Lisa's 37 & 38

Sep 18, 2008 23:23

Book #37 - The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde

Since First Among Sequels is finally in paperback, I really wanted to read this series all in one go, and it'd been long enough since I read it to have enjoyed it immensely again.  I've noticed the strays in POV and things like that a bit more this go around (especially as Fforde has ( Read more... )

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mockingbird39 September 19 2008, 13:16:43 UTC
I love Jasper Fforde. I think I read The Eyre Affair in one sitting, because Jane Eyre is one of my all-time favorites and I LOVED Thursday conspiring with Rochester. Heh.

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tiemeinbows September 19 2008, 17:26:07 UTC
I loved that I didn't have to take energy to convince myself that it was Rochester... it just was. And yes, Jane Eyre is possibly my favorite book of all time.

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cookie2697 September 19 2008, 13:29:53 UTC
Oooh. I'd never heard of Jasper Fforde until this summer when a friend in England recommended them highly to me. I'm heading back to school next week, so I'm done with the "fun" books for a while now, but I'm totally going to check these out this winter when I'm done with school! Thanks for the mini-review!

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tiemeinbows September 19 2008, 17:28:55 UTC
Ah, yes, good luck with the new school year! Jasper is worth the wait. ;)

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cookie2697 September 19 2008, 22:48:15 UTC
Meh, I don't need good luck - it's my last quarter, so I'm done in December. 3 months of insanity and then it's back to the fun books ;) I will look forward to it!

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