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Lords and Ladies book cover

Multiversal Witches Livin’ Their Best Lives

Lords and Ladies (Discworld #14, Witches #4) by Terry Pratchett

February 20, 2023 by Flimflamingo 3 Comments

I’m not quite sure how to write a review – or even a sort of review – for a book that’s had ::checks notes:: upwords of fifty gajillion reviews written about it like Lords and Ladies has. I mean, I know a philosopher who writes serious philosophy books about Discworld and short of that sort of literary analysis style writing or some Dear Diary about it I’m not quite sure what I could possibly add. And I know that because I wrote at least 300 words […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy Tagged With: discworld, Granny Weatherwax, magrat, nanny ogg, Terry Pratchett

Flimflamingo's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy · Tags: discworld, Granny Weatherwax, magrat, nanny ogg, Terry Pratchett ·
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“WHERE’S MY COW? ARE YOU MY COW?”

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 […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, city watch, Commander Samuel Vimes, discworld, narfna, Satire, Terry Pratchett, The City Watch, Thud!, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, city watch, Commander Samuel Vimes, discworld, narfna, Satire, Terry Pratchett, The City Watch, Thud!, Urban Fantasy ·
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The good ass-kicking shepherd

The Wee Free Men: A Tiffany Aching Adventure by Terry Pratchett

January 10, 2023 by ElCicco 7 Comments

In a discussion somewhere back in CBR14, someone mentioned Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching series, which sounded fun, and I wish I could remember who brought it up (Narfna? EDIT: Yes! it was Narfna, just found it!) because I’d like to say thanks. This was a delightful read, as Pratchett stories tend to be. I love this one because the protagonist is a nine-year-old girl, a witch in the making, who is smart, practical and no-nonsense but still a child with much to learn. As usual, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR15, CBR15Passport, ElCicco, Fiction, Terry Pratchett, the wee free men, Tiffany Aching

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, CBR15, CBR15Passport, ElCicco, Fiction, Terry Pratchett, the wee free men, Tiffany Aching ·
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“Can’t you understand that, when you have to be careful all the time, it’s dreadful to see things like that being accepted? They’re not even alive.” Pratchett’s Look at Oppression and Personhood

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

January 5, 2023 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I’m a Discworld fan but have never done a complete read of all the books, and so my experience has been a bit chaotic in reading these. I picked this up on a trip randomly and just got around to it a few months later, so another entry in my piecemeal approach to Pratchett’s work. Often times my big grand plans like that end up coming face to face with reality (and the monetary cost of buying 40 books), but sometimes the slow and steady […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, british humor, fantasy creatures, human rights, philosophizing, Terry Pratchett

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, british humor, fantasy creatures, human rights, philosophizing, Terry Pratchett ·
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The book, "Guards! Guards!" by Terry Pratchett standing in front of the Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook and Monster Manual.

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 […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, discworld, Dome'Loki, dragons, Terry Pratchett

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:51 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr14, discworld, Dome'Loki, dragons, Terry Pratchett ·
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Guards! Guards by Terry Pratchett

Fires of Eden by Dan Simmons

1599 by James Shapiro

Penses by Blaise Pascal

November 28, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Guards! Guards! – 4/5 One of the best titles for a book, and it reminds me a lot of the following old Onion article: So I also feel like many many many people already know this book pretty well. I am not the biggest Discworld fan (I generally like irreverence, but not whimsy and I am not actually a huge British comedy fan, especially where the jokes are built on maximalism), but I did enjoy this one. The book focuses primarily on the city’s defenses, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Blaise Pascal, dan simmons, James Shapiro, Terry Pratchett

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:659 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Blaise Pascal, dan simmons, James Shapiro, Terry Pratchett ·
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