Hoo-boy, this book was such a delight. I think it ties with The Girls at the Kingfisher Club for most entertaining reads of 2015. The story takes place in Napoleonic Era England and the magicians are in crisis due to an abnormally low supply of magic in the atmosphere. They’re already trying to conserve resources, but pretty soon, they’re going to be in deep trouble. Unfortunately, the blame for this problem is lain at the feet of Zacharias Wythe, the young Sorcerer Royal of the […]
HO HO HO.
“IT’S THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR LITTLE FACES I LIKE, said the Hogfather. ‘You mean sort of fear and awe and not knowing whether to laugh or cry or wet their pants?’ YES. NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL BELIEF.” “YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. ‘So we can believe the big ones?’ YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.” — This is my favorite Discworld book in quite some time. It’s just so good! It’s not as quippy or […]
“WORDS IN THE HEART CAN’T BE TAKEN.”
Awwwwww. I didn’t expect to feel so heartwarmed over a Discworld book, but damn if this book didn’t me feel all fuzzy inside. I’m just such a sucker for stories about, well, what this book is about. SPOILERSSS. So this is a City Watch book, and that means several things: Captain Samuel Vimes doing good deeds and being very grouchy about it, Carrot being overly literal and good at his job while everyone likes him with no effort on his part whatsoever, and the other […]
Rob Reiner should stick to directing
“IF YOU ENJOYED THE MOVIE, YOU’LL CERTAINLY ENJOY LISTENING TO ROB REINER, THE MOVIE’S DIRECTOR, READ THE BOOK.” was what the online library listing promised me. They even shouted it. They couldn’t have been more wrong. I would like to be really clear about this. I don’t want to get yelled at. This is a review for the audiobook. Very different from the movie. I love the movie. It became an instant favourite when I saw it over 20 years ago. I’ve enjoyed it many […]
Spoiler Alert: Contains no jousting atop vampiric stallions
We begin with a Page of Contents (there is no table involved) in which there is a brief synopsis of what is to come. The dilemma – do I read this and spoil the surprise? Methinks I shall skip it for now, so I might be appropriately delighted when events unfold forthwith. This book is not a book – it is a tale that is being told, a story that could be conveyed to a small, squirming child at bedtime to calm them and […]
Wherein I disagree with every single other Cannonballer who has reviewed this book
I did not love this book. The more I think about it, I’m not sure I even liked it. Was some of the writing very pretty? Yes. Was the main character likeable? Sure. But that’s about it for positives for this book, in my opinion. Obviously I’m in the minority on this, so please don’t let my…ambivalence about this book stop you from reading it. A brief summary of the plot. Agnieszka is born in a village protected by the Dragon, who is a 150 […]
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