book reccomendation X

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It's been a while since the last one, so here goes again. Today's choice is the third book in a series about Thursday Next, who works for Jurisfiction, "the policing agency that works inside books." "I turned the other way and jumped in surprise as I came face to face with a curious creature that looked as if it had escaped from a bad science fiction novel - it was all tentacles and eyes. A smile may have flicked across my face because the creature said in a harsh tone: `What's the problem, never seen a Thraal before?' I didn't understand; it sounded like a form of CourierBold but I wasn't sure so I said nothing, hoping to brazen it out. `Hey!' it said. `I'm talking to you, Two-eyes.' The altercation had attracted another man, who looked like the product of some bizarre genetic experiment gone hopelessly wrong. `He says he doesn't like you.' `I'm sorry.' `I don't like you either,' said the man in a threatening tone, adding, as if I needed proof: `I have the death sentence in seven genres.'" The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde. The series is highly reccomended, and no quotation (especially one designed not to spoil the fun of a reader by giving anything away) can really give the intricate and involved nature of the books true justice.