Journal Entry 1 by hbrogan from North White Plains, New York USA on Sunday, September 28, 2003

Great book! Really interesting concept, and I would think any lover of literature would like this story. I can't wait to read the next book in the series. 

Journal Entry 2 by hbrogan from North White Plains, New York USA on Friday, February 13, 2004

Sending to scrawler in Poland. Hope you like it, and thanks for the trade! 

Journal Entry 3 by Scrawler on Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Just got it yesterday! I can't wait to read it! Thanks for the trade, hbrogan!

What a great book!
here's a description from amazon.com:

Imagine this. Great Britain in 1985 is close to being a police state. The Crimean War has dragged on for more than 130 years and Wales is self-governing. The only recognizable thing about this England is her citizens' enduring love of literature. And the Third Most Wanted criminal, Acheron Hades, is stealing characters from England's cherished literary heritage and holding them for ransom.

Bibliophiles will be enchanted, but not surprised, to learn that stealing a character from a book only changes that one book, but Hades has escalated his thievery. He has begun attacking the original manuscripts, thus changing all copies in print and enraging the reading public. That's why Special Operations Network has a Literary Division, and it is why one of its operatives, Thursday Next, is on the case.

Thursday is utterly delightful. She is vulnerable, smart, and, above all, literate. She has been trying to trace Hades ever since he stole Mr. Quaverley from the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and killed him. You will only remember Mr. Quaverley if you read Martin Chuzzlewit prior to 1985. But now Hades has set his sights on one of the plums of literature, Jane Eyre, and he must be stopped.

How Thursday achieves this and manages to preserve one of the great books of the Western canon makes for delightfully hilarious reading. You do not have to be an English major to be pulled into this story. You'll be rooting for Thursday, Jane, Mr. Rochester--and a familiar ending.

List of members for the bookring!

1.yourotherleft
2.CGDB
3.MyPileOfBooks
4.butlin
5.Eucalia
6.feelsgoodtshare
7.fushmush
8.newk
9.MarianneF
10.Zarylia
than back to Scrawler!


This bookring is ready to go! Will be sending out to yourotherleft within the week! 

Journal Entry 4 by yourotherleft from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania USA on Wednesday, May 26, 2004

This came today in the mail. I'll read it as soon as possible. Thanks! =) 

Journal Entry 5 by yourotherleft from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania USA on Saturday, July 03, 2004

This was a fun book! It took me awhile to get into it, but once I did, it was a great read. I loved the literary allusions (when they didn't go over my head!) and found some very quotable lines (like..."He had two chances: fat and slim.") And who can't love a book that has a bad guy named Jack Schitt? Thanks for sharing, Scrawler!

I'll be sending this on as soon as I have an address to send it to. 

Journal Entry 6 by yourotherleft from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania USA on Friday, July 09, 2004

fsr44 and eponine454 both asked to be skipped, so I mailed this out to CGDB yesterday. 

Journal Entry 7 by CGDB from Sterling, Virginia USA on Monday, July 12, 2004

Received today in the mail. (Thanks Your Other Left!)Plan to read this as soon as possible. 

Journal Entry 8 by CGDB from Sterling, Virginia USA on Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Great book. Really an enjoyable read. Fforde has a truely original style; his book is filled with literary wit and adventure. I'll be sending this on as soon as I have an adress

Ilios asked to be skipped, so I sent this book on to MyPileOfBooks on 8/5/04 

Journal Entry 9 by MyPileOfBooks on Monday, August 09, 2004

I just got this today but I have one other bookring ahead of this...Will get to it next! 

Journal Entry 10 by butlin from Hudson, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Received safe and sound. A few others in front, but will read as fast as I can because I really want to get to this one. It's looks FUN. 

Journal Entry 11 by butlin from Hudson, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, October 12, 2004

This was fun to read. A little confusing at times, but I'm looking forward to reading the next one. Sending it on its way today. 

Journal Entry 12 by Eucalia from Snoqualmie, Washington USA on Wednesday, January 05, 2005

This book arrived in my mailbox yesterday. I recently moved and I think this book spent quite a while lost in the mail as a result. I've been looking forward to this one, though, and hopefully it won't take me too long to read it so I can get it going on its way again! 

Journal Entry 13 by Eucalia from Snoqualmie, Washington USA on Friday, January 14, 2005

I finished this book early yesterday morning. It was definitely a fun read but in my opinion it might've been a little *too* quirky. I loved the idea of a society in which good literature held a much loftier position than it does in ours today. My favorite part was the description of the audience-participation version of Richard III, it sounded like so much fun! However, I wish that I had read a lot more of the books mentioned in the story. Thanks, Scrawler, for sharing this with me. This book is all ready to be mailed, I'm just waiting on an address. 

Journal Entry 14 by Eucalia at sent to bookcrosser in Mailed, Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Released 7 yrs ago (1/18/2005 UTC) at sent to bookcrosser in Mailed, Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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This book is now on its way north to Canada. Thanks again for sharing! 

Journal Entry 15 by feelsgoodtshare from Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, January 22, 2005

Have just received this and will be getting into it fairly quickly. It does look like fun. Thanks Eucalia.