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| Hogwarts Express : What shall we read (and discuss) next? | | 15 | littlegeek, Today 11:09am | |
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| Historical Fiction : Biographies anyone? | | 22 | margad, Monday 11:43pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : karspeak's 30 for 2008 | | 29 | karspeak, Monday 10:08pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : citygirl's reading | | 80 | citygirl, Monday 4:34pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : AquariusNat's 50 Book List | | 24 | billiejean, Sunday 11:52pm | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Leebot 2008 Books Read | | 14 | leebot, Sunday 10:33pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Half-way Point of 2008: 87 and counting | | 31 | ronincats, Sunday 7:40pm | |
| I want to read that! : koalamom's list | | 9 | koalamom, Sunday 12:58pm | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Mamachunk's 75 Books in 2008 | | 45 | blackdogbooks, Sunday 10:09am | |
| Trollope lovers unite or fight : Neither Barset nor Palliser | | 90 | stringcat3, Saturday 3:00am | |
| Time Travel, Alternate Histories and Parallel Worlds : What is you favorite Time-Travel book? | | 91 | bookheaven, Friday 5:10pm | |
| BookCrossers : Have you ever found a book in the WILD? | | 25 | LyzzyBee, Friday 1:03am | |
| 50 Book Challenge : ljbwell tracking 2008 | | 33 | ljbwell, Thursday 11:33am | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : SpiraledStar's 75 books | | 35 | alcottacre, Thursday 3:39am | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Jane Eyre | | 23 | Whisper1, August 12 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : ChocolateMuse's Challenge | | 76 | ChocolateMuse, August 11 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Adobe's 100 books in 2008 | | 53 | ChocolateMuse, August 11 | |
| Book talk : Guess the book v3.0 | | 303 | dreamlikecheese, August 11 | |
| 888 Challenge : Tricia's 888 | | 94 | hailelib, August 11 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Porch Reader's 2008 Reading | | 51 | porch_reader, August 10 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 August 2008 | | 214 | FicusFan, August 9 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : biblioholic29 | | 19 | biblioholic29, August 6 | |
| 888 Challenge : lisalouhoo's 888 | | 78 | ReneeMarie, August 5 | |
| Hogwarts Express : What are you reading -- July 2008 | | 146 | biblioholic29, August 1 | |
| BookMooching : Treasures and Triumphs! | | 29 | mint910, July 30 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 July 2008 | | 216 | msf59, July 29 | |
| Audiobooks : What are you listening to now? Part 3 | | 211 | bettyjo, July 28 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Medellia12's 2008 50ish | | 72 | avaland, July 25 | |
| FantasyFans : Humorous Fantasy recs? | | 35 | tardis, July 24 | |
| The Green Dragon : Books that you have enjoyed the most~ fiction | | 44 | Severn, July 23 | |
| Hogwarts Express : If You Were To Change Your Username, What would it be?? Do You Hate Your Name?? | | 100 | Kerian, July 21 | |
| FantasyFans : Which fictional character/s would you like to meet in real life??? | | 36 | puddleshark, July 19 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : June 2008: Which Book from the 1001 List are You Reading? | | 104 | billiejean, July 15 | |
| Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading at the moment? III | | 641 | rissa, July 13 | |
| Book talk : New to reading world | | 10 | gorgeousbutterfly, July 13 | |
| 888 Challenge : Sky34's | | 61 | sky34, July 11 | |
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| 50 Book Challenge : dafiniduck's 2008 list | | 1 | dafiniduck, July 9 | |
| FantasyFans : Strong Female leads | | 101 | Tigercrane, July 1 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : MsMoto's reading list | | 8 | MsMoto, June 30 | |
| Awful Lit. : 'Why are classics classic? | | 170 | bookstopshere, June 30 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Julie's 50 for 2008 | | 60 | ktleyed, June 29 | |
| List Five Books Parlour Game : Book titles with numerical figures or figures in words | | 38 | SmithSJ01, June 27 | |
| Book talk : Which book do you want to step into? | | 46 | beatles1964, June 25 | |
| 888 Challenge : fannyprice's 888 | | 47 | avisannschild, June 23 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : fannyprice tries for 75 in 2008 | | 63 | Storeetllr, June 17 | |
| The Green Dragon : Books that make you buy more books | | 30 | SpicyCat, June 12 | |
| 888 Challenge : Retrogirl's 888 | | 19 | virginiahomeschooler, June 9 | |
| I Love Jane Austen : Novels that use Jane Austen | | 18 | mstrust, June 3 | |
| Reading Globally : Irish Travels Around the World | | 48 | Irisheyz77, June 1 | |
| All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans : If you like Pratchett, try... | | 18 | pratchettfan, May 30 | |
| 888 Challenge : Irish's | | 53 | fannyprice, May 22 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : EmmeryP's 50 Book challenge | | 3 | EmmeryP, May 19 | |
| Hogwarts Express : Favorite Fictional Character | | 96 | miss_chievous, May 14 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 29 March 2008 | | 178 | mrspenny, May 11 | |
| Fforde Ffans : Did you read [Jane Eyre] before or after [The Eyre Affair]? | | 18 | fannyprice, May 10 | |
| Books to read in a day : In a day? | | 2 | BarkingMad, May 6 | |
| Fforde Ffans : The Fourth Bear | | 6 | EmmeryP, May 6 | |
| FantasyFans : Arthurian and other legends with modern day characters | | 61 | Harinezumi, May 3 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 | | 388 | milbaby, May 2 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Book Series | | 18 | JoleneConnelly, April 29 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : punkypower's 2008 list | | 30 | punkypower, April 25 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : littlebookworm's 2008 challenge | | 7 | littlebookworm, April 9 | |
| The Green Dragon : Have you been bad recently (bought any books), Part 4 | | 431 | clamairy, April 8 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - DECEMBER 2007 | | 172 | lynnlib, April 6 | |
| Hogwarts Express : Self Awareness Sucks | | 55 | Espeon200, April 3 | |
| Book talk : List ten books that... | | 73 | bookladykm, March 28 | |
| The Green Dragon : NOMINATIONS: 1001 Fantasy Books | | 195 | VictoriaPL, March 25 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : therani read before the Biggest Move Ever (50 by August '08) | | 2 | therani, March 21 | |
| Romance - from historical to contemporary : What Are You Reading Week of March 10 | | 39 | katybear, March 19 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 8 March 2008 | | 187 | Storeetllr, March 16 | |
| Graduate Students : Message Board | | 57 | medievalmama, March 13 | |
| Romance - from historical to contemporary : What Are You Reading Week of March 3 | | 47 | rianoel, March 10 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : annehoekman is turning off the tv! | | 42 | annehoekman, March 9 | |
| Writer-readers : Anyone can get published | | 53 | zodiacdeb, March 9 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Unusual objects in second hand books | | 124 | dancingstarfish, March 7 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Best Books So Far Jan/Feb 2008 | | 9 | dcozy, March 2 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - FEBRUARY 2008 | | 261 | Jodyreadseverything, March 1 | |
| The Green Dragon : Best books, and worst books, that you read in 2007 | | 61 | margaretplays, February 22 | |
| Dormant: Swedish Thing : Jasper Fforde | | 3 | LA2, February 12 | |
| Dormant: What did YOU buy today? : January 2008 edition | | 51 | alaskabookworm, February 4 | |
| Dormant: What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - JANUARY 2008 | | 222 | Cariola, February 1 | |
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| Dormant: Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? December 2007 | | 85 | juliette07, January 3 | |
| Dormant: 50 Book Challenge : xicanti's book list | | 29 | xicanti, December 2007 | |
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... poll and we will vote.
So far, these are the suggestions:
The Twilight Series
The Lord of the Rings series
The Thursday Next series
The Charlie Bone series
The Little Prince
The His Dark Materials series
The Princess Bride
The Inkworld series
The Bartimaeus Trilogy
... "He hadn't dared tell anyone about his theories...."
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
"Have you seen my dodo?" ... one lousy book to read. So I'm glad to hear that people liked Fragile Things. And I'm happy to hear you are enjoying The Eyre Affair!
#44 richard, 'twasn't me who commented on The Historian, but I'm adding my vote to the pro-Historian column. However, I will agree that she could've ... "The had shot him six times in the face."
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
"What kind of woman?" I'm reading The Eyre Affair and The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories. It's a pretty strange jump between the two, but both books are fascinating so far. ... I came out an hour later with quite a few extra.
The Dark is Rising (complete series volume)
The Black Cauldron
The Eyre Affair
Ender's Game
The Descent
To Say Nothing of the Dog
The Cloud Atlas
Out of the Silent Planet
Storm Front
I'm pretty excited for this ... Nightpool by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Twilight Saga series, there are four as of today
The Eyre Affair
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
... when I thought I was making good progress, I'd usually only read about six or seven pages.
Now I'm thinking I'll read The Eyre Affair - I just went to renew my library books, and apparently I've reached the maximum number of renewals allowed. The Eyre Affair was the book I went to the ... #56 The Eyre Affair--been there, done that. ... find this to be an excellent book. So, I may just give it a try at another time.
Another recently abandoned book is the Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde I liked it at first, but then it bogged down. Perhaps I was too tired when I started it. This is yet another book I may revisit at a ... Congrats! Reading that along with The Eyre Affair will certainly give you an Eyre fix. I love The Dark is Rising series as well, with the second book being one of my top books of all time in sheer story-telling. I have The Year of Living Biblically on my wish list. DK The Glass Books of the D ... ... to the top of my personal library TBR pile. Up first, though, the books I have from the city library: Great Expectations, The Eyre Affair, The Book of Air and Shadows, The Year of Living Bibilically, possibly The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, and the entire The Dark is Rising series. ... When I read this back in high school, I hated it. I reread it a couple of years ago after reading The Eyre Affair-I realized I didn't remember enough about the plot of the original to get when Fforde was making something up. Since then, I've appreciated the story much more. Sometimes, you have ... ... so true).
"Watch your step." - The Crimson Petal and the White
"My father had a face that could stop a clock." - The Eyre Affair
and the next one's a bit of a cheat because I'm ignoring the prologue and going straight for the start of chapter one:
"The minotaur sits on an empty ... ... the intimate secrets of my life!
>113 Devourer, oh how I envy you that first contact with the inspired silliness of The Eyre Affair. May it be the first of many...well, as many as he's written, that is.
>114 jfetting, I am a Nabokov fan, and a devourer of his books. Speak, Memory ... re #113 DoB - I hope you like The Eyre Affair! Jasper Fforde is one of those authors that as soon as he puts out a book I have to go get it right away. The Eyre Affair is hilarious, and I think I may have to go re-read it again now.
The friendly UPS guy brought me Speak, Memory today. So ... Books 19-21 since Monday, all of which I'm incredibly excited about:
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde via BookMooch. My first Fforde, whom I know about exclusively because of you fine LTers
An ARC of Sharon Kay Penman (who I also know about because of you LTers)'s new ... ... and an interesting life. Also, the coming book group discussion propelled me through any slow parts.
I squeezed in The Eyre Affair which was a fun read and am now a few pages into The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. It's 1200 pages but has pulled me in, and again ... 23. The Eyre Affair
Fairly entertaining with a particularly good ending. I won't read the sequels, but it was a fun world (similar to ours but set in England with time travel and high interest in literary classics) that Fforde created. ... Jeeves
Vladimir Nabokov - after Lolita
Kazuo Ishiguro - after Never Let Me Go
Jasper Fforde - after The Eyre Affair
William Faulkner - after The Sound and the Fury
Graham Greene - after The Quiet American
Evelyn Waugh - after A Handful of Dust
Iris ... I'll jump in the conversation regarding The Eyre Affair. I'm reading it now and it is slow and cumbersome, but interesting enough to keep me reading. I noticed the book The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde is noted on quite a few LT libraries so I thought I'd give this one a try. Thus, far, I'm enjoying it. After this, I'm going to read Half a Yellow Sun..another book highly recommended by many LT folk.
Jasper Fforde! Both the Thursday Next series and the Nursery Crime series. If you enjoy Pratchett, I think you'll love these. ... of her dreams and a man rides through
jaran, but I have never been able to get in any other Kate Elliot books
Eyre Affair and other Thursday Next book by Jasper Fforde ... They are very pretty!
59- What do you think of Howl's Moving Castle so far, K? I really love that book.
I finished The Eyre Affair! It was really good, so much fun! I loved all the little references to different books. It was very funny. :) I will have to look for Jenna Starborn, too. Like drneutron, I am a fan of both Jane Eyre and The Eyre Affair. I walked into the library to drop off some books and cds, but I walked out with:
Atonement
The Eyre Affair
The Dark is Rising (containing all five books)
The Book of Air and Shadows
Dream Lucky
The Black Cauldron
Simple Prayers
Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies (audiobook)
... ... Bunnies is a mixture of fantasy, noir detective mystery and comedy. I liked it for most of the same reasons I liked The Eyre Affair, although Rankin's and Fforde's approaches to comedy are somewhat different. ... for the recommendation on Jenna Starborn! I'm going to the library today, so I'll be looking for that book along with The Eyre Affair.
I'm almost done with Hollow Chocolate Bunnies, so I'll be posting my thoughts on that soon. Jane Eyre is a long time favorite of mine as well! I second drneutron's recommendation of The Eyre Affair, lots of fun. Also, for a pretty faithful SF retell, try Jenna Starborn by Sharon Shinn.
I also am interested on your take on Hollow Chocolate Bunnies. Amazon keeps recommending it ... Doesn't the pleasure (if one finds the book pleasurable) of The Eyre Affair depend largely on one's familiarity with classic literature? If one is, like the initiator of this thread, "new to reading world," would one enjoy them? ... why I was pronouncing it that way, but it took a while before I started saying it the right way.
Right now I'm reading The Eyre Affair, which I really like so far! It's very funny. ... Opera and The Serpent Gift primarily. There are a couple others I'm progressing through very slowly. I think I'll get The Eyre Affair sometime soon.
ETA: The Host finally came in on my library hold list, so I'll be starting that no later than Saturday. ... book that really captured my attention. See the description to get a sense of what it's about.
Also, Breath and Bone, The Eyre Affair, The Night Watch. Let me know if you need more! 21. The Eyre Affair
22. Lean Mean Thirteen
23. Summer Blowout
24. Queen's Fool
25. Virgin's Lover Finished The Eyre Affair last night. I liked it, but I've got a bunch of other stuff on deck, so it'll probably be a month or two before I get to the next one. Next up is Lean Mean Thirteen which I'll probably finish in a day, they're just fun, fast reads. The first one about the audience participation at Shakespeare is The Eyre Affair but the play is Richard III.
For new readers and readers who just don't know what they're in the mood for, I always suggest Jasper Fforde's Eyre Affair. It definitely falls into the light-hearted range. It's a fantasy/fairy tale mystery. The supposed setting is 1980's Great Britain. The book uses characters form classic ... ... in
4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
5. Picture Perfect, Jodi Picoult
6. Chronicles, Bob Dylan
7. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde
8. Lost in a Good Book, Jasper Fforde
9. Going Postal, Terry Pratchett
10. This Charming Man, Marian Keyes
11. Something To Tell You ... ... (with the aid of Jeeves, of course). I'll have to look for more of Wodehouse's books!
drneutron: I'll have to look for The Eyre Affair. It definitely sounds intriguing. Good idea foggi! Currently participating in the reread of Deathly Hallows, and doing first time reads of The Eyre Affair and Queen's Fool. I'm also one chapter away from the end of Agnes Grey, so I should be done with that by 6ish.
Finished with Agnes, moving on to The Tenant of Wildfe ... ... interesting, so I'll have to dig it up. Jane Eyre is a favorite of mine, and if you want to have some fun with it, try The Eyre Affair.
I'm looking forward to your take on Hollow Chocolate Bunnies. It's on my list of recommended books these days. The Eyre Affair is one of my all-time favorites.
Right now I've just finished Murder with Puffins, which was rather disappointing, and started The Princes of Ireland while I wait for my wife to finish I Shall not Want. ... Oh well, it's done now and maybe I'll pick it up again sometime when I do want that kind of emotion.
I'm now reading The Eyre Affair. It's matching up with my current literary mood much better! ... Norton and Jean Rabe
4/13 Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold*
4/15 Irresistible Forces by Bujold etal.
4/17 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde*
4/18 Airs Beneath the Moon by Toby Bishop
4/21 Once On a Time* by A. A. Milne
4/21 Charmed Spheres by Catharine Asaro
4/22 Sense ... It has to be one of the Thursday Next books, but I'm not sure which one. Is it The Eyre Affair? I finished Dracula and started The Eyre Affair. Hopefully, this will be a quicker read than the three weeks it took me to get through Dracula. I have to say, Dracula was excellent, but it really insisted on quiet reading moments, which are few and far between in this house... ... thought about my kid sister's nickname for me, kk. I may have used a word defining what Thursday Next's job title was in The Eyre Affair at the start of the book. I'm not really sure. I would have to keep in mind that we use nicknames around here. I don't hate my name, though, just that no ... ... at Potbelly's in Rockville, Maryland. I was not the target audience, but it wasn't horrible. The other was more recent: The Eyre Affair in Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville, Virginia. I was thrilled to find this one because it was on my wish list. Haven't read it yet - I'll get to it ... ... in England. The Book Thief really isn't fitting in. I'm planning to push through it this week, so I can get started on The Eyre Affair, which should fit in better.
I also think this might be a case of a book being over-hyped for me, but again, I'm reserving judgement until I finish it. Thursday Next from Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series: The Eyre Affair, Lost In a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots, etc...
6. tardis, I second Rupert Giles from Buffy. What about Doctor Who? ... talked about what it was about and I didn't ask. Then yesterday I was like, I finished Jane Eyre, I should look at that Eyre Affair book everyone's always talking about and it sounds like the perfect book for me! I'm not buying it though until I get my TBR pile (the part not in boxes) a ... ... there wasn't any new Fforde coming out this summer? Must I reread? Fforde books have been a summer staple for me since The Eyre Affair. I liked The Eyre Affair. It was amusing and entertaining, but it didn't leave me dying for the next book. I can see how all of the cute little gimmicks might get tireseome, but I did find it all to be a lot of fun. I will probably continue on, but not right away. There is just way too much in my T ... I started Jane Eyre today. I have Fair and Tender Ladies and The Eyre Affair on Mt. TBR and thought I'd enjoy them more if I read the classic for background. I didn't expect to like this, but the Preface to the Second Edition, dedicating it to Thackeray, was stunning! You weren't asking me, but I reviewed The Eyre Affair along with Fforde's The Big Over Easy a few years back. I found both of them pleasant enough nonsense, but I certainly never wanted to read anything else by this author. The books seem to me to be all about the cute little gimmicks Fforde ... What did you think of The Eyre Affair? I've read the first three in the series, about to start number 4. So far, I love 'em! 25. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde ... to other books.... I usually knew the basic story but have recently been feeling like my education has been lacking
The Eyre Affair and other Jasper Fforde resulted in me buying Jane Eyre and Sense and Sensibilty. Alice in Wonderland also ties in nicely...
After reading Natasha' ... Definitely The Eyre Affair, because I could jump into any other book I wanted through the Prose Portal.
But if that's too much like wishing for more wishes... well, I'm not sure I could pick just one. #16 The Eyre Affair is the first book. I haven't read them so I don't know if it matters what order you read them in. #16 The Eyre Affair is the first book. I haven't read them so I don't know if it matters what order you read them in. Well, I guess the obvious answer is The Eyre Affair and Lost in a good book (come on-the Cheshire cat as a librarian-what could be better?). But since most of the fiction I read is dystopian, I think I'd want to stay clear of those. I'll stick with The Eyre Affair-there's something ... ... the book sales at the local library the past couple days, and have wound up with:
Dance Macabre by Stephen King
The Eyre affair by Jasper Fforde
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque by Joyce Carol Oates
Light by M. John Harrison
Prime evil
Vedanta
Hindu godesses by David Kin ... ... from the Abhorsen Trilogy
Fiction:
Jane Eyre
Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice
Thursday Next from the The Eyre Affair
Izzy Spellman from The Spellman Files
Mary Russell from Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes books
and
Taylor Greer from The Bean Trees #20. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - Well, I started this book way back in March and I must confess - I wasn't wild about it. It may be because I read Lost in a Good Book first so I knew what was going to happen with Hades and how Jane Eyre was going to be changed - and I'm ... ... by Margaret Mitchell
Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery - actually all if that series if it comes to it
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde again - whole series except latest, only read that once
The Founding by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
House by Ted Dekker and Fr ... Finished The Eyre Affair and have just read The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, Christan Speaker, Aged 45 3/4 by Adrain Plass ...
The Stand by Stephen King
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
And, of course, the entire collected stores of Dr Seuss so many times I can't even count! Hi all,
Am really new to librarything but I read 'quite' a lot! I even work in a library :)
At the moment I'm reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. Its about the 4th time I have read it, but I want to re-read my Thursday Nexts before I get the newest one - which I HAVE actually read ... ... Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
The Children’s Story James Clavell
-The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
The IHOP Papers by Ali Liebegott
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Unc ... I read Jane Eyre a year or two before reading The Eyre Affair and I was glad I had read it, given its centrality to the plot of the book. I loved how there was an alternate ending to Jane Eyre as "originally" written in Fforde's book & how Thursday changed things to the present case. Such ... I read Jane Eyre after I read The Eyre Affair. Whenever I told my women friends that I was reading Jane Eyre they all said how much they enjoyed reading it. I enjoyed reading it too. I stopped at Borders for lunch today and walked out with The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I git The Children of Húrin a few weeks ago, and The Eyre Affair this morning from my wishlist :-) ... first is the big over easy. Both of these feature concepts first developed in the 5 Thursday next books that start with the eyre affair. However I think there is nothing particularly explict that requires reading any of the other books first, there are a few references to the events that ... ... series. Here is a list of both series and the related titles if you are interested:
Thursday Next Series
The Eyre Affair
Lost in a Good Book
The Well of Lost Plots
Something Rotten
First Among Sequels
Nursery Crimes Series
The Big Over Easy
The ... ... books are ok to read out of order. There is a whole Jasper Fforde group on LT and I'm sure they can help. I've only read Eyre Affair to date and don't know much about the other books of his. ... Jay Corrigan
15. The Bride by Julie Garwood - loved it!
16. A Man in a Kilt by Sandy Blair - loved it!
17. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
18. A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux - disappointed in this one
19. Reflections in the Nile by J. Suzanne Frank - loved it!
... (31) The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
My first Fforde! Finally, my review
I thought this book was so creative - I was really thrown my it. I thought that the ingenuity of its premise would sustain my interest, but I ... (20) The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde I'm in an alternate-reality Britain with Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair. By page 10, I was in love with this book - I don't know if its "deep" but it certainly is creative! ... There is also the Tuesday Next series by Jasper Fforde which is set in an alternate United Kingdom. The first book is The Eyre Affair. ... is simple, but I care about the characters and their relationships. A great one to listen to on a long car ride.
#23 - The Eyre Affair - Jasper FForde - Finished April 12, 2008
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