Books read this year
3. Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
2. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
1. Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
American Gods was recommended to me after I finished reading The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul as a different take on the Norse pantheon. It certainly is that. Since this is Gaiman rather than Pratchett or Adams the humor in it is of a different, more subtle kind. The book takes you all across the American landscape, which is interesting for a book with a British author. Although he says in the acknowledgements that people helped him remove unwitting anglicisms, there are still a few here and there. I did figure out some of what was going to happen before we got there, but there was a certain pleasure to it, like finding out that you did solve the puzzle correctly instead of having the story spoiled. It's a long book, but I like those and I would recommend it to anyone who has the time.
Wyrd Sisters is another Discworld novel which is a bit Hamlet, a bit Macbeth, and a few other Shakespeare references thrown in for good measure along with the regular Discworld stuff. Always a bit of fun.
2. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
1. Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
American Gods was recommended to me after I finished reading The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul as a different take on the Norse pantheon. It certainly is that. Since this is Gaiman rather than Pratchett or Adams the humor in it is of a different, more subtle kind. The book takes you all across the American landscape, which is interesting for a book with a British author. Although he says in the acknowledgements that people helped him remove unwitting anglicisms, there are still a few here and there. I did figure out some of what was going to happen before we got there, but there was a certain pleasure to it, like finding out that you did solve the puzzle correctly instead of having the story spoiled. It's a long book, but I like those and I would recommend it to anyone who has the time.
Wyrd Sisters is another Discworld novel which is a bit Hamlet, a bit Macbeth, and a few other Shakespeare references thrown in for good measure along with the regular Discworld stuff. Always a bit of fun.