Something Rotten
Registered by Miss-Owl on 7/11/2005
18 journalers for this copy...
It's always tough ending off a series but the ending (of a kind) was just perfect... I'll now have to reread the first three books. Hamlet was a great character (and yes, I am aware someone else thought him up first!).
Leaving tomorrow on a worldwide adventure - an international bookring
TheBowieFollies (US, US)
fsr44 (US, US)
KarenZero (US, US)
rhythmbiscuit (US, US)
buffra (US, intl)
eicuthbertson (Canada, intl)
bilbi (France, Europe preferred)
rubyjules (US)
ajsmom (US) --> starting a new ring
Please take no longer than four weeks with Something Rotten, & then PM the next person in line for their address. Thank you & happy reading!
TheBowieFollies (US, US)
fsr44 (US, US)
KarenZero (US, US)
rhythmbiscuit (US, US)
buffra (US, intl)
eicuthbertson (Canada, intl)
bilbi (France, Europe preferred)
rubyjules (US)
ajsmom (US) --> starting a new ring
Please take no longer than four weeks with Something Rotten, & then PM the next person in line for their address. Thank you & happy reading!
Let The ring begin! A global project indeed set by the lovely Miss Owl in the land of plenty..This is just the antidote for me, recently moved to New York from Liverpool, England and I needed a taste of home, my stay there last month was all too brief. This series is a wonderful diversion, I am already immersed, will not be too long until it is off to its next location...Really pleased to be reading this cheers miss owl for making it possible this will come back to you no time in obligatory boomerang fashion..good on ya shiela :)
Verra Jones . Brooklyn New York
Verra Jones . Brooklyn New York
Just finished this latest of Mister Fforde's Thursday Next series. I enjoyed this, which is a rarity for me to enjoy being that I am not in the least interested in sci-fi or detective fare. I loved how rife this was with its chock full of literary references, bon mots and foibles. The undercurrent of his references, move this book along Godspeed. What Mister Fforde has done here, is create an alternate world, one in which we can vicariously escape into, being the textured ironic landscape is very inviting. It is like falling into a Dali painting,but nonetheless quite the diversion. I have rated this piece in particular a 9, it is a near perfect read. I particularly am enjoying reading British writers at the moment, being I am desperately homesick, Liverpool is my home, New York is where I have come to get another opening , another show, but the more I think about it - I will return to the motherland. Well you didn't think thebowiefollies could end this on just one tangent!!Im a Libra :) Many cheers to my new droogie miss owl! for posting this to me, I really enjoyed my initiation into the bookring. Good on ya! This book will be posted tomorrow to the lovely and devestatingly talented fsr44, happy reads :) - V.
Received today. Must remember to include a For Sentimental Reasons postcard along with the lovely cards in it now when I send the book along. I have one book ahead of it, but then I'll read it and speed it on its way.
I loved this one! Possibly the best of the series. At the risk of revealing myself to be a hopeless softie, I'll admit that the ending had me sniffling. I thought the twist at the end was brilliant, unexpected and very well done. A fitting end to a terrific, imaginative series.
Sending to KarenZero.
Will read ASAP!
1/2/05: just waiting for rhythmbiscuit's address!
1/2/05: just waiting for rhythmbiscuit's address!
I found this one to be highly entertaining and I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing the book, Miss-Owl!
My humble apologies for holding up the book for so long - I got quite busy in during the holidays and didn't get a chance to read as much of it as I would have liked. It will be off to the next reader today!
BTW, does anyone have a recipe for Battenberg cake? I've never had it!
My humble apologies for holding up the book for so long - I got quite busy in during the holidays and didn't get a chance to read as much of it as I would have liked. It will be off to the next reader today!
BTW, does anyone have a recipe for Battenberg cake? I've never had it!
Journal Entry 10 by KarenZero at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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Off to rhythmbiscuit!
Off to rhythmbiscuit!
I'm so glad this book arrived. I just finished The Well of Lost Plots the other day. I will read this book after I finish Three Weeks with My Brother, also a bookring.
It took me a few chapters to get into this book, but then I loved it. I particularly enjoyed how Fforde weaved together some of the subplots he had introduced in previous books. My favorite characters were Hamlet and the Cat. I enjoyed the Cat's and Kaine's duel and I especially loved Hamlet's man-of-action antics at the Superhoop.
This book will go on to buffra as soon as I get her address.
This book will go on to buffra as soon as I get her address.
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Mailed this book today.
Mailed this book today.
I have it. I was out of town and it was waiting for me when I returned.
Will probably pass it on soon, as I don't know how long it was waiting. Poor little book.
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Will probably pass it on soon, as I don't know how long it was waiting. Poor little book.
:(
It's been sent on! The ring is re-started.
Thanks for your patience. Sorry for the delay.
Thanks for your patience. Sorry for the delay.
Received in the mail today...thanks, buffra.
Excellent---very satisfying read...lots of action & so many surprises!
My favourite of the literary characters is Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, for sure. Hard working, serious & by the sounds of it, hard done by. What can that Mr be up to?
My favourite of the literary characters is Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, for sure. Hard working, serious & by the sounds of it, hard done by. What can that Mr be up to?
What a huge book ! I'm waiting for 3 or 4 bookrings to arrive at home. What will happen to my sanity if they're all that big ? OK. Just kidding ;-)
Thanks for sharing.
Happy summer to you all \o/
Thanks for sharing.
Happy summer to you all \o/
I enjoy the book a little less than the others... maybe because it took place in real world ;-)
But what an imagination Fforde has : Hamlet, dodos, and so on...
Thanks for the book.
I seem to be the last. What should I do next ? <== I can't help writing this, sorry ;-o
But what an imagination Fforde has : Hamlet, dodos, and so on...
Thanks for the book.
I seem to be the last. What should I do next ? <== I can't help writing this, sorry ;-o
I received this today. Perfect timing, as I just (as of a few minutes ago!) finished the Well of Lost Plots. I'm going to start this tonight. Thank you, Bilbi for sending it, and thank you, Miss-Owl for adding me.
This was very good, but the ending was a bit sad. Is this the final book in the series, then? What a shame, as I truly enjoyed them all!
Sent to ajsmom.
Thank you for sharing this with me.
Sent to ajsmom.
Thank you for sharing this with me.
Caught today, thanks!
The fourth and final novel was action-packed! I have to admit skimming over the Superhoop croquet match a little, just as I skim over those sports bits in the Harry Potter books - sci-fi sports descriptions make my head spin.
I liked how Granny was a character we knew already (no spoilers here)and that Landen is such a modern dad. And Hamlet! What a great character, all fleshed out in modern fiction. Alas poor Yorrick indeed!
With Miss-Owl's permission, I am sending this book out on another ring, as I have bought books #2 and #3 in the series and have them travelling on a ring that was started by book #1 of Cinnamon-Girl's. I will update the ring listing here as book #1 makes its' way through the list and those people want (or not) to join the rings for #2 and #3. This book (#4) will be heading to tenneh this week, as I see book #2 has just been completed...
also on the list:
cyber-librarian
Maurean
purpleskybaby
aava
TracyR ---> book is here 05/20/07
Dusties -----> asked to be skipped
Cross-patch
I liked how Granny was a character we knew already (no spoilers here)and that Landen is such a modern dad. And Hamlet! What a great character, all fleshed out in modern fiction. Alas poor Yorrick indeed!
With Miss-Owl's permission, I am sending this book out on another ring, as I have bought books #2 and #3 in the series and have them travelling on a ring that was started by book #1 of Cinnamon-Girl's. I will update the ring listing here as book #1 makes its' way through the list and those people want (or not) to join the rings for #2 and #3. This book (#4) will be heading to tenneh this week, as I see book #2 has just been completed...
also on the list:
cyber-librarian
Maurean
purpleskybaby
aava
TracyR ---> book is here 05/20/07
Dusties -----> asked to be skipped
Cross-patch
Journal Entry 24 by ajsmom at controlled release in By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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Sent to tenneh via air mail.
Sent to tenneh via air mail.
Arrived today - will get to it asap!
Ok I loved all the books in the series, but have to say I liked this one best. So sorry to see the series end!
Ok I loved all the books in the series, but have to say I liked this one best. So sorry to see the series end!
Journal Entry 26 by tenneh at Via Mail in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Nebraska USA on Wednesday, December 27, 2006
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going to cyber-librarian
going to cyber-librarian
I picked up this book at the post office today from tenneh in NE ... as part of this Bookring.
c. 2004 -- 393 pages -- Trade Paperback - #67 on BookCrossing 2008 Favorites list (series)
Back Cover: There is another 1988. Where purgatory is a motorway service station. Where dodos are very much alive, living in your potting shed, and called Alan. And where the future of the universe hangs in the balance of a premier league croquet match ... Literary Detective Thursday Next is on a mission. And it's not just a mission to save the planet. It's a lot more complicated than that.
First, she has to get her job back following the infamous illegal cheese-smuggling incident. Then there's the small matter of persuading Hamlet to attend his conflict resolution classes, and making sure that President-for-Life George Formby doesn't lose his seat to a self-declared Dictator, the decidedly fictional Yorrick Kaine. Not to mention trying to force the evil Goliath Corporation to un-eradicate her husband, Landen Parke-Laine.
Will Thursday ever see Landen again? Is shopping the new religion? Who is cloning Shakespeare? Can she prevent Armageddon? And who will babysit her son while she does it? Welcome to the Next Dimension - where fiction is definitely very much stranger than truth.
c. 2004 -- 393 pages -- Trade Paperback - #67 on BookCrossing 2008 Favorites list (series)
Back Cover: There is another 1988. Where purgatory is a motorway service station. Where dodos are very much alive, living in your potting shed, and called Alan. And where the future of the universe hangs in the balance of a premier league croquet match ... Literary Detective Thursday Next is on a mission. And it's not just a mission to save the planet. It's a lot more complicated than that.
First, she has to get her job back following the infamous illegal cheese-smuggling incident. Then there's the small matter of persuading Hamlet to attend his conflict resolution classes, and making sure that President-for-Life George Formby doesn't lose his seat to a self-declared Dictator, the decidedly fictional Yorrick Kaine. Not to mention trying to force the evil Goliath Corporation to un-eradicate her husband, Landen Parke-Laine.
Will Thursday ever see Landen again? Is shopping the new religion? Who is cloning Shakespeare? Can she prevent Armageddon? And who will babysit her son while she does it? Welcome to the Next Dimension - where fiction is definitely very much stranger than truth.
I finished reading this today. As the others, I love the adventures of Thursday Next in the fictional and real worlds. The ending was fantastic. I wondered how Fforde was going to wrap up the series. He did it in the best way beyond my imagination.
Journal Entry 29 by ReadingGal79 at Bookray in a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, March 1, 2007
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I'm mailing this today to Maurean in FL ... as part of this bookray.
DC #0306-1070-0000-8356-1051
USPS website states this was delivered on 3/6.
I'm mailing this today to Maurean in FL ... as part of this bookray.
DC #0306-1070-0000-8356-1051
USPS website states this was delivered on 3/6.
Ah! Bitter-sweet; the arrival of the final Next adventure. As soon as I finish my current read, I will start on this straight away, and journal once its read. Thanks for sharing this, ajsmom, and to all who came before me on this long-running ring for its arrival to me safe & sound!
A fitting ending to an absolutely brilliant series, of which I've thoroughly enjoyed each and every installment! ('The Well of Lost Plots', however, remains my favorite)
I understand Mr. Fforde has another series in which his wonderful imagination is just as evident, so I will be sure to look for those, as well. Thanks so much for sharing these, ajsmom, and as I've just received purpleskybaby's addy, I will mail this along on my next PO run.
*mailed 3/16; my apologies - the Mr. has been driving this around town all week, unbeknownst to me...TODAY (3/24), however, it is truly on its way to purpleskybaby...again, my apologies for the delay.
I understand Mr. Fforde has another series in which his wonderful imagination is just as evident, so I will be sure to look for those, as well. Thanks so much for sharing these, ajsmom, and as I've just received purpleskybaby's addy, I will mail this along on my next PO run.
*mailed 3/16; my apologies - the Mr. has been driving this around town all week, unbeknownst to me...TODAY (3/24), however, it is truly on its way to purpleskybaby...again, my apologies for the delay.
Journal Entry 32 by purpleskybaby from Manchester, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Sunday, April 15, 2007
woohoo I should finally get to this today thanks Maurean
Journal Entry 33 by purpleskybaby from Manchester, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Monday, April 23, 2007
This is the best Thursday book yet, Can't wait for July now!!
Journal Entry 34 by purpleskybaby at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray in Manchester, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Posted to Aava
Posted to Aava
Journal Entry 35 by aava from Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi / Mellersta Finland Finland on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Just picked this up from Post Office. Can't wait to start reading. Thanks ajsmom and of course purpleskybaby!
Journal Entry 36 by aava from Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi / Mellersta Finland Finland on Wednesday, May 16, 2007
It's always a treat to read Fforde's books and this was no exception.It's like taking a holiday and I'm sooo glad there will be a sequel (!) in July. And yes, Hamlet was delighful with his conflict management classes. Could do with a few of them myself :)
The book is heading Next to Wales. I got TracyR's address and will mail the book today.
The book is heading Next to Wales. I got TracyR's address and will mail the book today.
This arrived with me yesterday and i look forward to reading it. On nights this week though where reading takes a back seat i'm afraid. Will get on to once my night duty is out of the way.
Finally got to the end of this book after a real struggle if i'm honest.
I did enjoy the twist at the end though.
Will pass this book on once i have the next address.
I did enjoy the twist at the end though.
Will pass this book on once i have the next address.
Off in the mail today to Cross-patch.
Thank you for including me in this ring.
Thank you for including me in this ring.
Journal Entry 40 by 
Cross-patch
from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Monday, July 9, 2007
Cross-patch from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Monday, July 9, 2007
Arrived today from TracyR with another ring book. Lots to do: I better get reading!
Journal Entry 41 by Cross-patch from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Thursday, May 29, 2008
Cross-patch from Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Thursday, May 29, 2008
Got there in the end. Sorry for the confusion and delay.
It was wonderful and I'm so sad to have come to the end! Will there be more? Is there already and I don't know? The writing is witty, the plot twists and turns are nuts and I just love Thursday and crew.
Today I posted Something Rotten back to Australia, sadly by surface because £7+ was just too much for airmail, so I hope it doesn't take too long. Thank you, everybody, for making it available and keeping it travelling.
It was wonderful and I'm so sad to have come to the end! Will there be more? Is there already and I don't know? The writing is witty, the plot twists and turns are nuts and I just love Thursday and crew.
Today I posted Something Rotten back to Australia, sadly by surface because £7+ was just too much for airmail, so I hope it doesn't take too long. Thank you, everybody, for making it available and keeping it travelling.
It's arrived on the slow boat from the UK :) Thanks to everyone participated in the ring & took it one step further until it got safely home.
Something Rotten will enjoy a well-earned rest now!
Something Rotten will enjoy a well-earned rest now!
Miss-Owl, incredibly generously, offered to donate this book to The Lost Book for a bookring. Unfortunately, delays caused by TheLostBook, not Miss-Owl, have meant that this hasn't worked out. Thanks, Miss-Owl, for the offer, and sorry that things didn't go to plan. Another copy of Something Rotten is being used for the bookray, so if you'd like to follow its travels or join the ray, take a look at the JEs for that copy.
