Lost in a Good Book, by Jasper FfordeRead about another entry on the list.
Literary detective Thursday Next is always leaping into one quagmire or another, skipping throughout the pages of the world’s classic fiction. In this second outing, Thursday and Co. are racing against the end of the world by way of a tide of mysterious pink sludge—which turns out to be an aggressive infestation of Dream Topping (that’s Cool Whip to us Yanks). At the same time, Thursday is also knee-deep in some unfinished business occurring amid the stanzas of Poe’s “The Raven.” Along for the ride is the righteously cranky Miss Havisham, which is exactly who I’d want by my side at Armageddon. Am I alone here?
--Marshal Zeringue