Jasper Fforde

Summer Giveaway Hop ~ Win The Last Dragon Slayer & The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde

Published by Darren on July 31, 2012 | 11 Responses

I always seem to miss the sign-up for these things, so I was pleased the other day to sign up to take part in the 2nd Annual Summer Giveaway Hop co-hosted by Kathy from I Am a Reader not a Writer & Mary from BookHounds & Forever Young (adult). What is a giveaway hop? Simple – Each participating blog hosts a giveaway and then we… Read more →

Saturday Snapshot: Thursday on a Wednesday on a Saturday ;)

Published by Darren on July 21, 2012 | 20 Responses

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Alyce of At Home with Books On Wednesday evening after work, I hopped on a train and headed into Leeds to go listen to Jasper Fforde talk about his writing and the latest Thursday Next book, . It’s the second time I’ve gone to listen to one of his talks, (and the fourth time overall… Read more →

Top Ten: Thursday Next Characters

Published by Darren on July 14, 2012 | 4 Responses

Well I’ve not done one of these for a while (over two years actually!) but I had a lot of fun with them back then, so I thought it was time to have another go. Especially with the seventh Thursday Next novel () just released here in the UK. (Not to mention I’m off to meet Jasper on Wednesday in… Read more →

The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde [Review]

Published by Darren on April 4, 2012 | 4 Responses

The Last Quarkbeast was a brilliantly fun read, that had me grinning stupidly for most of it…

Off The Shelves

Published by Darren on March 4, 2012 | 6 Responses

Well it worked quite well last week, as I managed to read all 3 books I wanted to, quiet easilly, so I thought I’d talk again about the books I’m hoping to read (and start to review) during the upcoming week. I’m using up the last of my holiday allocation as well this week and have a couple of days… Read more →