I have liked all of the Jasper Fforde books I've read. I still have The Woman Who Died a Lot and Shades of Grey to read. Found them in those forgotten boxes a couple months back.

Today I started another "found" book, Dracula in Love by Karen Essex in which Mina tells her story.

Thanks for the heads-up about Red Side Story - loved Shades of Grey. Disappointed that he never expanded the Nursery Crime series - loved them too

I'm on Book 20 0f Foreigner and dreading the end of the available books in the series. The next one comes out in November. Not too long to wait, but then after that it could be a couple of years.

Fforde has another book I haven't read yet called The Constant Rabbit. It's about human-sized rabbits living in the UK. The blurbs on the cover describe it as "a serious-minded comedy" and "a crazed cross between Watership Down and 1984." It's next on my list after Red Side Story.

Hagatha,
The 20th book is Resurgence, and there are two more already published here in the US, Divergence and Defiance.

I see Jasper Fforde will have one more Thursday Next book coming out next year to complete that series.

Rog, I liked the Nursery Crime series also.

LadyKestrel, I do have Divergence but not the other. I should check its availability again.

I could read a whole series about Cajieri and how he guides the world once he becomes aiji. I love his voice in the books. He's wonderfully drawn.

I agree about Cajieri, Hagatha. He has unique experiences that no other leader could have. I've enjoyed watching him grow over the years.

I finished Jasper Fforde's Red Side Story and liked the continuation of the story and the ending very much. However, there are still unanswered questions, so I'm hoping for a 3rd book to tie up all the loose ends. (I'm so glad I reread Shades of Grey beforehand because there was so much I had forgotten about the story.)

Having come to the end of the available Foreigner books, I've decided to read CJ Cherryh's Fortress series again, since it has to have been at least 20 years since I read it. The writing really is superb.

My struggle with the Foreigner series is finding affordable copies in UK: for some reason they are on kindle in USA but not here, and most of the used books are also in USA, also my local library cannot oblige... I am currently awaiting delivery of number 3, Inheritor, meanwhile reading the latest gruesome murder yarn from Chris Carter.

That's a drag, Lex. It's weird that they aren't available on Kindle in the UK.

Most excellent Lex! I finally was able to finish Craven's Fearless and immensely enjoyed it. Thanks for the recommendation. I look forward to reading more of his books.

I read The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fford, a satire about attitudes to those who are different from those in our own group. It was both funny and quite scathing at times.

I also just finished The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox. In London after WW I, a young woman named Ivy Radcliffe learns that she has inherited Blackwood Abbey in Yorkshire because she is distantly related to the late Lord Hayworth through her late father's line. She leaves London where she was just scraping by and is amazed by the former abbey's estate and especially its wonderful library. However, all is not perfect there. The staff tries to convince her to leave but won't explain why. As her headaches and very bad dreams increase, especially after spending hours in the library, she realizes that something sinister is affecting her. Her struggle to survive and find answers makes for some juicy suspense.

Dan, glad to hear you enjoyed that book: there is a another due out later in the year. Meanwhile you might also enjoy another series by the same author, set in England, starting with the Puppet Show https://mwcraven.com/books/the-puppet-show-washington-poe-1/

I saw that series Lex ... Washington Poe sounds like a fascinating character along with his partner Tilly Bradshaw ... I will be reading it.

Thanks for the link Lex.The Puppet Show looks good to me.

Gee, thanks guys, you're the reason I'll be broke in no time. I just ran across this thread for the first time today and I've already spent a lot of $$$ on your book recommendations. Well, at least I'll be in my happy place.

Better late than never Cheryl, and there is certainly plenty here - you should go back and start with the earlier thread if you really want to drain your bank account!
https://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1309059/1

I have just started reading some thrillers by Lloyd Devereux Richards, starting with Stone Maidens, a relatively mature newcomer who shows promise https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6574106.Lloyd_Devereux_Richards

Reading is proving difficult at the moment but I am intrigued by the Jasper Fford book LadyK. I read some of his Thursday Next novels back in the day as well as at least one Nursery Crime novel and thoroughly emjoyed them but he had completely slipped my mind. I will make a note to check out the Rabbit.

I have also added Jasper Fford to my list and some kindle samples await: flotsam, I hope that your difficulty in reading does not mean that you are suffering eye trouble.

Meanwhile I am exploring an interesting library reading app called Libby: does anyone else have experience of this?
https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby#GettingStarted

I am also becoming more and more immersed in C J Cherryh's Foreigner series, currently on book four and enlisting the help of a very friendly sounding book seller in Toronto to help track down some of the series as they are thin on the ground in England and Europe and rather expensive to ship from USA https://www.sellersandnewel.com

Lex I don't know Libby but see 'Overdrive' mentioned when Googling Libby…we used Overdrive for years for e-books at our library and enjoyed it. It appears Libby is the newer app developed by OverDrive.

And who needs to eat, anyway? Welcome to the thread!

And Lex, have you tried looking at eBay UK for the Cherryh books? I see quite a few of the author's books listed.

Sherlock,
I remember this quote that applies to most of us:
"When I have a little money, I buy books, and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
-Desiderius Erasmus

Your link to Sellers and Newel made me smile, Lex. I collected Franklin Library books for many years when I was working. My late husband built an oak cabinet with glass doors to house them, and I love the smell of the leather whenever I open it.

Right now I'm reading Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Ben Greenman, which came out in 2013. I didn't know about his talented band, the Roots, until I started watching the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, but I've enjoyed their interactions with Jimmy, the guests, and the audience over the years. The book is a memoir of a true music geek who became a virtuoso drummer, arranger, producer, composer, and DJ. The Los Angeles Times gave the book this review: "Questlove recounts his musical journey...but digresses regularly with deep (and deeply funny) analyses of the artists and records that shaped him."

Years ago, Amazon used to include free bookmarks with their book orders, and one of them was this quote. I still have mine.

Just finishing up the fifth and final book in CJ Cherryh's Fortress series. In its way, it's as good as the Foreigner series.

After that I'm going to read all of the Slow Horses books I just bought. I had already read the first four and hadn't realized the series went on much farther. And of course, I'm waiting for Season 4 of the TV series, too.