( I feel a lot better today )

One thing I love about Pratchett's work is that he has such a way with words, he's able to describe fictional settings in a way that makes them feel real, or if not real, then vivid in such a way that someone reading might instantly realize, "Oh, I know of a place like that". I love this kind of thing ( Read more... )

Reading Wednesday

Just finished: The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, and The Son by Jo Nesbø. The Pratchett novel was a re-read for the Nth time, so let's leave it there.

As for The Son, this is one of Jo Nesbø's most recent novels, though there is another due to be released in English soon (Blood and Snow, which I won't be reading until it' ( Read more... )

Another short book this week. It's nice!

Currently reading: The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett. Still as lovely as it always was. It's nice, coming across all of the delightful little quotable parts that I've never really forgotten but are always nice to read again (and again, and again). I find myself liking Twoflower more than I used to - ( Read more... )

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Wow, I actually have something to talk about, for once. Usually I don't, because I'm the slowest reader ever, and if I put up an entry every Wednesday it would usually be the same book, but - well, anyway.

Finished reading: Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. It's a look at France during the 14th century, from a ( Read more... )

Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66I'm sure most fans on my flist have heard about it by now, but if not, there's the article ( Read more... )