One of the few advantages of such long flights as UK to New Zealand is you get plenty of time to read.
I’ve mentioned several times that I’ve struggled to find something to follow the Discworld series. Several people recommended The Dresden Files series so I went out and bought the first few books. I tried [...]
Since finishing the Discworld series* I’ve really struggled to find something else to latch on to. I’ve tried a few things, but nothing has really grabbed my attention. Being the nonliterary type I am, one of the most important factors in any book is how easy it is to read. Some of the stuff I’ve [...]
During my recent trips I read the last two books in the Discworld series…
Wintersmith – The Wintersmith (the God of winter, sort-of) falls in love with Tiffany Aching, a young witch. If Tiffany handles it badly the discworld cold be thrown into a permanent winter. The 4th in the young adults series. I got half [...]
The first 50 pages of Thud! were a real struggle for me. I love the Sam Vimes character so I was expecting this book to click instantly and it just didn’t. It starts off quite serious and there seems to be a distinct lack of humour. So I switched my mindset from expecting humour to [...]
The recent traveling as given me a chance to read some more Discworld books.
A Hat Full of Sky – Another mission for the new witch Tiffany Aching. A nice story, but like the other Young Adult Discworld books, it lacks a little edge.
Going Postal – Against his will, a conman called Moist von Lipwig becomes [...]
I’ve not been reading too much recently, but I managed to get through a few more Discworld books:
Night Watch: Vimes goes back in time and teaches a new recruit (his young self) to be a good copper. Probably my favorite book in the series so far. It has a bit of everything in it.
The Wee [...]
The recent travelling means I’ve been able to do some more Discworld reading:
The Truth: Ankh-Morpork gets its first newspaper. It’s all downhill from there on…
Thief of Time: The perfect clock is built, time stops and the world as we know it ends. Susan, Death’s Granddaughter, and the History Monks come to the rescue.
The Last Hero: [...]
I’ve just finished a couple more Discworld books.
Carpe Jugulum – Vampires from Uberwald are invited to Lancre and decide to take over. It’s up to the witches to save the day…
The Fifth Elephant – Vimes is sent to Uberwald as an ambassaor for trade negotiations, but gets caught up in a plot to destabilize the [...]
I’ve read a five more of the Discworld series.
Maskerade: The witches get involved in a Phantom of the Opera plot.
Feet of Clay : The City Watch are involved in a detective story involving Golems, men made out of clay.
Hogfather : Death takes over the role of the Hogfather and leaves his granddaughter to carry on [...]
Rock and Roll is born on Discworld in Soul Music and Rincewind frees the Counterweight Continent in Interesting Times.
Although both books are pretty good, by the standards of previous offerings I felt they were a little flat. Maybe some of that is down to the manner in which I read them. Most of the previous [...]