false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188477875m/1796734.jpg 27003 32 3436605 book 2001 The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) total:13491|5:4268|4:5151|3:2924|2:855|1:293| 13491 52719 17797 2226 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 1 18 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 08:01:19 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 08:41:10 -0700 2007 The Looking Glass Wars. Fabulous idea, terrible execution. I was going to give it one more star than I gave that because it's not quite as badly written. And I liked the idea of door-to-door Baconians and Rocky Horrorized Richard II...more...]]> 77020 0670030643 9780670030644 251 61 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77020.The_Eyre_Affair 5 13 false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 22 21:44:39 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 15 22:22:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 4 10 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 13:13:53 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 06:11:40 -0700 2007
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of the literary genre known as "speculative" fiction; for those not familiar with it, the genre primarily concerns itself with his...more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 1 11 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 15:56:54 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 12 16:53:07 -0700 2008 First of all, I want to unleash my fury on whoever in the Rory Gilmore Book Club suggested this book as February's pick. To go from such a brilliant read as Jane Eyre to this was frustrating to say the least. It highlighted all t...more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 3 12 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 02 12:50:17 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 12:50:17 -0800 2008 It’s a spy thriller. No, wait — it’s science fiction. No, wait — it’s literary criticism. No, wait — it’s art history. No, wait — it’s historical-political commentary. No, wait — it’s romantic comedy. No...more...]]> 77020 0670030643 9780670030644 251 61 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77020.The_Eyre_Affair 5 7 false Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 14:35:03 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 19:53:21 -0700 2008 Jane Eyre. But, Lisa is right, you do not have to know anything about Jane Eyre to understand this book.

I am ...more...]]> 107390 0340825766 9780340825761 144 27 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219651911m/107390.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107390.The_Eyre_Affair 4 8 false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 09 13:07:56 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 20 14:00:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 107390 0340825766 9780340825761 144 27 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219651911m/107390.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107390.The_Eyre_Affair 3 6 false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 19 02:07:16 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 16 06:54:40 -0800 2009
Thursday Next, LiteraTec (with a vanishing sports car, a pet dodo, and a few bouts of time travel), investigates the theft of original manuscripts, of characters in books, of plots even, and meets the arch villain, Acheron Hades.

I almost loved...more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 3 9 false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 09:51:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 16:04:42 -0700 2009 1 3.4 stars

A wonderful thing happened on the way to The Eyre Affair; I read Jane Eyre. For that alone I will be eternally grateful.

Otherwise, it was an enjoyable but forgettable mystery set in a chaotic vortex of genres spanning paranormal, science fiction, alternate history...more...]]> 107390 0340825766 9780340825761 144 27 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219651911m/107390.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107390.The_Eyre_Affair 4 4 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 14 11:35:19 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 13:56:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 4 14 false Sun Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 19 19:36:53 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 16 04:51:37 -0800 2009 4 The Wasteland when he visited me recently. It's been years since I last read it and it has been haunting me from its perch on top of a pile of books, which were piled on top of books already shelved, on top of an overflowing bookshelf, while I was re-reading The Eyre Affair...more...]]> 107390 0340825766 9780340825761 144 27 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219651911m/107390.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107390.The_Eyre_Affair 4 3 false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 09:53:42 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 10:13:16 -0800 2008 1 The barriers between reality and fiction are softer than we think; a bit like a frozen lake. Hundreds of people can walk across it, but then one evening a thin spot develops and someone falls through; the hole is frozen over by the following morning." (s. 206)

This is the premise of ...more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 4 3 false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 19:49:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 19:39:51 -0800 2008 The Eyre Affair on our Thanksgiving trip and only recently finished it, but this unique novel proved quite delightful from start to finish. I'll say up front that no small portion of our enjoyment came from Elisabeth Sastre's reading. Jasper Fforde has a good nar...more...]]> 77020 0670030643 9780670030644 251 61 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77020.The_Eyre_Affair 5 3 false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon May 14 13:01:24 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 18 14:02:52 -0700 2008
Alright. I'm leaving the five star ranking. I've been waffling back and forth to changing it to four, but really, for the creativity alone, this book deserves notice.

The Eyre Affair is Jasper Fforde's first novel, and what a novel it is. For starters, this is a drea...more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 4 5 false Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 19:53:22 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 16:40:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 3 4 false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 05:53:25 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 18:32:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 27005 034073356X 9780340733561 287 52 3.91 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27005.The_Eyre_Affair 4 3 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Sep 14 14:52:45 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 14:57:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 3 4 false Sun Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Jun 08 11:19:05 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 11:58:04 -0700 2008
I'm not overly familiar with 19th century novelists (of any country) -- this may irrevocably tarnish my reputation in the eyes of some, but I've never read any Austen and have avoided Dickens like Typhoid Ma...more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 3 4 false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:34:57 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 13:42:57 -0700 2009 1
I've known Compelling ever since I moved to Midwestern City. I'd never met anybody with a name like hers before. Compelling Introduction. Whose parents would do that to a kid? She left the city for places like New York and Key West, but she again lives he...more...]]> 27003 0142001805 9780142001806 12638 2049 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670270m/27003.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair 2 4 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 13:35:39 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 09:32:44 -0700 2008 Thursday Next series is really fantastic—an alternate universe where the Crimean War still rages, the People's Republic of Wales has achieved a full and socialist independence, and LiteraTecs work to stop crimes against literature—but unfortunately, the execution is lousy.
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