Recommended for 16+ (for discussion of potentially illegitimate children & possible illicit relations)
5/5 Stars
4/5 on the Happiness Meter
Genre: Fiction with a bit of Mystery thrown in.
I cannot fully understand why people choose not to reread books, there is just something about going back to an old favorite (or a new favorite) and rediscovering the characters again. All of Jasper Fforde's books are worth revisiting for their clever and witty dialogue, humorous plot elements, and literary illusions. Lost in a Good Book is particularly amusing as SpecOps agent Thursday Next finds herself spending a lot of time within books. Apprenticed to Miss Haversham of Great Expectations fame, Thursday learns all about the quirky world within books. Miss Haversham teaches her the rudimentaries of being a literary police officer (a Jurisfiction agent) and just how dangerous that can be. As if Thursday doesn't have enough challenges learning the ropes of the literary world, she also must figure out how to earn enough money to pay her rent, look after her soon-to-be-expecting dodo, fight the forces of Supreme Evil, elude the clutches of the Goliath corporation, avoid dying of too many coincidences, and figure out how to get her eradicated husband back. Oh, and did I mention it's up to her to save the world?
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Here's on for you, Christina, that will get 5/5 happiness meter points. It's "108th Street" by T David Lee. Good for 14+ minds and great for adults. A story about growing up in 1950s NY. Great site, by the way. Keep up the nice work.
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