I just finished Thursday Next: First Among Sequels, but I can tell you that by the way this ended, I'm sure there is another coming eventually. This Next novel was not my favorite. I'm not sure if it's because I stopped and read the Hunger Games trilogy before continuing. Possible. But it just seemed a little too scattered and random. There were definitely some parts that I enjoyed - seeing Friday as a teenager and meeting his sister Tuesday, a brainiac who has a hand in helping solve the time travel problem. A new character I adored was Isambard Kingdom Bunuel, an engineer in the BookWorld. His speech and word choices (a mashup of words rather) was what endeared me to him. Take a looklisten:"Posttruthful, but it makes nonsense. It's potentious new books we should be cashsquandering on, not the stalnovelwarts who will be read no matter what. Besides, the costcash of the extra conduits is verlittle compared to the amount of custard needed to fillup all."
Overall, I think I'm just simply ready to move on to a different series. I have thoroughly enjoyed Thursday Next and she still ranks pretty high as far as female detectives go, and I would recommend her books in a heartbeat. And I have met my goal of finishing the series before heading off on vacation. Yay!
I've started reading Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen. I'm not sure it's what I'm looking for to quench that literary thirst, but maybe I just need to cleanse the palate before moving on to something new. At any rate, I will give it a try knowing that I have plenty more to choose from if it just doesn't do it for me!
Happy Reading to all!
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