Holiday Spending / Discworld Progress
I'm generally a money-tight person, but yesterday I was hit by a sudden urge to go spend a lot of money (*on myself.) I won't say I regret it, since the stuff I got is pretty cool, but I haven't warmed up the old debit card like that since my idiot-spending college days.
BOOKS:
One thing I'm regretting about the Discworld series is how they're not actually a series. They're written so you can pick any one up and be okay, but they all reference other characters and stories so they're best enjoyed as a collection. You don't have the read them in order, but I set out to, and I'm finding that I'd be better off reading them in little groups out of sequence. Lspace.org has a suggestive theme map or I could keep reading them in publication order. Terry Pratchett offers his list by characters and themes as well.
DISCWORLD THEMES & CHARACTER GROUPS
Rincewind
1 The Colour of Magic
2 The Light Fantastic
5 Sourcery
9 Eric
17 Interesting Times
22 The Last Continent
(26?) The Last Hero
Troll Bridge (short story)
Science
The Science Of The Discworld
The Science Of The Discworld II - The Globe
The Science Of The Discworld III - Darwin's Watch
Witches
3 Equal Rites
6 Wyrd Sisters
12 Witches Abroad
14 Lords and Ladies
18 Maskerade
23 Carpe Jugulum
The Sea And The Little Fishes (short story)
Other Young Adult Novels (connects to witches)
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
The Wee Free Men
A Hat Full Of Sky
Wintersmith
Ancient Civilizations
7 Pyramids
13 Small Gods
Death And What Comes Next (short story)
DEATH
4 Mort
11 Reaper Man
16 Soul Music
20 Hogfather
(26?) Thief of Time
Watch
8 Guards! Guards!
15 Men at Arms
19 Feet of Clay
21 Jingo
24 The Fifth Elephant
27 Night Watch
30 Thud
Where's My Cow?
Theatre Of Cruelty (short story)
Industrial Revolution
10 Moving Pictures
25 The Truth
28 Monstrous Regiment
29 Going Postal
Ultimately, the real problem is (OMG) I have too many good books and now I have to read them all. F me.
BOOKS:
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - (The original source for the Showtime series Dexter.)
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire (Love the musical and my sister loaned me the sequel Son of a Witch to read next.)
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (Recommended by a coworker.)
- Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman (Intro to physics, which I know practically nothing about.)
- The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket (The Series of Unfortunate Events book 11)
- The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket (The Series of Unfortunate Events book 12)
- The End by Lemony Snicket (The Series of Unfortunate Events book 13)
- Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett (Discworld book 10)
- Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (Discworld book 11)
- Watercolor paint, paper, brushes, and masking fluid because I've never painted with watercolor before but plan to start.
- Stickers and papers for holiday crafts coming up.
- Various jewelers pliers and tools, bead trays, and wires since I have an earring fetish.
- Wire jig for creating my own yokes and rings for above hand-crafted jewelry fetish.
- One can never have enough rhinestones and crystals... one just runs out of things to glue them to.
One thing I'm regretting about the Discworld series is how they're not actually a series. They're written so you can pick any one up and be okay, but they all reference other characters and stories so they're best enjoyed as a collection. You don't have the read them in order, but I set out to, and I'm finding that I'd be better off reading them in little groups out of sequence. Lspace.org has a suggestive theme map or I could keep reading them in publication order. Terry Pratchett offers his list by characters and themes as well.
DISCWORLD THEMES & CHARACTER GROUPS
Rincewind
1 The Colour of Magic
2 The Light Fantastic
5 Sourcery
9 Eric
17 Interesting Times
22 The Last Continent
(26?) The Last Hero
Troll Bridge (short story)
Science
The Science Of The Discworld
The Science Of The Discworld II - The Globe
The Science Of The Discworld III - Darwin's Watch
Witches
3 Equal Rites
6 Wyrd Sisters
12 Witches Abroad
14 Lords and Ladies
18 Maskerade
23 Carpe Jugulum
The Sea And The Little Fishes (short story)
Other Young Adult Novels (connects to witches)
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
The Wee Free Men
A Hat Full Of Sky
Wintersmith
Ancient Civilizations
7 Pyramids
13 Small Gods
Death And What Comes Next (short story)
DEATH
4 Mort
11 Reaper Man
16 Soul Music
20 Hogfather
(26?) Thief of Time
Watch
8 Guards! Guards!
15 Men at Arms
19 Feet of Clay
21 Jingo
24 The Fifth Elephant
27 Night Watch
30 Thud
Where's My Cow?
Theatre Of Cruelty (short story)
Industrial Revolution
10 Moving Pictures
25 The Truth
28 Monstrous Regiment
29 Going Postal
Ultimately, the real problem is (OMG) I have too many good books and now I have to read them all. F me.