no: 6
title: thursday next, a first among sequels
author: jasper fforde
Ok this book is a pure 5 stars. it is the 4th book by jasper fforde in the thursday next series. this is probably my favorite series in modern lit. it details the life of thursday next, a character in an alternate earth. she is a brit, living a modern life. only in this alternate version of our earth - people travel cross country via air ships and take gravitubes cross country. trains and planes are things that just nver took off. there is also an enormous tax on cheese in this world. it is just an absurd almost brittain that isn't quite like the brittain of today. the books are fille with references to literature. thursday is actually able to jump into books, and is a member of the policing agency within fiction, jurisfiction. this bok takes place 13 years after her first novel in which she obtained her ability to jump into books. in this book she is fced with a number of tasks- incluing geting her son friday to join the chronoguard - the time traveling policing agency whose duty is to keep time straight. she also needs to save the book orld from being taken oer by tv due to falling reading rates. all in all it was a grat read. as always fforde has put togethr a clever and entertaining novel.
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