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CBR15 Bingo: Politics

Jingo by Terry Pratchett

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4.5 stars CBR15 Bingo: Politics (the word is used 18 times over the course of the novel) Official book description: It isn’t much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths of the Circle Sea — just a few square miles of silt and some old ruins. Unfortunately, the historically disputed lump of land called Leshp is once again floating directly between Ankh-Morpork and the city of Al-Khali on the coast of Klatch — which is spark enough to ignite that […]

CBR15 Bingo: Nostalgia

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

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In Men at Arms, there’s a series of mysterious deaths in Ankh-Morpork, and the Patrician, Lord Vetinari, strictly forbids Sam Vimes, the head of the City Watch to investigate, thus ensuring that he will do the exact opposite. Vimes, Carrot, Nobbs and Colon, who used to be the whole of the Watch have been joined by new recruits to diversify the Watch, Cuddy (a dwarf), Detritus (a troll) and Angua (a werewolf, although Carrot believes it to be because she’s a woman). As the ragtag […]

More Zoons, Please

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

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Drum Billet, a wizard who is about to die, goes to the small town of Bad Ass (yes, really) to pass his magical staff on to the about-to-be-born 8th son of an 8th son. Only just after he does so, it’s revealed that this 8th son is actually a girl. And the problem is that on Discworld all witches are female and all wizards are male. There’s never been a female wizard – until now. Named Eskarina, as she grows up she is trained in […]

“And, as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow it’s gone.”

Wintersmith (Tiffany Aching, #3) by Terry Pratchett

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I’ve been wrestling back and forth over whether I want to give this five stars or not, but I think for now I’m going with four because this took me longer to read than I would have liked, and it’s not sticking with me as fully as book two has. Maybe on re-read I will bump it up. Anyway, this is book three in the Tiffany Aching subseries of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and as usual, was a jolly good time with sneakly affecting undertones. There […]

A Disappointing Follow Up to Mort

Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

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I know Reaper Man is a really well-liked book in the Death subseries of Discworld, but it just didn’t do much for me. I didn’t find it as funny as Mort, and there was more time spent with other characters than with Death in a plot that I just wasn’t all that interested in. In this novel, Death is perceived to have developed too much of a personality and is therefore forced to “retire” and will eventually die, and a new Death will take his […]

Why Did I Wait So Long to Read Terry Pratchett?

Mort by Terry Pratchett

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I finally decided to dip my toes in the Discworld series and after looking up some good entry points, I decided to start with the Death subseries. The novel mainly follows the character of Mort, a young man with no apparent career skills, whom Death chooses to be his apprentice. Mort finds it difficult to accept it when certain people are about to die, especially if it seems to be in an unfair way, which leads to a messy situation the first time he is […]



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