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Loading... Wintersmithby Terry PratchettSeries: Discworld: Young Adult (4), Discworld: Tiffany Aching (3), Discworld (35)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Funny -- great wordplay. I love the talking cheese. Terry Pratchett is a remarkable writer, and Wintersmith is one of his finer books. It's quite rare to read a book that makes me laugh out loud, but this one did so numerous times. While technically a young adult book, this reads just like all the other Discworld books. The main character just happens to be 13. The witches in Pratchett's books rank as his best characters, so following TIffany and her continued growth as a witch under the guidance of the elder witches is simply delightful. The Wee Free Men complement the witches perfectly. The witches use truth in wonderful sarcasm, while the Wee Free Men use it in complete innocence. Both result in great moments. I highly recommend Wintersmith to any Pratchett fan, and to anyone who can appreciate the intelligent sarcasm and irony presented by his characters. Pratchett ranks up with the best writers ever. That's hard praise to give someone who writes fantasy, but he stands apart in the mastery of telling a story that encompasses so much more. Wintersmith yet again visits Tiffany Aching. In this book Tiffany has caught the eye of the Wintersmith, in effect the personification of winter. He goes through several romantic gestures including creating snowflakes and giant icebergs in her image. Not only this, but Winter has not lightened, months have passed under the Wintersmith's cold thumb. Will the Chalk freeze to death, or starve without Springs return? Here is where you write the names of the characters, their ages and the geoprhical loction of the settting.... write a summary of the woobkk features that you want to rmember etchhetchhethetheosthslkdjljldjslfjldjljfldfjsdljlfsdlnvlndlvdlvdnldnldvndl sldjldk vvl slddjlfjlfjslffjflsfj lslfjdlfjldfjldfjsfjdk lsdjflfjslfjlsfjlsdjlfd lsdfjfljsfldf sldfjdlfjwroworuro woreorurour w r wowureruowreu weorworu woeuroeuroiw re woor woeoruwoeru oweroeXXXXXXpaste hereHere is where you write the names of the characters, their ages and the geoprhical loction of the settting.... write a summary of the woobkk features that you want to rmember etchhetchhethetheosthslkdjljldjslfjldjljfldfjsdljlfsdlnvlndlvdlvdnldnldvndl sldjldk vvl slddjlfjlfjslffjflsfj lslfjdlfjldfjldfjsfjdk lsdjflfjslfjlsfjlsdjlfd lsdfjfljsfldf sldfjdlfjwroworuro woreorurour w r wowureruowreu weorworu woeuroeuroiw re woor woeoruwoeru oweroe no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0385609841, Hardcover)Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance — the crossover from summer to winter — she does what no one has ever done before and leaps into the dance. Into the oldest story there ever is. And draws the attention of the wintersmith himself.As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffany deal with the consequences of her actions? Even with the help of Granny Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle — the fightin’, thievin’ pictsies who are prepared to lay down their lives for their “big wee hag.” Wintersmith is the third title in an exuberant series crackling with energy and humour. It follows The Wee Free Men. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Favorite passages:
"Deep in the snow, in the middle of a windswept moorland, a small band of traveling librarians sat around their cooling stove and wondered what to burn next....The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word."
"People wanted the world to be a story, because stories had to sound right and they had to make sense. People wanted the world to make sense."
"... as always happens, and happens far too soon, the strange and wonderful becomes a memory and a memory becomes a dream. Tomorrow, it's gone." (