pickI finished another one of my Pratchett aufio books. Of course I loved it. And I like the notion that Pratchett saw the folk of fairies as villians which are able to glamour humans. Well, most if them. 🧙♀️
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pickI finished another one of my Pratchett aufio books. Of course I loved it. And I like the notion that Pratchett saw the folk of fairies as villians which are able to glamour humans. Well, most if them. 🧙♀️
I caved and bought the last three books in the Witches series of Discworld, they were on sale and I have lost too much time over the last few weeks when my listening hasn‘t been engaging enough to jump to the head of my listening queue. This one has had me guffawing loudly enough that I worried I might‘ve disturbed my neighbors given the late hour.
so-soThis might come across as fairly standard Discworld fare were it not for the villains of the piece: No LOTR Legolas here, these elves are scary fuckers. I enjoy a world where elderly women are respected for the knowledge and wisdom learning things the hard way provides, but there's something intractable about Weatherwax that I don't always find endearing.
As always, I'm happy to see The Librarian feature more prominently.
The plight of involuntarily lending an ear:
"When you're a cork in someone else's stream of consciousness, all you can do is spin and bob in the eddies." ??♂️
pickI found my first Pratchett novel in our local station bookshop aged 14 or so and read the Witch books completely out of order within weeks. I enjoyed the humour and the characters but never loved L&L that much. Listening to it now in the new audio version I realized how much I missed at that age - the grief, the fear of aging, the anger and the way that those can make you stronger … loved it so much more. Also: Indira Varma‘s Sean Ogg is 😍
You can‘t say ‘if this didn‘t happen then that would have happened‘ because you don‘t know everything that might have happened. You might think something‘d be good, but for all you know it could have turned out horrible. You can‘t say ‘If only I‘d…‘ because you could be wishing for anything. The point is, you‘ll never know. You‘ve gone past. So there‘s no use thinking about it. So I don‘t.
pickI‘ve never been disappointed by a Pratchett yet, and this one is no exception! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickBook 32
I love the way he goes into the shifting of language in this one something that is awful inspires awe. And how old customs and traditions loose their meaning even as people continue to practice them.
I genuinely enjoy the relationships between the Witches. And damn if Magrat isn't a bad ass after all!
Solid Pick
pickReread. Love this book!
pickThis was the first Terry Pratchett book I read and I really enjoyed it! It made me laugh a lot. The witches were so much fun and so lovely.
Thank you so much @Tineke . This book was a great pick for the #Litsylove winterswap! ❤
So with this one being the only Terry Pratchett book I know, does anyone have a recommendation for the next one? 😀
pickThis book is very... sad on a reread. Granny Weatherwax's relationship to the state of her mind is basically too much, in light of real life events.
Anyway, I at 31 feel sad about Magrat's everything in this series, since I think this is her goodbye. I wish the people who knew her best had liked her more.
But also? The book is good! Kind of too much for me to reread anytime soon, but good!
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The thing that's striking me as sad on this reread is how little Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg know Magrat. They have just... never liked her or bothered to know her.
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Me, reading this book for the first time since middle school: Oooooohhhhh, Agnes has a crush on Diamanda.
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Magrat's whole arc is that "I -am- tired of being nice, I -do- just wanna to go apeshit" meme. #OokBOokClub
I missed last month's #OokBOokClub but I feel pretty confident that I can catch up!
I live for #terrypratchett puns 🤣🤣
I'm a little behind on this one for the #OokBOokClub but I'm gonna wrap it up soon!
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pickMy personal favourites of the Discworld series have to be the City Watch books, but the Lancre Witches come a close second. Lords and Ladies twists conventions to make the elves the bad guys, the almost-queen the heroine, and the elderly witches the voice of reason in a fun tale. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed reading Discworld! Now I just have to play catch-up with the #EpicBuddyRead of Pratchett's works!
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pickWhat a great mix of a Midsummer‘s Night Dream, and some truly nasty elves...perfect for the season, both for Halloween and the season as my summer turns swiftly to fall. And as always, I love the witches, what Pratchett tells us about ourselves, and Esme‘s always important lessons to listen to yourself and not what anybody else, or a bunch of elves, try to make you think.😉
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When the walls between worlds grows thin, watch out for what might be waiting on the other side to come through....
Don‘t think we could‘ve picked a better one for Halloween, even better since it was just luck of the schedule! #PratchettPosse #OokBOokClub
I love the play on language here...and it fits in with my #TeamStoker reading so well. @the readingmermaid
pickMagical! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Butterfly Effect versus the inertia of humans and history....Pratchett‘s view.🤔
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“That‘s no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages ‘em”. 🤔😂
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🤣 I love Pratchett‘s Witches and their headology!
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Bring on the witches! #Scarathlon #TeamStoker
Wisdom from Ponder Stibbons, Unseen University's Reader in Invisible Writings. Thoroughly enjoying another #Discworld installment.
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#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #LordsAndLadies!
Looking forward to our discussion next month!
Happy reading!
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“‘This is damn good wine,‘ she said, picking up another bottle. ‘What did you say it's called?‘ She peered at the label. ‘Chateau Maison? Chat-eau . . . that's foreign for cat's water, you know, but that's only their way, I know it ain't real cat's water. Real cat's water is sharper.‘ She hammered the cork into the bottle with the end of her knife, then stuck her finger over the neck and gave it a vigorous shaking ‘to mix the goodness in.‘”
“Many tall women accessible by stepladder across the continent had reflected how odd it was that the dwarfs, a race to whom the aforesaid art of seduction consisted in the main part of tactfully finding out what sex, underneath all that leather and chain-mail, another dwarf was, had generated someone like Casanunda.”
Art of Giamo Casanunda (the Disc‘s 2nd greatest lover (but he tries harder)) by Paul Kidby from the Discworld Imaginarium #DiscRead
pick“You make us want what we can‘t have & what you give us is worth nothing & what you take is everything & all there is left for us is the cold hillside, & emptiness, & the laughter of the elves.”
The elves of Discworld are the most genuinely frightening villains in the series so far. The witches three find themselves in the fight of their lives when a midsummer night‘s play unleashes these cruel beautiful monsters on the eve of Magrat‘s wedding.
Discworld 14 came in the #bookmail!
This one apparently has the Witches Three up against some Shakespeare-style faeries.
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
Actually, I think frogs are adorable. And I love my cat even if she is vicious!
#Frog #QuotsyApr19
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
#QuotsyApr19 | 27: #Frog
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So here's the thing. This is one of the few Terry Pratchett (Sir) Discworld novels I had not read until now. I had been saving it. In five days time I am having a hip replacement and I am definitely in need of a good laugh to conquer my nerves so Lords and Ladies to the rescue.
“After a few seconds a sense of pressure on her feet indicated that the cat Greebo had taken up his accustomed place at the end of the bed. Greebo always slept on Nanny‘s bed; the way he‘d affectionately try to claw your eyeballs out in the morning was as good as an alarm clock. But she always left a window open all night in case he wanted to go out and disembowel something, bless him.”
🤣😂🤣 🐈
I think Igor has the right idea! Tonight is for a soft blanket, snuggles, and some Sir Terry Pratchett.
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Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat Garlick, Tiffany Aching, Angua Von Überwald, Susan Sto Helit, Lady Sybil Ramkin, Cheery Longbottom, Adora Belle Dearheart and many others. Take your pick of a Discworld #strongheroine #31bookpics @howjessreads
“Shoot the dictator and prevent the war? But the dictator is merely the tip of the whole festering boil of #social pus from which dictators emerge; shoot one, and there'll be another one along in a minute.” #QuotsyAug18
pickNot quite as good as the Briggs adaptations that I‘ve read I don‘t think. But still, it‘s Pratchett and it‘s fun and funny.
