Emily's Musings

The Big Over Easy

Just finished The Big Over Easy, the new Jasper Fforde that Mom had brought with her when she was visiting. Even without Thursday Next (my personal hero and role model), it was a very satisfying read and I'll definitely looking forward to another installment which is due out next July. Jack Spratt and Mary Mary (yes, the ones you think I mean) investigate the murder of Humpty Dumpty (I kept trying to explain to S that this wasn't one of the children's books I often read)

I like this exchange between Mary and Jack when Mary first joins The Nursery Crime Division

"Do they know?" "Do they know what?" "Do they know they're nursery characters?" "I think sometimes they suspect, but for the most part they have no idea at all. To the Billy Goats, Jack and Jill and the Gingerbreadman, it's all business as normal. Don't worry -- you'll get into the swing of it."