In his second book featuring Thursday Next, author Jasper Fforde takes us on another wild journey, weaving together reality and the impossible in an inconceivably funny alternate 1985. You would think that after single handedly defeating the third most evil criminal, Acheron Hades and ending the Cr...
The Thursday Next series can be trying for readers who are not "well read" in terms of classic literature. However, for those of us who don't mind references to Kafka, Du Maurier and Hardy - the books are a pleasure.The second installment focuses on the aftermath of the events of 'The Eyre Affair' ...
Fforde, you clever bastard. 'Lost in a Good Book' is as winning as 'The Eyre Affair'. It further fleshes out this alternate universe, and populates it with ever more improbably aptly named characters.As with the 'Eyre Affair', the "main event" takes some time to develop, but that's hardly the point ...
I'm sorry, I'm going to spoil this by telling you the only bit I thought was worth laughing at out loud. The cat in Alice in Wonderland finds that the area in which he lives is being rezoned. He will no longer be called the Cheshire cat.
This series just keeps getting better. I had a little trouble getting into the first book in the series, but ended up enjoying it. This one was a lot better. All of my favorite characters are back. I love the predicaments that Thursday finds herself in. The idea of a society that revolves mainly...
Another great read, I even think I may have enjoyed this one a bit more then the first and I LOVED that one!! Looking forward to books three through five of this series!!
Lost in A Good BookThe Well of Lost Plots - Jasper FfordeThese are #s 2 & 3 in the Thursday Next series (following "The Eyre Affair.")I was in the mood for some fast, humorous reading, so these suited me quite well this week. Half alternate-world scifi, half detective novels, Fforde writes comedy fo...
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