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This was a pleasant surprise! I tried reading this a few years ago and couldn't really get into it. I don't know if the time wasn't right since I am an extreme mood reader, or if I was expecting something else when I started to read it. It has happened to me before where my expectations were way off base about what a book is about and it sometimes ruins the whole experience for me. But, I am really glad I gave this one a second chance. I loved the main character, Thursday Next. I loved that this
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Wow - if ever there was a book that tapped into my inner literary nerdiness, this is it. I found myself laughing out loud several times, and fell in love with the way Jasper Fforde writes. His use of punctuation and grammar as a humor device? Genius. I was a little disappointed in the description on the back of the book - it made it seem that the entire novel involved the mysterious disappearance of Jane Eyre, but that does not happen until you're 75% finished with the book. And it's not a myste
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If you're an English Lit teacher's wet dream, and you've got a bit of a sci-fi streak, this series is for you! Great fantasy/female-ass-kicking for all you bibliophiles out there!
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