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    Jane's Great Re-read: Witches Abroad – Review

    04/05/2015 / 0 Comments

    Witches abroad is the third in Granny Weatherwax sequence and one of my personal favourites in a strong field. Terry Pratchett’s books are like onions there are layers. The basic plot is Magrat is left a Magic wand by one of the ramptops witches who also happens to be a fairy godmother. There is a girl in Genua who is going to a marry a prince and this being Discworld it needs to be stopped. Let me take a minute there with my proud feminist hat on and punch the air. Women fighting against the established narrative that a young girl must be wanting to marry the prince. Anyhoo, something…

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    12/11/2015

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    14/08/2024
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    Jane's Great Re-Read: Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

    11/04/2015 / 0 Comments

    Wyrd Sisters, the next in the Granny Weatherwax sequel.  This is where we get all Shakespearean as Terry Pratchett takes on the Scottish Play with a good dollup of humour at all theatre. This is where Granny comes into her own as part of the coven with Magrat the Maiden, Nanny Ogg the Mother and Granny as well the other one. This was my first Discworld Novel and as such it does feel rather much like an old friend.  There are some wonderful passages, not least the Storm that has been practising and random Andrew LLoyd Webber References.  And that’s one of the reasons I really love Terry Pratchett, the…

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    Jane's Great Re-read: Maskerade by Terry Pratchett – a review

    29/08/2015

    Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky – a Squee post.

    15/09/2017
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    Jane's Great Re-Read: Equal Rites – Review

    25/03/2015 / 0 Comments

    Another old friend to back and visit. My relationship with the Discworld novels is avid reader but not necessarily a re-reader They are novels to be inhaled and enjoyed and to laugh out loud and make others want to know just what has made you guffaw. Most folks will not send you to Equal Rites as a first port of call. The Discworld novels have various streams you can follow based on various characters. Rincewind, Death and Susan, Sam Vimes, Granny WEatherwax, Moist Von Lipwig, Tiffany Aching and there are a few true stand alones. Equal Rites is the first novel to contain Granny Weatherwax, but at this point she’s…

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    Seven Deadly Swords – Review

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    For Pterry

    12/03/2015 / 0 Comments

    I was thirteen when I read my first Terry Pratchett novel. It was Good Omens with Neil Gaiman and I loved that book as only a teenager could. I obsessed over Crowley and Aziraphale and it has been a favourite of mine for a long time. After Good Omens came the Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic which were okay but the novel that got me hooked was Wyrd Sisters. As the cauldron bubbled an archaic voice shrieked: “When shall we three meet again?!!” There was a pause. Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: “Well I can do next Tuesday.” Wyrd Sisters Over the years I…

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    21/09/2019

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    06/10/2019

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