I agree with a the talk on LT about Pratchett. The thord book is much better than the first two. I am also sad to learn that Esk does not show up in later books. I really like her. I have the 4th book at home and I plan on reading it later this month. There were a lot of fun characters in this book. The only thing I did not like about it was there were no chapters, so I had a hard time finding places to stop reading when I needed to go back to work after lunch. That was frustrating. I kept reading and reading and got back to work 20 minutes late. Urghhh. ( )

Another fun Discworld novel. This is the first one to introduce my personal favorite character of all time, Granny Weatherwax. Eskarina, a young girl, is left a staff and power by a dying wizard, who mistakes her for an eighth son, instead of a daughter after seven boys. The problem is wizards are meant to be men, and women are meant to be witches, and nary the two shall meet. Esk is taken under the wing of Granny, they head off towards Unseen University, and much fun ensues. Four stars. ( )

As a wizard, Drum Billet knows when he will die, so he has sought out an eight son who is about to have an eight child so that he can pass his staff and his magic to another generation. There's only one problem as he hands over his power and his staff, he has neglected to check the babies' sex and passes his power onto a girl. There is only one profession acceptable for women who have magical abilities though. With a wizards magic, will she fit into a witches mould or will something break? ( )

The first Witches book. A somewhat different Granny Weatherwax than the one shown later. A nice beginning book. ( )

One of the better Terry Pratchett books. I laughed all the way through. But then, I laugh through all of his books.