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Thud! (Discworld, #34) by Terry Pratchett

January 10, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was almost five stars for me, and might very well get bumped up on eventual re-read, but for now it’s holding steady at 4.5 stars, rounded down. It didn’t quite reach the level of profound delightment that I need in order to give a Discworld book five stars. Mostly what I feel right now as I type this review is sad that this was my last brand new City Watch book, which has been my favorite of the Discworld sub-series. And I am very […]

This Discworld book has been recommended for D&D players so I finally checked it out.

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

November 30, 2022 by Dome'Loki 2 Comments

Nearly twenty years ago I gave Pratchett’s Discworld books a chance. I had a long commute and been gifted audiobooks of the first few books in the series. I listened to about the first three books and then decided they weren’t for me. They felt gimmicky with a focus on clever ways of saying modern things without using current words. For some reason, calling popcorn ‘banged grains’ sticks out in my memory as an example. But over the years I kept seeing the devotion readers […]

“I commend my soul to any god that can find it.”

Going Postal (Discworld, #33) by Terry Pratchett

September 26, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

Why I always gotta review these five-star Terry Pratchett books??? Unlike with a lot of Pratchett books I give five stars to, I can’t really justify this one with much of a deeper meaning. I just had a really good time with it, and the premise and main character really tickled me. Our “hero” is Moist Von Lipwig, a con man and thief who starts the novel being hanged for his crimes. He manages to survive the hanging, and the tyrannical Lord Vetinari offers him […]

“Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant ‘idiot’.”

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

August 19, 2022 by ardaigle 7 Comments

Cannonball Read Bingo Square: Series Setting foot inside Terry Pratchett’s Discworld has been a goal of mine, but I have (and continue to feel) intimidated by the undertaking. From my understanding, you can start wherever because although the books are all in the same universe, there aren’t traditional sequels or one linear arc to the story, so they don’t have to be read in a particular order. For some people, that would be freeing, but I find the power of limitless choice overwhelming; I prefer […]

“There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.”

A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2) by Terry Pratchett

August 17, 2022 by narfna 9 Comments

Terry Pratchett was so good. With this review, I shall continue my biannual tradition of being unable to write coherently about a five-star Discworld book. This is the second Tiffany Aching book, which is set in the Discworld with his adult books, but this is technically middle grade, verging on YA. I say technically because any adult who wouldn’t enjoy this has a piece of coal for a heart and loops of iron chain for intestines. I really liked the first Tiffany Aching book, but […]

A review mostly in quotes because I cannot ever adequately review a Terry Pratchett.

Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31) by Terry Pratchett

December 30, 2021 by narfna 4 Comments

This book was newly published when I first started reading Discworld eighteen years ago. I wanted to read it right then but, because I am me, I decided to wait until I could read it in order. Literally half my life later, I made it! And honestly, I’m kind of glad I waited. Eighteen year old me was smart, but I appreciate it more now than I think I would have then. This one has instantly made my top five Discworld books, right up there […]

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Emmalita on OK, I Need to Talk About These BooksThere are some books that are addictive even when they make us feel bad about ourselves after reading them. I can see how these books...
Malin on “One doesn’t need magic if one knows enough stories.”I really want to read this, I'm just worried that it being set in a fictional version of Norway is going to push some peeve...
Michellers66 on I was right to kidnap this book.I am not familiar with Benjamin Stevenson and delighted to try one of his books, think I will start with Either Side of Midnight per...

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