Journal Entry 1 by sarradee from Dallas, Texas USA on Friday, November 11, 2005

Book Description
In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Fforde's ingenious fantasy-enhanced by a Web site that re-creates the world of the novel--unites intrigue with English literature in a delightfully witty mix.


Received from Paperbackswap.com The book is in a bit rougher shape that others I've received from there. It's nice to see one that looks like it's actually been read.

Offered on book relay, accepted by tranq1, will mail out as soon as done reading. 

Journal Entry 2 by sarradee from Dallas, Texas USA on Thursday, November 17, 2005

A very impressive first novel by author Fforde. In his alternate England circa 1985, literature plays an important part. There are animatronic Will-Speak machines that for a few pence quote Shakespeare; Richard III is akin to Rocky Horror complete with audience participation, and the LiteraTec division of the SpecOps stamps out literary crime.

The protagonist Thursday Next is a seasoned LiteraTec. But when she's temporarily promoted to SO-5 status to assist in the capture of her former professor turned Master Criminal, she finds herself in over her head. Master Criminal Hades has discovered a little secret. If he changes events in an original manuscript he can forever alter all future printings. These changes are immediate and permanent unless the original can be restored. When he kidnaps Jane Eyre from the pages of Bronte's manuscript, fans are in an uproar, since the original is written in the first person without Jane there is no story. Thursday and her cohorts jump in to rescue Jane, and restore the beloved novel.

Jasper Fforde has quite an imagination, and an off-the-wall sense of humor that made this book a delight to read. I'm looking forward to the following novels in the series.
 

Journal Entry 3 by sarradee at by Mail in BookRelay.Com, Bookrelay -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, November 17, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (11/18/2005 UTC) at by Mail in BookRelay.Com, Bookrelay -- Controlled Releases

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Mailing to Tranq1 via the relays 

Journal Entry 4 by tranq1 from Tampa, Florida USA on Monday, November 28, 2005

Received in the mail from Saradee from bookrelay. I am looking forward to reading this.