One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


If you have not started to read the adventures of Thursday Next, this is not the book with which to begin for there would be too much explaining to do. If you are a fan who has read the books in order, you may have hoped, as I did, for this book to pick up where the last left off with the promise of a killer who wanted to put an end to serials; and it is not. This book is about written Thursday Next who is trying to find the outlander Thursday Next. I could believe that there might be a snooze button in a book that puts its reader to sleep for I did not find this book to be as fast-paced or as interesting as the first three books.



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First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I recommend this for fans of the series Fforde has been building this outland and Book World for the past four books and assumes you understand his speculative world. His commentary reflects on our own world and I second his comments with, "Ain't that the truth!" The stupidity surplus has climbed to a dangerously high level--"there are lots of idiots in this world and they deserve representation as much as the next man". ReaderRate has been dropping, and our heroine must again make the world safe for fiction and its readers.



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The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is the third novel of the series, and the series continues to be creative and inventive.



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Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I thoroughly enjoy the pace, the imaginative thinking, and the wit I find in this speculative fiction world. A favorite invention of Mycroft's is the Lego filter for vacuum cleaners that can sort by size and color when sweeping. I'm more aware just how handy such an invention would be now those are favorite toys of my grandson.

This is the second book in the Thursday Next series.



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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was the first book of the speculative fiction genre I have read. I found some of the information about the alternate world a bit jarring in places because my thought of "I don't remember it that way" took me out of the story rather than hooking me deeper into the world-building the author was doing.
The author created likeable characters and a truly-dastardly villian to keep you entertained. I'm willing to recommend it to acquaintances who have not tried reading this genre before because the telling of the narrative encourages your curiosity.

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