Desperate times call for desperate measures ... I'd never have believed I'd ever let a monstrosity like this cross my front door, but with supermarket and drugstore shelves persistently empty in my area (despite rumors that elsewhere in this country, the hoarders have had their fill and stocks are being replenished), the other day when placing an order for office supplies I finally caved, after all, and included this.  Believe it or not, this was the smallest package size they were offering ...

GR Synopsis

Jasper Fforde has done it again in this genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainment. After two rollicking New York Times bestselling adventures through Western literature, resourceful literary detective Thursday Next definitely needs some downtime. And what better place for a respite than in the hidden depths of the Well of Lost Plots, where all unpublished books reside? But peace and quiet remain elusive for Thursday, who soon discovers that the Well is a veritable linguistic free-for-all, where grammasites run rampant, plot devices are hawked on the black market, and lousy books—like the one she has taken up residence in—are scrapped for salvage. To make matters worse, a murderer is stalking the personnel of Jurisfiction and it’s up to Thursday to save the day. A brilliant feat of literary showmanship filled with wit, fantasy, and effervescent originality, this Ffordian tour de force is the most exciting Thursday Next adventure yet.

My Comments

Technically, this isn't a library languisher since I have already read it but whatever. I just bought it and feel like showing it off. This series is full of quirky characters that I love reading about. The dodo, Pickwick, is my favorite!

The Library Languishers Series features a book that languishes in my physical library. The picture quality will always be sucky. Depend on it!

If I go in a thrift shop with you and say I don't plan to buy books, I'm probably lying.

How long does a book stay on a shelf before you read it? Before it makes it to your TBR pile?

My books usually stay with me awhile before they are finally selected to read. I admire them, move them to different rooms, sometimes they go on a shelf or simply remain in a stack on a table. There is no rhyme or reason as to how they will live once they are home but one thing's for sure they are loved while they are here.