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Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #Snuff next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on January 8th! Woohoo!
If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!
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Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #Snuff next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on January 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
#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #WheresMyCow #TheWorldOfPoo #MinutesOfTheMeeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts (in Blink of the Screen)!
Looking forward to our discussion next month!
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Happy reading!
Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the #Thud 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!
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Welcome to the #OokBOokClub open discussion for #Thud feel free to discuss anything! Don't forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!
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"War, Nobby. Huh! What is it good for?" he said.
"Dunno, Sarge. Freeing slaves, maybe?"
"Absol—well, okay."
"Defending yourself against a totalitarian aggressor?"
"All right, I'll grant you that, but—“
"Saving civilization from a horde of—“
"It doesn't do any good in the long run is what I'm saying, Nobby, if you'd listen for five seconds together," said Fred Colon sharply.
"Yeah, but in the long run, what does, Sarge?"
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pickAn old feud is ramping up again when a dwarf is found murdered, & the trolls are accused. It‘s up to Vimes & the Watch to investigate & solve this crime before war breaks out.
The parallels between trolls/dwarfs & Sally/Angua play off so well against each other. This is also my favorite Vimes story as he battles his anger/darkness. & his dedication to 6 o‘clock hit much harder, as I had a tradition of reading to my nibling during COVID.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
pick#doublespin Moist von Lipwig is one of my favourite Discworld characters. This book is smart - really wry look at the world of finance.
“But the grannies, oh, the grannies... It had almost been cheating, putting them on the parapet with a megaphone during the lulls: ‘I knows you're out there, our Ron! This is your Nan! You climb up one more time and you'll feel the back of my hand! Our Rita sends her love and wants you to hurry home. Grandpa is feeling a lot better with the new ointment! Now stop being a silly boy!‘”
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“One thing Vimes was learning fast was the natural vindictiveness of old ladies, who had no sense of fair play when it came to fighting soldiers; give a granny a spear and a hole to jab it through, and young men on the other side were in big trouble.”
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