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Book #48: Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
I love the witches best, but this book wasn't quite as good as Witches Abroad and Wyrd Sisters. Still quite entertaining. I love the bits talking about the existence of parallel worlds.
I'd say for two days that's showing remarkable restraint.
I got two books in the post earlier this week.
Witches Abroad which was a present from a friend (as she had one double)
An ARC of Dark Moon over Avalon which I want/need to get stuck into ASAP. (First, though, I should finish ...
37. (Comfort) Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
38. (Comfort) Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
... The Witches (I love these):
Equal Rites (which I mentioned above)
Wyrd Sisters
Witches Abroad
Lords and Ladies
Maskerade
Carpe Jugulum
3) Death (again, a big favourite - not just with me):
Mort
...
... blinkers on it. And it's remarkable how much of "England Your England" remains valid nearly 70 years down the line.
62) Witches Abroad keeps the Pratchett counter ticking along nicely.
... before and after where better)), but I don't know if this will work out. We'll see.
Other than that, I just finished Witches Abroad . I think that leaves my Discworld reading list at Moving Pictures, the ancillary books (Science of Discworld, etc) and any more Mr. Pratchett get to ...
... I think - or one of the first with the Guard - would that be Guards! Guards!? Or one of the first with the Witches (Witches Abroad ?). I'm also a fan of Moving Pictures (a spoof on Hollywood), the spoof on music ("music with rocks in it", but I can't remember the name of the book!), Sou ...
Witches Abroad ?
Lets post this in the right talk this time LOL.Since we share 52 books was hard to decide but I've been meaning to read Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett so thats what I picked from AHS-Wolfy
Hogfather is one of my favourites too :) Also Reaper Man and Witches Abroad .
... the Vulgar Unicorn by Robert Asprin
Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
The Black Unicorn by Terry Brooks
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
Oh my goodnes are you quick. Yes, Granny Weatherwax in Witches Abroad is right!
witches abroad ?
nope not witches abroad and wizzard is a hint;-)
it feels familiar, but I have no idea where it's from. I'll randomly go for one with witches, maybe witches abroad ?
... so I'm saving money, not spending money, right?
So added to the TBR pile for a total of 77 are: Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad ; Stephen R. Donaldson's The Illearth War; and Alexander McCall Smith's The Comfort of Saturdays.
114. 22. Children of the River
115. 23. Witches Abroad
I have just finished re-reading Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett and I am still finding new things to laugh at. Missed in all previous readings was Magrat Garlick's bout of Bali Belly which Nanny Ogg described, in a postcard to her family, as "dire rear".
I am still waiting for a parcel ...
witches abroad ?
... colour of magic and the light fantastic, death who appears in almost everything and granny weatherwax of wyrd sisters, witches abroad and equal rites all from the discworld series by terry pratchett.
rex stout's nero wolfe and archie goodwin are also amongst favorites.
i must ...
witches abroad ?
53. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
10/10
54. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
8/10
51) Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
It seemed an easy job...After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince?
...
Witches Abroad ?
Well, there's four more Witches books.
Witches Abroad ?
14: Witches Abroad by Pratchett
Loved it! The witches are always my favorite.
Or Cripple Mister Onion. (Remember Granny playing it in Witches Abroad ?)
... 3 stars
Next up for me will be The BFG. I found it this year for twenty-five cents at the used book sale. I got Witches at last year’s sale.
... Zettel's Isavalta series riff a lot on Anderson's fairy tales.
and of course Pratchett's Lancre does too - Witches abroad is possibly the most obvious.
I've not read but heard that Mercedes Lackey's non-valdemar series the Elemental Masters riffs various mythology - ...
Witches Abroad it is! Your turn, Sjoerd3000.
Witches Abroad
... mentioned in The Science of Discworld. But I'm sure that was also in one of the normal novels... maybe one with Greebo. Witches Abroad ?
... Zafon
* Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett
Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama
Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth - Grant Morr ...
... andusir06
I liked Equal Rites, although I think I liked some of the later witch-centric books more (like Maskerade and Witches Abroad ). You'll love Granny Weatherwax :)
... ratchett
5. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
6. Eric by Terry Pratchett
7. Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
8. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
9. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
... the books I haven't read, and desperately need to... so I need to stay away from bookstores.
* Small Gods
* Salt
* Witches Abroad
And that was after an hour of near-hysterical negotiations on why I didn't need $200 worth of books, but I DO need a savings account. Stupid economy is ...
... Flannery O'Connor
o 819 Not assigned or no longer used
* 820 English & Old English literatures
820 Abroad by Paul Fussell
821 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
822 Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
823 A House for Mr. Biswas ...
60. Tata, one i ja by Manula Kalicka
61. Witches abroad by Terry Pratchett
62. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Rachel - have a good reading then! It's cool you decided to buy some new books in Polish :) If you want - I may add ...
Any person interested in mooching Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett?
Immadiate "yes" for person from Europe. For the rest of the world - I would need to check the prices and then would decide. But ask :)
Any person interested in mooching Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett?
Immadiate "yes" for person from Europe. For the rest of the world - I would need to check the prices and then would decide. But ask :)
... okMooch
I'm right now in Galilea with Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal and in Disc World with Witches Abroad . And during the night time I'm moving to Poland with Tata, one i ja
... through PaperBackSwap and had to go to it right away even though The Claw of the Conciliator is waiting for me. It was Witches Abroad , great fun as a light read. Each of the strands now has its own feel to it, and while I am partial to the City Guard Strand, the Witches strand definitely ...
... and I'd like to come up with a succinct tag that gets the concept across without confusion.
I should go look at how Witches Abroad is tagged.
Any ideas?
64F.) Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
The next in this particular discworld cycle. Nanny, Granny, and Magrat tackle a far off land and try to prevent too many happily ever afters. Greebo, Nanny's cat, was really the star of this story.
I enjoyed this story a lot. I think the trick is ...
Witches abroad didn't last long. Nor did Slay-ride and my GoReviewThatBook request is another thriller Killing floor which I've just started. After this it's time for some serious Fantasy/SF I think. Maybe even LoTR.
Well, anything by Terry Pratchett, but my personal favourites being Witches Abroad , Reaper Man, Guards, Guards and Small Gods.
I still have my childhood collection of Just William books and they still make me laugh.
Robert Rankin is funny too and some bits of Ben Elton but he does ...
... nchanted.
Certain Terry Pratchett books have female leads, mainly any of the 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 ...
... reread a Just William book by Richmal Crompton.
But for more grown-up laughs I like Guards Guards, Small Gods or Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett.
Bill Bryson's Down Under and Notes from a Small Island are also good for a laugh (I love the bits where he is attacked by dogs and ...
Fave would be a toss up between Men at Arms and Witches Abroad I really cant decide between the two.
Least Fave would have to be Mort I found it really hard going. Not sure why but I did.
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
... Absurdity - done
3. Bachelors Anonymous - done
4. Leaven of Malice (audio) - done
5. Moving Pictures - done
6. Witches Abroad - done
7. Reaper Man - done
8. Pigs Have Wings - done
>24 Ooh I envy you having the whole of the discworld at your feet! I would recommend the witches books, witches abroad , lords and ladies and carpe jugulum. The hogfather is brilliant too as are the watch books and the magicians - oh they're all fantastic! I love PTerry!
... Discworld series, starting with The Colour of Magic (not particularly brilliant) most notably Hogfather and Witches Abroad (from the 'miniseries' about the witches)
Robert Holdstock The Mythago cycle
Charles de Lint Moonheart, Some place to be Flying, Moonlight ...
... tes
Mort
Sourcery
Wyrd Sisters
Pyramids
Guards! Guards!
Faust Eric
Moving Pictures
Reaper Man
Witches Abroad
Small Gods
Lords and Ladies
Men at Arms
Soul Music
Interesting Times
Maskerade
Feet of Clay
Hogfather
Jingo
The Last Co ...
I'm shocked to see I only read 4 books this month. Hmmm. Well, my favorite was easily Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad . Giggled the whole way through it, and was thrilled when it took a decidedly Cajun turn.
The answer is YES to Witches abroad and an ...eeh... maybe to The amazing Maurice and his rodents.
I think his humour can best be described as "british", and not everyone enjoys that.
... city
30. in a sunburned country
31. Q's legacy
32. one for the money
33. amazonia
34. lost horizon
35. witches
36. war of the world's murder
37. autobiography of henry VIII by margaret george
38. case histories
39. mysterious affairs at styles
40. time ...
Witches Abroad is a good witchy/fairy story one... but Guards Guards is probably the Pratchett book that I'd recommend to anyone who has never read any Discworld stuff before, mainly because it was the first one recommended to me, and certainly captured my interested.
... are, as is inevitable, a few misfires along the way, but generally nearly all of the discworld books are fantastic.
Witches Abroad is a special one for me (I read it in one evening whilst trying to ignore a really sore throat)
Night Watch is one of my favourites (I really like Vimes ...
... Within the Realms of Faerie, by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess
2. Dance Dance Dance, by Haruki Murakami
3. Witches Abroad , by Terry Pratchett
4. The Hanged Man, by Francesca Lia Block
5. The Talisman, by Stephen King and Peter Straub
... 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 been mentioned by others
Raven (Rae) - from Sunshine by Robin McK ...
... hottest and most consistent stride in the early 1990's with books like these (I haven't read these all):
Good Omens
Witches Abroad
Reaper Man
Lords and Ladies
Small Gods
Soul Music
Maskerade
There are a lot of really good books after that (Carpe Jugulm, Fifth Elephant ...
... is probably the best; that one starts with Guards! Guards!.
Other than that, the Witches subseries starts with Witches Abroad (although Granny Weatherwax shows up in Equal Rites: a novel of Discworld, which I regard as a stand-alone, although it could possibly be considered the ...
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18. Witches Abroad , by Terry Pratchett
This is my first taste of Terry Pratchett after Good Omens, his collaboration with Neil Gaiman. I was not disappointed! Witches Abroad is such an enjoyable read, filled with wit and, er, witches' wisdom. Several bits even had me ...
... Discworld forum?
If neither of the two you mentioned did it, maybe you should try something with the witches, as Witches abroad or Lords and Ladies, or maybe Small Gods, which is kind of stand alnoe?
Yay! Fresh from Witches Abroad , I just received Terry Pratchett's The Fifth Elephant today from an online seller. =)
Yay! Fresh from Witches Abroad , I just received Terry Pratchett's The Fifth Elephant today from an online seller. =)
... all the books!
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, by Douglas Adams
Witches Abroad , by Terry Pratchett - So far the only other Pratchett book I've read.
Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
Holidays On Ice, by David Sedar ...
I just finished Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad last Wednesday, and I'm going to start on Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake for my takeout reading next.
... You're welcome! I'm also interested in reading Terry Pratchett aside from Good Omens. Actually, I just started on Witches Abroad for my take-along reading, and I'm very much enjoying it so far. =)
... why Gardner used the word)
> which is duotheistic (not polytheistic).
Not in my personal experience or according to A Witches Bible Comleat .
Wiccans talk about the "Lord and Lady" but in practice we worship many deities.
> As far as I am aware, the Old English terms wicce and wicca ...
... II, edited by Robert Silverberg, last night for my bedtime reading, and have been bringing Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad along with me for take-out reading.
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 ...
... just get better and better as you go.
Absolute favorite books: The Fifth Elephant, The Truth, Interesting Times, Witches Abroad , Small Gods, and Night Watch...
I do recommend reading the books of each mini-series in order, although I agree with reading_fox that it doesn't ...
... about how *everyone* was a girl. It was a really frustrating read for me.
Contenders: For faves, I love Hogfather, Witches Abroad (because you never forget your first), and surprisingly enough, Eric. That one was the first Rincewind book I really enjoyed and I loved all the bits in ...
... in high school) and it was about midnight and I was complaining to my mother I didn't have a book to read. So she got out Witches Abroad and read me the part where Greebo eats Dracula.
I was in love.
After that, she gave me the Guards! series, and then I went back to the Witches before ...
... on mood - Small Gods, Moving Pictures, Night watch, Reaper Man, Feet of Clay (Discworld), Soul Music and Witches Abroad )
Least: Going Postal (Discworld)
*edited when I saw how weird the touchstones was! I never even got an alternative for some of them! Had to add "Discw ...
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Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
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The last one I haven't read ...
29 messages and no mention of Ronald Dahl the best twists on fairy tales.
Pratchett manages to get there to with witches abroad and wyrd sisters. Neither of which are childrens books, but very funny netherless.
Most popular: The Hobbit, 6,852 copies
100th: Witches Abroad , Terry Pratchett, 1,198 copies
10% from top (#301): An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro, 318 copies
50% (#1,524): Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Times, James R. Mellow, 9 copies
I have 684 not shared.
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... always reminds me of a story. I'm sure this isn't as an eventful story to everyone else as it is to me... My copy of Witches Abroad is very dog-eared and expanded from water damage. I was in the bad habit of keeping paperbacks in my jeans pocket at the time and happened to forget about ...
I was completely freaked when my dad read The Witches to me when I was 8 or 9. I spent the whole summer with my windows closed, afraid that a witch was going to seek me out and turn me into a mouse or worse. I think the only reason I'm not afraid of the book now is that I'm too old to be a witch's ...
... there are a few of them, but Mort, The Night Watch (more for the theme and the characters than for the story, 'tough), Witches Abroad , Small Gods, Moving Pictures... well, you see what I mean.
The newest work, like Going Postal, Monstrous Regiment and Thud! is not as good, even ...
... later I got Hogfather on a trip to London - this is still one of my all time favourite Pratchett books along with Witches Abroad .
But in general I like the Witches books the best and the Night Watch books.
Read Witches Abroad as my first Pratchett experience, then Mort, and then went back and read them more or less in the order they were published. I swear, I would marry the man. He is a satirical genius!
... Witches)
Pyramids
Guards! Guards! (Night Watch)
Eric (Rincewind)
Moving Pictures
Reaper Man (Death)
Witches Abroad (Lancre Witches)
Small Gods
Lords and Ladies (Lancre Witches)
Men at Arms (Night Watch)
Soul Music (Death)
Interesting Times (Rincewind)
Mask ...
The Witches is such a wonderful read! enjoy! i'm a big roald dahl fan and it's just a thrill and a peculiar comfort to read his crazy/beautiful children's stories. hmmm... i think i'm in the mood now for some of his revolting rhymes...
Can anyone recommend some follow-up books to Paul Fussell's 1980 Abroad or Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel? I want to begin trying to understand the big picture of how travel writing (and criticism of travel writing) has changed over time, and Fussell especially has really helped.
As ...
The kind of literary criticism I love is along the lines of Paul Fussell's Abroad , which I'm reading now. I've been meaning to read it ever since I saw it mentioned in a review of Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel, which looked beautifully packaged but not particularly deep. Fussell limits ...
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