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Apr 06, 2007
Melissa
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
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"Mystery" with lots of literary references. The characters' names and places are puns or copped for effect. I'm sure I missed some jokes due to not having read all the literature to which the author refers. Greatly enjoyed it, nonetheless, and will pick up the next in the series.
2023 Re-read via audiobook. Wonderful reader; highly recommend listening to the series. ...more
2023 Re-read via audiobook. Wonderful reader; highly recommend listening to the series. ...more
Nice to have an unabridged recording of TEA (since the first was abridged). Didn't like the reader, though; I wish the original reader had been available since she had a better range of voices and accents.
Added on re-read: Still just as fun as ever. This is also the first time I realized that this is a retelling of Persuasion in some ways. ...more
Added on re-read: Still just as fun as ever. This is also the first time I realized that this is a retelling of Persuasion in some ways. ...more
This was such a fun read! I thoroughly enjoyed this one, fast paced, great characters, rich in imagination, everything I want in a great book. A HUGE five star recommendation from me!
Wow! Can you keep up and hang in there?! 1st in the series. The adventures of Thursday Next Spec-ops Literatec where characters are alive and you can literally fall into a book!
This book was just wildly entertaining. I can't believe I just started reading this series.
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I had never heard of this book until the Rory goodreads club picked it as the companion read to February's Jane Eyre. This book is funny, unique and very clever as Fforde creates an interesting SpecOps world with Thursday Next, her interesting family and the man who got away. Oh, and in-between, there's vampires, book thieves, the Crimean War and of course, Miss Jane Eyre. Read the Bronte novel first. It will help you to better appreciate this story, and you'll be able to avoid the numerous spo
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Such a great book. So glad I found it.
Sep 22, 2008
Jean
marked it as to-read
Oct 02, 2008
Laura Ellis
marked it as to-read
Jul 26, 2009
Melissa
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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Oct 08, 2010
Bronwyn
marked it as to-read
