I just got an email newsletter from one of my most favoritest authors, Jasper Fforde, whose new book in the Thursday Next series, "First Among Sequels," is coming out NEXT WEEK! Oh. My. God. I've been living under a ROCK! How could I have not known this was coming out??????? (And no, it's not because I've been caught up in Harry Potter mania either.) I think I'm most intrigued because this time around, he plays with "Pride & Prejudice," which is one of my favorite books EVER.

If you aren't familiar with Jasper Fforde, it's almost impossible to explain his books to someone who hasn't read them. They are very quirky, funny in a very dry, British humor sort of way, and he completely turns everything upside down. They require complete suspension of disbelief, but it's so worth the ride. Characters jump in and out of books we all know and love... meaning they become part of the story line... sometimes altering the course of the book. Fictional characters sometimes jump out of their own books and enter into the "reality" of Thursday Next's day-to-day life. It's wacky, it's laugh-out-loud funny, and if you are a bookaholic like I am, I cannot recommend these books highly enough ("The Eyre Affair," "Lost In A Good Book," "The Well Of Lost Plots," and "Something Rotten" - click on the book title to be taken to the Amazon page for it). Brilliant, brilliant stuff. Hooray for the next Thursday next book!

Have any of you read them?????

P.S. I'm taking the freebies for Little Darlin' down soon -- grab them if you want them!
P.P.S. My water has been turned off at the curb and I'm waiting for the plumber to return to fix the rest of the stuff in the basement. Hope he gets here soon!