Bookish Sunday

The staff at the South Mississippi Sun Herald are reading Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair:

Sara Greer, page designer
Jasper Fforde's "The Jane Eyre Affair" was everything I needed at the time I was reading it - hospital waiting rooms are pretty dull on their own. LiteraTec operative Thursday Next is swept up in a chase to capture the third most dangerous man in the world, a man who has kidnapped Jane Eyre from Thornfield Hall and upset the rhythmic balance of the literary world. Full of inside jokes only fans of Shakespeare, Dickens and Bronte will fully appreciate, this book is a fun twist on the typical murder mystery. Fforde continues the idea of literary mayhem further in his Nursery Crime series, and I plan to tackle those when I finish Thursday Next.

My Stardust Trail posts a short review of The Eyre Affair as well.

And yet another review today. Although now it is The Thirteenth Tale's turn, as reviewed on Clutch Cargo Lips.

If you are a fan of gothic novels, this book is a must. Even if you’ve never read a Gothic novel, you should still check this book out. It is a can’t-put-it down/stay-up-all-night kind of read.

Incidentally, a few days ago we posted about the 15 minutes' recommended time for reading the classics. The author of that review actually seems to have read Wuthering Heights that way!

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