discworld

  • Goodreads Monday/TBR Monday hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog invites you to post about what books are on your Goodreads “to read” lists or TBR lists, the progress you have made on your current books and reading challenges, and any other bookish news! With summer officially behind us, it is time for my first update…

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  • We’re just one big happy family and, when you’ve been to a few domestic disputes, Littlebottom, I can assure you that you’ll see the resemblance. In Ankh-Morpork the times are changing faster than people’s preconceptions, leading to an explosive atmosphere in the city as various different interests and beliefs clash. Lord Vetinari falls mysteriously and suspiciously…

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  • “Ain’t no dwarfs or trolls or humans in the Watch, see,” said Colon. “Just Watchmen, see?” Book 15 in the Discworld universe, book 2 in the City Watch subseries. The City Watch is a job for real men. Or at least, that’s how it used to be. But now Lord Vetinari has declared that the…

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  • It is said that the gods play games with the lives of men. But what games, and why, and the identities of the actual pawns, and what the game is, and what the rules are – who knows? Book 8 in the Discworld universe, book 1 in the City Watch subseries. This is the story…

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  • Discworld Reading Challenge

    Have you read any Discworld novels? I have, but it’s been ages by now, so I’ve decided it’s time to dive back in. I’m going to read the books by subseries rather than chronologically, starting with the City Watch series.  There are 41 Discworld books. If I read one per month, it will take me…

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  • Steal five dollars and you were a petty thief. Steal thousands of dollars and you were either a government or a hero. In honour of Terry Pratchett Day, I’m reviewing Going Postal, one of my favourite Terry Pratchett novels, featuring one of my favourite Discworld characters, Moist von Lipwig. Moist is a career criminal, but…

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