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Third book Finished in December.

This was a very enjoyable audiobook read by Tony Robinson. A good story with interesting themes developed through it, but was disappointed to find it was an abridged version. This should be more transparent - don‘t understand why books are abridged! #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

A good standalone book.

#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Ghabi4Roses

Started a new audiobook, Nation by Terry Pratchett, for #AuthoraMonth. This one is read by Tony Robinson (of Blackadder fame) - a cunning plan!

Look forward to listening to this and not really sure what to expect. Wasn‘t on my #20in4 plan, but I am ahead of schedule.

@soubhiville
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#aboutabook #setonisland
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

🎧 Loved this story. You‘ll laugh & cry. Listen to the author‘s note at the end for author insight.

A terrible storm kills everyone on the Island Nation except one young boy. The same storm shipwrecks a young girl in line for the throne. The boy saves the girl. They live on the deserted desert island accepting a steady stream of others who were also displaced by the storm.

The story will mean as little or as much as you give to it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My first #auldLangSpine read from@barbarajean For some reason I wasn‘t expecting the humor, but I liked it! It was a fun read! Reminded me of the style of My Lady Jane by Jodi Meadows. Also my #doublespin book for #bookspin

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@monalyisha
@BarbaraJean

Two coming of age stories set with the backdrop of an unimaginable loss, restoration after a natural disaster, a condemnation of colonialism, & a reconciliation of faith and science.

I liked this a lot. We get distinct & amazing characters I loved. A slow plot, but interesting world building. But the epilogue? I am not ashamed to say the epilogue brought me to tears. What better things are we capable of building after such loss? 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the #Nation post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #Nation!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

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Reposting for @julesG

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that next month we'll be reading #Nation! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on February 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let Jules know.

#BuddyRead

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that next month we'll be reading #Nation! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on February 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

#TBRPile 📚”The snow came down so thickly that it formed fragile snowballs in the air, which rumbled and melted as soon as they landed on the horses lined up along the dock.”

There were plot passages I found interesting but in the end I needed to bail. From the moment the “enemies” entered the story instantly fell boring for me. I just couldn‘t bring myself to read the last 100 pages to finish this.

I skipped large parts and read the last few pages of the last chapter. And I did take nothing out of either the ending nor the plot.

I liked some philosophical bits, yes, but that doesn‘t carry the whole book.

Huge balcony-reading love. 😎
☀️❤️

I started this last Sunday and after 65 pages I was reluctant to pick it back up because I felt the plot wasn‘t really moving. You know, I had understood quite well that Mau‘s world has drowned but wasn‘t too keen on observing everything he does after returning “home”.

I moved on 70 more pages today (👏🏼) and it seems, finally a story I might like evolves.

When much is taken, something is returned.

Didn't mean to wait until the anniversary to start my Nation reread, but here we are. (Also, the first thing that isn't about a creation myth is a plague? Yikes!)
#SpeakHisName

#fanfiction #notthetaggedbook

The Light Always Burning
https://archiveofourown.org/works/600968

I gave this one 85 pages to hook me, and it was amusing in places but at 85 pages it still felt like I was forcing myself to pick it up instead of enjoying it. I‘m a little bummed because it seems to be well-loved, but I guess it‘s just not my cup of tea. That‘s one book down for the #bookspinbonanza #bookspin

I‘m not sure what it is with #bookspin and hardcovers, but I always seem to end up reading big, have hardcovers from my TBR. The upshot is that reading big heavy hardcovers frees up more space on my shelves for....more books! Anyhow, Nation is the first read of my May #bookspinbonanza so gotta finish up My Dark Vanessa today and get down to business! 😀📚

#QuotsyApr20 Day 23: #Globe

I loved the way this book flowed. It shows the lives of the characters before and after a natural disasters, and the slow process of trying to see past your own culture to understand someone else's perspective. It's packed full of delightful humor as well. #diversity #colonialism #culturalappropriation #survival

Another one to check off my Michael Printz award list... I got through almost 200 pages and it just wasn‘t doing anything for me.

This falls between Pick and So-So for me, so I'm erring on the side of generosity as Sir Terry has entertained me mightily in the past. I guess I was in the mood for something more silly and funny, in keeping with Pratchett's other books I've read.

When your coming-of-age is interrupted by a tsunami, do you try to rebuild the life you had, or something better? Pratchett's satire skewers colonialism, religion (but not belief that is flexible enough to accommodate evidence), cricket, and much more.

Time for tea and tiny pies, with books.

So very Sir Terry. 😂

First Anglophiles Anonymous read for 2019. Off to a rousing, plague-filled start!
#AnglophilesAnonymous

It took me a while but I absolutely LOVED it. Kiddos will read it next

A non Discworld Terry Pratchett book. Looking forward to diving in.

Gedanken
Dieses Buch enthält einige. Ob sie zu Hause ausprobiert werden, bleibt jedem selbst überlassen!

Terry Pratchett

Hooray! I have officially lost my Terry Pratchett virginity. And I‘m thinking this book was really not the right one to start with! Such mixed feelings. While I adored the concept and the deep philosophical messages, something about it felt unpolished to me. I had trouble getting into it and much of the book failed to grasp my attention. ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

I put in a library request for a proper DiscWorld book, so I‘ll see if that‘s more to my liking!

Last chapter. What a dumb place to close the book, but I get up at 6:30, so goodnight! 🌙

Magic is just a way of saying “I don‘t know.”

Snuggled up with an electric blanket and a book and enjoying my first blizzard back in the old country! And in fact my first paid snow day as I‘ve been in California for the majority of my adult life and I was too lowly to get paid for snow days before. Wheeee!! 😃❄️ Maybe I can actually put a dent in this book today? #catsoflitsy #snowday

My one and only reading goal this year was to read a book by Terry Pratchett. As a lifelong fantasy geek, it‘s inexcusable that I‘ve never read anything by Pratchett (except for Good Omens, which only half counts). I have failed to do this, but I still have a few days left! I figured my Pratchett intro would be Discworld, but my library doesn‘t have any of the starter books, so I went with this one. No idea what it‘s about or what to expect!

Reading this to my 8 year old and loving it.

I got ANOTHER duplicate book through my Facebook book challenge meme. NATION makes three. I also added the Vegan cookies book since I am not lactose-intolerant and need more room on the cookbook shelf for my burgeoning SAVEUR magazine collection.

A day late for #setonanisland - this is the first book that came to mind for the category. This was a fantastic book- rich in questions about religion and faith (as well as ideas on colonization) explored through two very different protagonists: a South Pacific Islander- sole survivor of a wave that wiped out the other inhabitants of his home island, and a young British girl, shipwrecked on the island by the same storm. #seasonsreadings2016

#seasonsreadings2016 Day 7 #setonanisland I renember crying at the end of the book, but it was crying born of great story-telling. Thoroughly recommended.

#bookspinepoetry of a sort for #photoadaynov16 #onewordtitles.

Anonymous nation uprising
Divergent, insurgent.
Silence, thirst
Identity
Home

People all started talking at once, but something was happening. Little conversations got bigger, and then were picked up and rolled from tongue to tongue around the circle. No one stuck up their hand, there was no voting, but people don't just get a vote. They have a say.