

Any other ideas?

Saitaina
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