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The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett is a favorite of mine. It has wonderful characters. It would come under the heading of fantasy. There are two more books after it if you enjoyed it. I'm almost done with Sabriel. My husband stole The Wee Free Men! Thanks for all the input ... different level, more of a YA series, and I actually like them even better.
The Tiffany Aching series, starting with The Wee Free Men, is superb. Enjoy! ... I went to my favorite used bookstore today looking for Drowned Wednesday. No joy finding that book, BUT I did pick up:
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Sabriel by Garth Nix
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
Shade's Children by Garth Nix
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton L ... ...
Best of Short Stories: Murder and Other Acts of Literature
Best of Audiobooks: tie between These is My Words and Wee Free Men
Best of Just for Fun: Men at Arms
Best of Cooking and Food: New Recipes from the Moosewood Restaurant
Here's a list of my best/worst from my 2nd ... ...
Best of Short Stories: Murder and Other Acts of Literature
Best of Audiobooks: tie between These is My Words and Wee Free Men
Best of Just for Fun: Men at Arms
Best of Cooking and Food: New Recipes from the Moosewood Restaurant
98. Defending Angels
99. The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life: His Own
100. The Wee Free Men
I can't comment on anything until I get some batteries for my keyboard! Takes way too long.... 180. 18. A Hat Full of Sky (reread)
181. 19. Eric
182. 20. The Wee Free Men (reread)
183. 21. Night Watch
184. 22. Wyrd Sisters (reread)
185. 23. Sent
... series (e.g. Night Watch).
Or, you might try her series that targeted at slightly younger audiences (first book The Wee Free Men); they have a slightly different "feel" to them while still having a lot of the wacky humor. The Wee Free Men? 10. Children / YA
1. The Giver by Lois Lowry
2. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
3. A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
4. Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
5. Spellbinder by Helen Stringer ... Tower by Tad Williams), but tiring of it at present. Maybe I'll just take a small trip to a juvenile Discworld as in The Wee Free Men. ... "The Glove" by Fritz Leiber, "The Grab" by Richard Laymon, and "The Hour and the Man" by Robert Barr.
15. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Another enjoyable read by Terry Pratchett! Once again, loved the humor and the adventure. It was very easy to get into and ... For fantasy, I suggest Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith all by Terry Pratchett...actually I suggest ALL books by Terry Pratchett but this short series has a female lead and it is very good. It is better if you read them in order. ... is Murder with Peacocks. And I love Terry Pratchett. Mort and Reaper Man are my all time faves, but then I love Wee Free Men too. And another vote for Wodehouse. Small Gods is a good one. I love the Wee Free Men series too. But in the discworld series I like the ones surrounding the character DEATH (like Mort and Thief of time) but the one called Reaper Man is my favorite... I just can't help laughing when I read that one. ... for the City Watch series, Equal Rites for the Witches series or, alternatively, start with the YA trilogy beginning with The Wee Free Men. ... and come back to comment properly later.
22. Tristan and Iseult - Joseph Bedier
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23. The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
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24. Dirty Little Angels Chris Tusa
(my first Member Giveaway book! working on a proper review - ... ... found that my public library is seriously laking in Terry Pratchett books. Of those mentioned above, the library only has
The Wee Free Men and Going Postal in fact it only has 12 of the Discworld series between all 9 branches! *twitches* looks like I'm going to have to hit up Amazon or a ... ... with Equal Rites). In the latter thread, the three YA Tiffany Aching books can be a starting point as well (begin with The Wee Free Men). The Rincewind books are funny too, but the first 3 were Pratchett's earliest books and not as well developed or written as later books.
Nation is ... ... Attolia, and King of Attolia are all excellent. The Hunger Games and The Giver are great YA dystopic fiction books. Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith are very good YA fantasies. A Wrinkle in Time is a great YA classic. House of the Scorpion is pretty powerful stuff. I ... I support Tad in his suggestions for starting Pratchett 100%. Probably, given some of the other books in your library, The Wee Free Men for starters, but any of those 3 should fit your tastes. I started with Guards! Guards!, loved it, and never looked back. >5: Personally, I would start with either Mort, Guards! Guards! or The Wee Free Men. You'll get different opinions from different people...the only thing in common is that you start with the beginning of one of the "subseries". Those three represent the starts of the Death, City Watch and Ti ... ... Scott - Ivanhoe
Daphne du Maurier - Don't Look Now
Connie Willis - To Say Nothing of the Dog
Terry Pratchett - The Wee Free Men
I've already noted a few favs from this year and there's still so much reading time left. Ain't life grand! :D ... MORE that I want to read. It's pretty much an obsession.
I just finished How to Be a Domestic Goddess - hated it - and The Wee Free Men as an audiobook - loved it. I'm still reading John Adams. Review for The Wee Free Men
Tiffany Aching is tired of taking care of her little brother Wentworth. But when he's kidnapped by fairies, Tiffany decides to get him back. Maybe her recent decision to become a witch will help her on this. And then there's the Nac Mac Feegles - pictsies. The ... I liked Faerie Path and I loved Conrad's Fate. I just started listening to The Wee Free Men. I'm loving it. ... Other close contenders for these spots were either the first or fifth Harry Potter book, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, a couple other Tamora Pierce books, and The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley. I think these 5 definitely have the most reads, ... I highly recommend Terry Pratchett - The wee free men, A hat full of sky, and Wintersmith are all excellent. You may also wish to look at The alchemyst by Michael Scott.
Some of the funniest books I've read are by Jack Gantos, starting with Joey Pigza swallowed the key. Andrew Cl ... Alternative start point for Terry Pratchett would be The Wee Free Men. Ibbotson books include Witch Week and Dial a Ghost. Have you tried Tamora Pierce? How about Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings? The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander? ... has it somehow been removed from the mainstream of children's books and moved into the general classics arena?
"
I know Wee Free men could certainly do with footnotes. I only recently learnt of the scottish religious group that inspired the title, let alone many of the other references that ... Finnaly done with In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower. And also Wee Free Men ... by hiding in my room. It is a child-like thing to briefly forget the real world and rediscover real joy by reading The Wee Free Men.
Reading this thread has led me to do some reflection. I don't think I've been happy for any extended period of time since middle school. I can get ... Book 3:
Wee Free Men - by Terry Pratchett
By far the best Terry Pratchett book I've read....okay, this is the only one I've read so far. But I will definately read more after having read this. So witty! Loved it! Favorite line: "Okay okay…don’t panic. No belching…and none of ya’s ... >170: Lisa, I think that chart is fairly accurate though I would agree with ronincats that you can also start with Wee Free Men.
Picking one of the "starter" books is really the only thing that helps. Which one you choose will be subject to a lot of debate: I dislike Rincewind; lunacat loves ... ... of some of his latest writing that's not dependent on earlier books for context, you might try his YA series starting with The Wee Free Men. For an overview of the books and suggested order within the threads, see
http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-gui ... ... by Ayn Rand (DONE 2/21/09)
8. False Memory by Dean Koontz (DONE 9/12/09)
9. The Illustrated Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (DONE 9/3/09)
EXTRAS:
Foul Play by Janet Evanovich (DONE 10/18/09)
Manhunt by ... ... trilogy was good, but #1 was great and #3 awesome)
4. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (hilarious)
5. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (so hilarious you might actually pee yourself)
6. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (almost anything by Gaiman is marvelous)
7. The Charwom ... > 137 Continuation of Roni's list originally posted on my thread
Message 157: ronincats Yesterday, 4:23pm
Trilogies
The Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
Pursuit of the Screamer, Circle, Crescent, Star, and Summer Fair by Ansen Dibell
The ... ... Choice and Trickster’s Queen by Tamora Pierce
Flora Segunda and Flora’s Dare by Ysabeau Wilce
Trilogies
The Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
Pursuit of the Screamer, Circle, Crescent, Star, Summer Fair by Ansen Dibell
The Ladie ... Sounds a lot like the Nac Mac Feegle. Is it The Wee Free Men? ... plus it helps to have some of the background of the Ankh-Morpork books to get the most out of it. Try Guards! Guards! or The Wee Free Men and give it another chance. ... February
2. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone January
3. Ender's Game January
4. The Wee Free Men May
5. Tarzan of the Apes March
6. Watership Down August
7. Matilda March
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of ... ... the best Pratchett of any I've read, than throw that on the list! They are YA, quick reads, and just great. The first one, The Wee Free Men, made me laugh so loud at three o'clock in the morning (I could not put it down) that I woke up the dog. (She was quite concerned.) A Hat Full of Sky is ... ... Pynchon
Imagining the Tenth Dimension - Rob Bryanton
The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
The Stranger - Albert Camus
Amerika - Franz Kafka
Den of Thieves - James B. Stewart
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
In the Sh ... the wee free men next door to 'what angels fear'. Very apt for a bunch who were kicked out of fairyland for being drunk and disorderly. ... the reign of Caspian.
However, I'd prefer the places where magic is a little fainter and hard to find. Like the Chalk in The Wee Free Men or Rois' village in Winter Rose. Places where everything seems simple and everyone would like to think so, but under the surface are hidden worlds and ... ...
I finished I was a Teenage Fairy which was another very different book that I enjoyed. I'm glad it was suggested!
For Wee Free Men I think I'll check out my son's bookfair that is coming up. I believe I saw it there once. Perhaps some of Terry Pratchett's young adult stuff? Particularly The Wee Free Men and sequels. And maybe I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak or Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. ... where to start on his books if you decide you want to go there. Quite honestly, if you don't mind YA, I'd start with Wee Free Men, but there are a lot of options...just don't start with his first book (The Color of Magic).
Something by Charles de Lint. Again, a lot of choices. Perha ... ... e:
Click by Ten Authors (which I've read and reviewed already)
I was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block
Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
... not the only one.
You bring me on to confession no.2:
I am a Terry Pratchett virgin.
(But I DO have a copy of Wee Free Men on my tbr pile that I'm looking forward to). ... hard to find the time to read. Since my last post, I finished Gregor and the Marks of Secret, Eye of the World, and Wee Free Men. All of which were good books and I look forward to reading more Robert Jordan and Terry Pratchett. I am currently reading A Game of Thrones by George R. ... ... Speaker ***
5. In the Frame ***
6. These Is My Words *****
7. Wee Free Men *****
8. James Herriot's Dog Stories *****
9. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman ***
72F.) The Wee Free Men At last! At Last!
Another incipient witch, with a lot of help from the wee free men, whom I would love to have around.
Yes, I loved it! A nice change from the Lancre witches (although they do have a cameo), Tiffany Aching and the chalk were just awesome.
73F.)Twil ... I lent a copy of the wee free men to my sister & niece to introduce them to Terry Pratchett...
They're refusing to give it back. ... have ever loved fairy tales.
Terry Pratchett Start with his YA trilogy, and go on into the Discworld if you love them. The Wee Free Men, A hat full of sky and Wintersmith make up the trilogy.
Diane Duane So you want to be a wizard is a great YA series, and I like her worldgate-monit ... ... of the World by Morna E. Gregory
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush by Colm Toibin
Shampoo Planet by Douglas Coupland
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
The Bowels of Hell by F. W. Waelti ... Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
10. Captains and the Kings
11. Jingo
12. The Naked Face
13. Maskerade
14. Wee Free Men
15. A Hat Full of Sky
16. Wintersmith
and am currently reading or rather trying to read Whats going on in there: How the brain and the mind develop ... #23 The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett -- fiction/fantasy
I love Pratchett's Discworld novels. This is the first in a series about witch-in-training Tiffany Aching. ... Journey by Tami Brady
36. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
37. Something in the Water by Trevor Baxendale
38. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
39. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
40. The Sting of the Zygons by Stephen Cole
41. You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevel ... ... Journey by Tami Brady
36. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
37. Something in the Water by Trevor Baxendale
38. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
39. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
40. The Sting of the Zygons by Stephen Cole
41. You Learn by Living by El ... The Tiffany Aching story arc would be particularly appropriate -- The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith -- a little more accessible than some of the other Discworld novels. They're written as YA, I believe. I agree with MrsLee, though: I find Discworld in general to be pretty ... ... ones to do with witches (Equal Rites, Witches Abroad, Wyrd Sisters, Carpe Jugulum, also the Tiffany Aching series (The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith)), and the portion of the Death subseries that becomes about Death and his granddaughter Susan (Hogfather... um... I ... ... Pratchett. I haven't read many of the Discworld books, though -- just Mort, The Truth and the Tiffany Aching books (The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith). I think there are other Pratchett fans around, though! ... by Pratchett. They start with Mort then Reaper Man. His young adult series is also really good. It starts with Wee Free Men. For another fun young adult book you might want to try Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, its quite smart and funny. How'd you like Maurice (and also how was The Wee Free Men)?
I tried starting The Colour of Magic and can't get past the prologue.. :(
I see you took over the Distubring Books stuff..EEE!! Thanks!!
How's school? 28. Soul Music
29. Interesting Times
30. The Wee Free Men Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith should be read in that order, preferably with the knowledge of how Lancre and the Witches function... but they don't spoil anything published later than them. Golden compass by Pullman
The Prydain chronicles by Lloyd alexander
Weirdstone Alex Garner
Wee free men, hat full of sky and Wintersmith plus Maurice and his amazing rodents and all of PTerry's bromiliads series
A few highlights anyway.
I read The Wee Free Men, and at first didn't like it as a kid. It was a hardcover that my mum bought for me. I picked it up years later, wanting to discover more of some bloke I'd never heard of (at the time) called, oddly enough, Terry Pratchett. It sounded just odd enough to fit as a Fantasy ... JF: Notes from the Midnight Driver
JF: Wee Free Men
CR: Gregor and the Marks of Secret
CR: Ptolemy's Gate
LF: Good Omens
LF: A Game of Thrones
Yes, the LF books aren't really YA, but hey, you gotta break away once in a while.
*punkypower, you are gonna love The Amazi ... Have to Coraline and Stardust by Neil Gaiman, both excellent reads. Just recently read The Wee Free Men, can't wait to read the others. Pratchett's The amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is another that comes to mind. Just love the YA fantasy, can't seem to get enough. Laters The only time dialect writing bugged me was trying to read The Wee Free Men. I got the audio version and it was great. I can barely understand Scots when they talk so writing it out just doesn't help. Other times, tho, I think it's cool. ... DEATH. I mean, he's pretty cool for a Grim Reaper. Number two is probably The Librarian and then the Nac Mac Feegles from Wee Free Men, etc.
Great question. ... Duble
Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
Eye of the World by Robert Jordan currently reading
Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett currently reading
More to come, laters
... by Alan Moorre
2. Lies, Inc. by Philip Dick
3. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
4. Gangster Conspiracy by Steve Perry
5. Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
6. With the Lightnings by David Drake
7. The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
8. J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
9. Ghost by John R ... ... valentines day present for my dad from my mom. Not too too much, considering. ;)
Twilight (Which won't touchstone, ugh)
The Wee Free Men
A Young Person's Guide to Philosophy
A journal
and a DVD of Stardust
ETA: to list books ...
First is the Tortall books, then as a second series with the + button you can add the subseries Wild Magic etc.
See Wee Free Men for what I've started with discworld
Bug:
Can't get the | to work. Gilden-fire should sort third as Book 2|exert) but it ends up before book 1, with the 2 ... ... lists.
Is this your first exposure to discoworld? if so maybe
Equal rites, mort, guards guards, wyrd sisters and wee free men would be a good place to start.
My personal top 5 favourites are:
Hogfather, the truth, thief of time fifth elephant and maybe lords and ladies ... If you're looking for a Terry Pratchett to fill in your YA section, might I suggest starting with The Wee Free Men? Those little blue men are a riot. WFM is the first in the trilogy (with A Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith finishing out the series), and they're all laugh-out-loud funny. They ... ... worth reading.
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett was my second book for the year. Having read and absolutely LOVED The Wee Free Men trilogy, I was expecting to enjoy this book from Pratchett's Discworld series. I don't know if it was because WFM was written for a younger audience or ... ...
The Truth
Thief of Time
The Last Hero
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
Night Watch
The Wee Free Men
Monstrous Regiment
A Hat Full of Sky
Going Postal
Thud!
Wintersmith
Making Money
ETA touchstones ... Funke(completed 1/15/2008)
3. Uglies by Scott Westefeld (completed 8/2/08)
4. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (completed 7/25/2008)
5. Notes from the midnight driver by Jordan Sonnenblick(completed 05/04/2008)
6. ... Several -- The Wee Free Men and the rest of that series, and a few others.
The next person needs a haircut. ...
8 Other Fiction
We
The Stolen Child
Brave New World
Candide
Water
Wild Robert
Brave New World
The Wee Free Men
8 Other Non-Fiction
The Fight for English
The Elements of Style
The Abolition of Man
Ex Libris
Talk Talk Talk
The Riddle of the C ... still can't stop . . .
The Tiffany Aching books by Terry Pratchett are fantastic - starts with The Wee Free Men As I mentioned earlier I got The Hobbit for my sister's oldest kid. I then bought the younger one Wee Free Men, plus a book called 'Discover space' for my own son; it's a wonderful book stuffed with images and pictures describing the solar system, the planets, the sun, moons, stars and galaxies. ... the Uglies series. Terry Pratchett is a lot of fun, and while some of his may be too adult for your younger readers, Wee Free Men shouldn't be. The Thread that Binds the Bones is another goodie.
Classics: All Creatures Great and Small, Nop's Trials, King of the Wind or ... ... the nominally Younger Adults discworld books -
Maurice and his amazing rodents
and the three Tiffany Aching books
Wee free men
A Hat full of Sky
and Wintersmith
I have done so recently and I really don't feel they are any more children orientated than any of his others. Yes ... 51. The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
52. A Hat Full of Sky - Terry Pratchett ... by Andrew M Butler available in hardback from 1 December 2007 and in paperback some time during December 2007.
The Illustrated Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (illustrated by Stephen Player) is available in hardback from 1 November 2007 ... from Amazon the following:-
Freak the Mightyby Rodman Philbrick
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Sepulchre by Kate Mosse ... a book in an afternoon myself, but it's a fun, light read.
You might also try Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching series: The Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith.
These are both YA fantasy series. I love The Wee Free Men and so have read A Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith, as well. I've also read a random few of the "grown-up" Discworld books, but I don't have the overwhelming desire to go and read everything he's ever written. It's one of those series that I'll get to "some day."
< ... ... is not his best, so common starting points suggestions are Equal rites or Mort, or his nominally children's version Wee Free Men. I don't suggest this though, as I feel you need some of the discworld background first.
With the exception of some of the latest books, you can pretty much ... ... best, beginning with A Wrinkle in Time.
I also love Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching series about a young witch:
The Wee Free Men
Hat Full of Sky
Wintersmith
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer is also in my favorite series list. I started with The Wee Free Men and, loving it, went on to finish the Tiffany Aching series: Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith
All wonderful. Next is Colour of Magic.
Looking forward to Good Omens. ... a friend, so i bought another copy because i felt like reading it now. and yes, in between reading terry pratchett's the wee free men 94. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
95. Forging the Sword by Hilari Bell ... is for adult audiences, his YA stuff was my introduction to his world, and it's very good. I'd definitely recommend The Wee Free Men in a list of good YA fantasy! I'm listening to Tony Robinson read Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men.
Tony's voice is gymnastic in places with doing the character's voices. Favorite Books from July:
1. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
2. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
3. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase Cornelia Funke's Inkspell, Dragon Rider Terry Pratchett writes some pretty good one's for kids such as Wee FreeMen etc 7/15/07-7/22/07:
6. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
7. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
8. Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
9. The Bone Whistle by Eva Swan ... or the members of ABBA?
Anyway,
Tonks is a good girls name (Harry Potter)
So is Tiffany (Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men)
Jane is a good name too (Two way book reference: Jane Eyre/Jane from the Tarzan books)
Panacea from the Asterix books would make for a good girl's ... ... pictures was another great.
I could go on here so I'll round off with a mention for two of his "young adult" books, The wee free men and A Hat Full of Sky.
So yeah. After the first two, they're great! :) ... by Diane Setterfield ****1/2
26. Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C Wrede and Caroline Stevermer ***1/2
27. Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett ***1/2
28. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld ****
29. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley ****1/2
30. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld ... ... fines till they were changed). That said, I would like some of those names myself, now, as an adult.
Tiffany - from The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Esmeralda (Esme) - from Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Aerin - from The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley has ... ... favorites include:
Hannah's Garden by Midori Snyder,
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare,
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett,
Fog Magic by Julia L. Sauer,
Watership Down by Richard Adams,
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud,
and ... ... bad week so did a lot of reading to take my mind off things. Finished off Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede, Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley. All lighter fare which is just what I needed. All were ... The Illustrated Wee Free Men will be available from 1 November 2007:
Synopsis
'They can tak' oour lives but they cannae tak' oour trousers!' When the Queen of Fairyland steals away Tiffany Aching's young brother, Tiffany has to do something. Helped by the Nac Mac Feegle - the thievin', ... Actually getting back to the topic at hand, I would recommend The Wee Free Men or other Tiffany Aching or Granny Weatherwax Discworld books. Pratchett really understands a witch's world view and presents it in a way Younger Self can understand. Invaluable. ... and young adult literature. My favorites include (but are not limited to): Lad: a Dog, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Wee Free Men, Fog Magic, The Silver Chair, and The Black Spaniel Mystery.
Sadly, my time for reading (and being on LibraryThing) is draining away, as summer ... ... rather than listen to a recording. If the reader doesn't appeal to me, it can ruin the book.
I am, however, listening to The Wee Free Men, because I hate trying to read dialect. The reader does a great job with both the West counties accent of Tiffany, etc. and the Nac Mac Feagle.
On to Bar ... Dude, you HAVE to start with the Discworld books!
I recommend witches abroad, reaper man, or wee free men, as they require little knowledge about the world, and don't really mention a lot of "before" knowledge. These also all have characters where, if you like them, you can read more ... ... and His Educated Rodents but I don't recall much talk about Discworld in that book. I am a big fan of YA fantasy and have The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full of Sky on my TBR pile. Thanks for the info, I look forward to more discworld novels ... Truth, Thief of Time, The Fifth Elephant, Soul Music, Jingo, and Hogfather. The young adult Discworld books The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky and Wintersmith are excellent too, well worth reading.
The Death books and Watch books tend to be my favourites overall. I'm also 14, my favorite books include: The Amulet os Samarkand, and The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud, The Wee Free Men and The Bromeliad Trilogy by Terry Pratchett, The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle, Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde, The Silver Chair ... ... colour of the spectrum. The first book is The colour of magic but not his best. Equal Rites is a better place to start. Wee Free Men is nominally a YA book, but I don't feel its any different.
Each book has a different theme - you will quickly pick up what its "about".
McCall Smith ... ... I like anything to do with native americans, even if it is in fantasy. And Terry Pratchett has done some YA novels--mainly The Wee Free Men and The Bromeliad Trilogy. ... on books that have significant thoughts on how we live and think about the world a round us.
Terry Pratchett's Wee free men and the discoworld series contian many insights.
No. 1 ladies Detective Agency by Alexander Mccall Smith also has a lot to say.
C J Cherryh ... Yes That's Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone and for my Terry pratchett out of many I'll pick Wee free men
They are both growing-up books about young children discovering they have a talent for magic, but the focus is very very different.
in HP Harry's all wow what fun can I ... For me it all started when my mother bought The Wee Free Men online. I didn't like the cover, and it was stuck on a shelf and forgotten. Eventually it was read (by me, my brother, and mother) and we all went on about how great it was so much that my Dad got Truckers, Diggers, and Wings from ... ... eclipses Lassie.
A close second would be The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud.
Third might possibly be The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, but I'd have to look over my collection to be sure. ... to finish it. What I managed to read was great, but rather sad.
Also Terry Pratchett, with The Bromeliad trilogy, The Wee Free Men, and A Hat Full of Sky. Humor and philosophy, what could be better?
Also love The Chronicles of Narnia. Wonderfully imaginative and well thought-out. ... Sorry to hear this. You might want to try the Tiffanny Aching series by Terry Pratchett starting with The wee Free Men ... On a sad note, however, one of my best freinds read Wintersmith (Their first Pratchett book ever)..... Without reading Wee Free Men or A Hat Full of Sky, meaning that they have no clue to whats going on!! GRRR!! I won't let them live it down for years!
#14 - Actually, when I read Wee Free Men it as the first time EVER that I thought "why do I read these books in english? I want to read this to my son!"
I thought it very entertaining, in a nice way. Haven't read the others, though. Still thinking about the language issue...
With books aimed ... ... see more Nac Mac Feegle. They don't have to be important, they just have to keep being there. I loves them. (I haven't read Wee Free Men yet but I am under the impression that it is more of a children's book than a Discworld novel proper... I will read it when I can find it... I really just want ... ... (all brilliant and nearly there). After that I've got Snow Crash, The Black Gryphon and A Hat full of Sky preluded by Wee free men. THEN I might allow myself to buy another book. Unless I spot Pretender which is the only thing on my automatic see it buy it list.
Go Touchstones GO! wow ... My favorite historical fiction would be The Witch of Blackbird Pond hands down!
Fantasy has many winners: The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, The Bromeliad trilogy also by Pratchett, The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle, and of ... ... them. So far I have managed to replace Eric, Good Omens, Colour of Magic, Where's My Cow?, The Art of Discworld, Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Night Watch, Going Postal, Hogfather, Thud!, Monstrous Regiment and Wintersmith.
Out of those, I have only read the first ... I have read about.... six Pratchett books but I am definitely going to read more. My first book was Wee Free Men. My favourite charachter is definetly Rimcully. He rocks!
I really liked Reaper Man, though I thought Mort was good too. No one can replace Death though... =P ... year) include:
A Certain Slant of Light
Peeps
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
Enthusiasm
The Wee Free Men and its sequel, A Hat Full of Sky ... I'm only a few pages in, but I read an excerpt a few months ago, and thought it was promising.
Finally, I gave up on The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett after 100 pages. This was my 3rd try at a Pratchett book, but for some reason, they never draw me in. Well, where do you draw the lines at "fantasy" and "children"? I thought The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchettvery good, but it's not for very small kids - it's more like 7yrs+, maybe... ... you are at all a Pratchett fan and haven't picked up any of this series, I highly recommend them. The first in the series, The Wee Free Men, made me laugh so hard I actually fell out of bed.
Haven't decided what to pick up next--I have two days left in this holiday weekend and 267 books left ... ... in-jokes that I missed.
Don't overlook the "childrens" diskworld - they are as impressive as the other works - maurice wee free hat full and the latest wintersmith are much darker than you might expect. Adults get a lot out of them too.
I've read the series pretty much in order ... ... Great awareness of the world she's created and the nature of storytelling.
HP fans might also dig Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full of Sky, the former of which was so incredibly funny I almost fell out of bed laughing. Appeals to those who enjoy Rowling's one-liners and ...
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