Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret

Ok.  Now I REALLY need to get the 3rd book.  This book picks up effortlessly where the last book ended.  The climactic happy ending from book one was interupted in Book 2 by impossible creatures that create a Grand Canyon and upset Leven's life. From the first chapter to the secret of the Sycophant on the last page the world of Leven is one adventure to the next.  One life ending experience to improbable exscape.  Leven is either the luckiest person in Foo or Fate has big plans for him. 
In this story Leven, Winter, Geth, Clover, and even the antagonists gain increased attention.  Leven becomes the character that the story deserves. Still the narrator is heavy handed and while the story is about Leven and his adventures it is still also about the storyteller.  I really enjoy the literal nature of Foo and how the personification of things like shadows, moon beams, and even secrets take forms as bodily real as any of the main characters.  From the fantastic Gunt that mends holes in Foo to the Ornicks and their testy nature this book brings Foo to life and gives us a chance to experience dreams in a state that can be loosely called awake.  As effusive as I was about the first book I was more impressed with the quality of the writing in this book.  I would like to take one thing in particular from Foo and that is the I-Chew gum.  Let's just say that it gives the person enjoying the gum a heaping helping of confidence...some would say it even gives some people a big head.  Now let the jokes begin.