Journal Entry 1 by MarahSulloy from Regensburg, Bayern Germany on Monday, July 05, 2004

Journal Entry 2 by Antof9 from Lakewood, Colorado USA on Sunday, January 15, 2006

This isn't right! I offer someone a RABCK, and they respond with the offer of something on my wishlist, and their book gets here faster than mine gets there!

Thanks so much! Now that I have all three, I can start the series (I'm very particular that way). Thanks, Marah -- thanks lots :) 

Journal Entry 3 by Antof9 from Lakewood, Colorado USA on Friday, September 28, 2007

I've so enjoyed this series! I love the whole concept, and I think these books are some of the most creative things I've ever read. They're clever, entertaining, and brilliant. I had no idea how much I'd like them when I started, and now I can't believe I've read all 5 that are out and there aren't any more!

I love the off-the-cuff explanation of the "extra Us" we Americans find in places like Britain:

Well, someone has been over-enthusiastic with the letter "U". I've got a report here from the Text Sea Environmental Protection Agency saying that reserves of the letter "U" have reached dangerously low levels -- we need to decrease consumption until stocks are brought back up. Any suggestions?"

"How about using a lower-case 'N' upside down?" said Benedict.

"We tried that with 'M' and 'W' during the Great 'M' Migration of '62; it never worked."

"How about respelling what, what?" suggested King Pellinore, stroking his large white moustache. "Any word with the 'our' ending could be spelt 'or', dontchaknow."

"Like neighbor instead of neighbour?"

"It's a good idea," put in Snell. "Labor, valor, flavor, harbor -- there are hundreds. If we confine it to one geographical area we can claim it as a local spelling idiosyncrasy."

Unlike awards shows at home there was no TV coverage as no one in the BookWorld had a TV. You didn't need one. The Generics who had remained in the books as a skeleton staff to keep the stories in order were kept up to date with a live footnoterphone link from the Starlight Room. With all the usual characters away at the awards, fiction wasn't quite so good, but no one generally noticed. This was often the reason why people in the Outland argued over the quality of a recommended book. They had read it during the Bookies.

Journal Entry 4 by wandererjen from Denver, Colorado USA on Tuesday, September 09, 2008

There were some funny points and Fforde presented some unique and memorable ideas, but on the whole I thought this third installment of the Thursday Next series was a step down from the first two. It was only Antof9's assurances of an improvement in the next two books that kept me reading.