Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Why Did I Wait So Long to Read Terry Pratchett?

Mort by Terry Pratchett

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I finally decided to dip my toes in the Discworld series and after looking up some good entry points, I decided to start with the Death subseries. The novel mainly follows the character of Mort, a young man with no apparent career skills, whom Death chooses to be his apprentice. Mort finds it difficult to accept it when certain people are about to die, especially if it seems to be in an unfair way, which leads to a messy situation the first time he is […]

Multiversal Witches Livin’ Their Best Lives

Lords and Ladies (Discworld #14, Witches #4) by Terry Pratchett

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I’m not quite sure how to write a review – or even a sort of review – for a book that’s had ::checks notes:: upwords of fifty gajillion reviews written about it like Lords and Ladies has. I mean, I know a philosopher who writes serious philosophy books about Discworld and short of that sort of literary analysis style writing or some Dear Diary about it I’m not quite sure what I could possibly add. And I know that because I wrote at least 300 words […]

“WHERE’S MY COW? ARE YOU MY COW?”

Thud! (Discworld, #34) by Terry Pratchett

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This was almost five stars for me, and might very well get bumped up on eventual re-read, but for now it’s holding steady at 4.5 stars, rounded down. It didn’t quite reach the level of profound delightment that I need in order to give a Discworld book five stars. Mostly what I feel right now as I type this review is sad that this was my last brand new City Watch book, which has been my favorite of the Discworld sub-series. And I am very […]

This Discworld book has been recommended for D&D players so I finally checked it out.

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

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Nearly twenty years ago I gave Pratchett’s Discworld books a chance.  I had a long commute and been gifted audiobooks of the first few books in the series.  I listened to about the first three books and then decided they weren’t for me.  They felt gimmicky with a focus on clever ways of saying modern things without using current words.  For some reason, calling popcorn ‘banged grains’ sticks out in my memory as an example.  But over the years I kept seeing the devotion readers […]

“I commend my soul to any god that can find it.”

Going Postal (Discworld, #33) by Terry Pratchett

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Why I always gotta review these five-star Terry Pratchett books??? Unlike with a lot of Pratchett books I give five stars to, I can’t really justify this one with much of a deeper meaning. I just had a really good time with it, and the premise and main character really tickled me. Our “hero” is Moist Von Lipwig, a con man and thief who starts the novel being hanged for his crimes. He manages to survive the hanging, and the tyrannical Lord Vetinari offers him […]

“Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant ‘idiot’.”

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

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Cannonball Read Bingo Square: Series Setting foot inside Terry Pratchett’s Discworld has been a goal of mine, but I have (and continue to feel) intimidated by the undertaking. From my understanding, you can start wherever because although the books are all in the same universe, there aren’t traditional sequels or one linear arc to the story, so they don’t have to be read in a particular order. For some people, that would be freeing, but I find the power of limitless choice overwhelming; I prefer […]



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