Welcome to Litsy!

Jumping back into TPs work with this one, and it was surprisingly disappointing. I get that this was written in the late 80s, but some of the minor things here really threw me off. There was the sexualization of minors, and the PoC representation here is pretty weak and offensive.

The transitions in this were very jarring, even more than usual (he got better at them in later books.) The plot itself felt weak. The MCs bickered a lot--

Before this book I had only read (and enjoyed) the YA Tiffany Aching series by Pratchett and had a couple of false starts with his adult novels. I found this one easier to read than my earlier attempts and chuckled to myself a time or two but Pratchett remains an author I feel like I should like much more than I do. I will keep trying with couple other books on my shelves but I may have to give up eventually and admit that Pratchett isn‘t for me.

Funny jokes but I like Desth more in later books. Mort not quite so much.

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My Youngest is reading his first Pratchett, and is about halfway through. He says he's not sure if he likes the character Mort, and the book doesn't seem to have much plot, but the jokes are VERY funny. So I'm wondering where to point him to next. It's been a while since I read most of the #Discworld books. The ones about the Watch are my faves, and I seem to remember them having decent plots. 🤔 Any other suggestions?
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#AutumnPlease #Day25 #Death Terry Pratchett take on Death is brilliant. Mort becomes Deaths apprentice after failing as a farmer but after preventing the death of a Princess, he finds out that death cannot be thwarted so easily. #Scarathlon #SpookyGhostClub 6pts

After weeks of non-stop raining ☔️, we are finally getting some sunny & warm days. I spent them at the beach, on the lake and on my bike. I also started the #DiscWorld universe with the Death series, and I‘m having fun with it.

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‘… officer material …‘ 😂

…and the shopkeeper was looking at a handful of antique copper coins and wondering precisely how he came to have them.
‘How do you get all these coins?‘ asked Mort.
IN PAIRS
🤦‍♀️

Sorry to be morbid (oops - didn‘t mean that) but though this is Pratchett‘s Discworld, it‘s also about Death‘s business.

First book in the Discworld series starring the personification of Death.

He hires an apprentice—the titular Mort—mainly because someone has to take care of business while Death goes on vacation. He wants to figure out what this thing they call “enjoying life” is about.

Death isn‘t benevolent here yet, but he‘s getting there, and character growth happens on all sides.

In this book, you start really feeling Pratchett‘s style.

4.25/5

A delightful reread. I hope to get through the entire Death series, especially because I barely remember The Thief of Time.

I ordered several hardcover Terry Pratchett books from book depository before they closed. These three are for my husband (of course I'll enjoy them too). They're the first three books in the Death series. They are absolutely gorgeous! 😍

It's been far too long since the last time I read a Discworld novel, which is strange given how much I enjoy Terry Pratchett's writing. Still, it's nice to have this series to come back to again and again when my reading has hit a dead end. Death is one of my favorite characters, so I particularly enjoyed this one.

I‘m starting ‘Mort‘ for the (February 2023) LibraryThing group read of ‘Discworld: Death‘. 3 pages in and I‘m laughing out loud every 5 seconds. You want a quote … 🤗 … well, there‘s … but to put it in context … um, just read it. You won‘t regret it (not the first 3 pages, anyway).

I had to shovel the driveway and put down salt so I can hopefully get to work tomorrow and it was not what I wanted to be doing this Sunday. Now I'm in front of the fire with a book and a big cuppa Nowhere Bookshop blend tea.

I also started a Discworld re-read this year and Mort is my favourite of the ones I read so far.

#adventrecommends

Book- Mort - Discworld
Author- Jonathan Maberry
Movie/t.v. show- Magic School Bus💙
Singer or band- Mumford & Sons
Song- Maybe (Annie soundtrack)
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I've been having a lot of fun rereading the Discworld books. Death decides to take in an apprentice and tries to figure out what it means to be human. Neither of tjose things go very well 🤷‍♀️

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My first ever Discworld experience and still a favourite re read. By this #4 in the series Pratchett was really finding his way with the world he was building and the familiar voice he wrote the subsequent volumes in is richly in evidence.

Curry is life....and Death is one of my favourite Discworld characters.
#currentread

Taking a break from the biography to continue with my chronological re-read of the Discworld books with #4.

This was the first one I ever read back in January 1994 I think!

This one definitely leant further into the absurd when it comes to the scale of ridiculous happenings occurring in #discworldbooks , but I do very much enjoy the stories that feature Death as a character more prominently within the #discworldseries . Unsurprisingly, given the character, there is poignancy to the tale as well. Good read! #terrypratchett #sundayreading #sundayread #fantasybooks

Poets have tried to describe Ankh-Morpork. They have failed. Perhaps it‘s the sheer zestful vitality of the place, or maybe it‘s just that a city with a million inhabitants and no sewers is rather robust for poets, who prefer daffodils and no wonder. 👇

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 248.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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Working my way slowly through Discworld. I'd read the Tiffany Aching books a while back, so I decided to start over at the beginning. After Wee Free Men, I think this is my favorite so far. Death is a fabulous character.

#LittensDressedInBlood #Day7 #DontFearTheReaper How can you fear a reaper called Mort? I‘m a huge fan of the Discworld series and have been slowly collecting these editions. Mort is offered the job as apprentice to Death, after being assured death is not a requirement, he accepts. Then follows a hilarious & snarky novel with Mort, Death, his adopted daughter Ysabel & horse, Binky. You are sorely missed Sir Terry! #pratchettposse

Fantastic! Death is a great character!

📚 Death needs a vacation 😁 So he hires young Mort to be his apprentice.

Death ... Mort ... snicker

OK I‘m reading some of these classics for the first time & I don‘t feel qualified to review them.

I loved this book. Probably because like Death, I need a vacation.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👇🏻

What do you mean it‘s excessive to own this in hardback, paperback and kindle?

Don‘t you just love this cover though

Discworld #4 , why did I wait so long? Pratchetts sense of humor gives me the chuckles. Death likes cats , so how could he be all bad ?Death needs an apprentice, Mort is hired .While Death takes a little holiday to sample delights of humans to get a better understanding (perhaps) of why they cling to life , it is pretty clear Mort hasn‘t apprenticed enough not to make a mess of things .

Another wild #caturday night ! #catsofLitsy

I was expecting it to be funnier, but I was still very much entertained. I hate these boring kindle book covers. Again, I wish there was a category between pick and so-so.

With his own words. #speakhisname #gnuterrypratchett 🥺🥺🥺
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I‘ve seen many great quotes from and reviews of Terry Pratchett‘s books, and this met those expectations. The humor and the unique style of the language made for a fun read.

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Have another Discworld #uquiz ! Which Discworld character should you go on a date with? 🤣

https://uquiz.com/quiz/gJV6wz/what-discworld-character-should-you-go-on-a-date-w...

I‘m dipping into Discworld! “Mort” is the beginning of the series of novels that involve the character Death, whom I loved from Hogfather. He decides to take on an apprentice (Mort) who manages to screw things up pretty good on his first night going solo. Meanwhile, Death takes time off to discover “happiness”. Hilarity ensues. A fun read for troubling times. https://cannonballread.com/2021/01/mort-a-novel-of-discworld-elcicco/

“There should a word for that brief period just after waking when the mind is full of warm pink nothing. You lie there entirely empty of thought, except for a growing suspicion that heading towards you, like a sock full of damp sand in a nocturnal alleyway, are all the recollections you‘d really rather do without, and which amount to the fact that the only mitigating factor in your horrible future is the certainty that it will be quite short.”

First Terry Pratchett book, first venture into Discworld. Loved it. Mort and Death are lovely characters, Terry writes the best sentences and there‘s a lot of wit and wisdom and just plain fun.

Very fun

#3books #withaonewordtitle
Roar, Cecelia Ahern
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
Mort, Terry Pratchett

“Death: “Your should have worked out by now that everyone gets what they think is coming to them. It's so much neater that way.“

Mort: “I know, sir. But that means bad people who think they're going to some sort of paradise actually do get there. And good people who fear they're going to some kind of horrible place really suffer. It doesn't seem like justice.““

Book 36

Its a Death book, which are my second favorite after The Watch stories.

Sideways related, back in February my best friend got a dog at his local shelter whom he has named Mortimer after this book. Mort has soul piercing eyes, is mostly elbows and knees, and is appropriately black. I made a meme from Mort's shelter picture when my friend told me he was getting the dog.

The character Death takes center stage here and it was delightful. I enjoyed Death's 'mid-life crisis' and his humor is spot on. The other characters are amusing as well. This is definitely one of the highlights of the Discworld novels.

“Well, ---- me,” he said. “A ----ing wizard. I hate ----ing wizards!”

“You shouldn‘t ---- them, then,” muttered one of his henchmen, effortlessly pronouncing a row of dashes.

#dash #QuotsyApr20

While the writing was amazing and the story SO MUCH FUN, a lot of my experience with the book was ruined because the recording on Audible is HORRID. It severely needs to be updated. I really wish I had read it instead of listening.

What is March Magics? It‘s an event that I started nine years ago on my blog (as #DWJMarch) when Diana Wynne Jones passed away and many of us wanted to celebrate her wonderful stories. Then, after Terry Pratchett died in March 2015, the event expanded to become #MarchMagics and include him as well!
I‘ll be posting lots of reads and highlights and hope some of you will join in as well!

“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?”

#QuotsyFeb20 | 11: #Professional

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Read this book for #booked2020 - for a book with hat or head covering.
On the cover of my version, the character Death is wearing a cowl and a couple of other characters are wearing other "hats". ?
After the Light Fantastic, Pratchett's Discworld series definitely picks up. I am trying to read through the series in the order that is set out - I think I will get through 3/4 books a year. ?
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