Mort
Terry Pratchett
It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A'Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is...
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Finished The Colour Of Magic by Terry Pratchett loved the start of it, the chapter with the same name was really good and I wish that the whole book could have been on that. Slowly lost interest when we got to the stories of the dryads and the dragon riders etc. Also holy exposition Batman, you don't need to tell me 10 times about Rincewind's issues with magic.
Started Mort by Terry Pratchett and The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett I have this thing that I need to read in publication order but I didn't have the Light Fantastic on hand and wanted to read more in the series so I was forced to start mort to then start another book when it arrived.
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Had a pretty good book-week:
First of I finished The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas. Without a doubt the best classic book I've ever read. Completely blew me away. Everyone should read this book in their life.
Also read Mort, by Terry Pratchett. I liked the first 3 Discworld novels before but this is the first where it really clicked for me and I started loving every bit of the story. Will definitely continue reading the series now.
3rd book I read was The Matlock Paper, by Robert Ludlum. A bland spy novel, don't have many good things to say about it. Written in the 70's and it really shows. Very dated.
And finally I read the illustrated edition of The Chamber of Secrets, by J.K Rowling. Chamber has always been my least favorite HP book but with this new illustrated edition I enjoyed it more than the previous times. The illustrations really add to the story in my opinion.
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I finished Mort, by Terry Pratchett. Slowly working my way through the Discworld books. My plan was to read them in publication order, but after reading Mort I think I'm going to abandon my plan and read all the Death books and then pick up where I was.
I started Beartown, by Fredrik Backman. I like that this seems like a darker book than the other two I've read (A man called Ove and My grandmother aksed me to tell you she's sorry (or whatever the title is in English)).
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Finished:
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
- Revisted this one from my middle school years. I read an article about this that brought back some vivid memories of particular scenes, brought it up to my little brother and it turns out the boyo never read it. I've been trying to get him to read more, and this is probably the most perfect timing, so I got it for both of us. A great read the second time around.
Starting:
Mort, by Terry Prachett
- This will actually be another re-read for me, but I'm continuing the trend of pulling books I remember from 5 years ago and reading them at the same time with my little bro. (I'm thinking of alternating between serious books and more light hearted ones for the summer.) I remember loving how Death was written and I'm curious to see how it holds up.
What We Were Promised, by Lucy Tan
- Hopefully I can find a copy at the library (or some way), but this really intrigues me.
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I just started Mort, by Terry Pratchett and so far I think it's hilarious! This is my second Discworld read.
I just finished the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. Trying to make sense of the events that occurred in it is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle from the backside and finding out you're missing pieces. I feel like I'm missing something important, but hell, so do most of the characters in the novel. (especially Toru) Despite this, when I turn the puzzle over and stand back, a terrifying image emerges.