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EmpressOfTheWellOfLostPlots · 17/02/2014 01:03

I loved the Thursday Next books (finished The Woman Who Died A Lot tonight) and I'm now impatiently awaiting Dark Reading Matter. Which of his other series is best to read in the meantime?

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AnnoyedByAlfieBear · 17/02/2014 13:25

Me and dh like Shades of Grey. It's currently the only one in the series and I'm desperately waiting for the next one. It's different from the Thursday Next books but possibly better. Grin

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EmpressOfTheWellOfLostPlots · 17/02/2014 13:07

Definitely sounds good, thanks. Hope you enjoy the rest of the Thursday Nexts Grin.

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babybythesea · 17/02/2014 12:18

Don't know -I've not got that far in the Thursday Next series. Sorry!
It features nursery rhyme figures. The tag line for The Big Over Easy is to do with Humpty Dumpty. Did he fall or was he pushed? The same sort of oddball humour but all with nursery rhyme characters. The detective, for example, is Jack Spratt.

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EmpressOfTheWellOfLostPlots · 17/02/2014 12:13

Thanks baby, I'll have a look. Is that with the characters from The Well Of Lost Plots?

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babybythesea · 17/02/2014 11:33

I really enjoyed the first in the nursery crime series. The Big Over Easy. Haven't read any more in the series but I thought it compared well,although it's not quite as good as, the Thursday Next series.