How I‘m currently managing election anxiety… reading Terry Pratchett and listening to my husband and a friend play some jazz at our church (which is a voting center—it‘s a delight to hear them offering some music for voters in line!)
#ComfortReadathon
pickDiscworld discovers the unique magic of the silver screen & moving pictures. It goes about as well as you could expect. & will make you cry.
While this story is humorous, it‘s also an examination of the creation & destruction of dreams, the fine balance of solace/oblivion one can find in media. & how the real heroes are the ones that aren‘t recognized. 1 of the more bittersweet Discworld novels. & goddamn but it made me cry. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
pickReread as a part of my Discworld marathon (1 down, 40 to go!). Turns out my first read of this novel was 10 years ago, how symbolic! I enjoyed this reread tremendously. Yes, this book is indeed very chaotic, I forgot how wild a ride it is, but oh, so much fun!
pickA marvelous reread. Despite this being the third time I've read the book, I still didn't recall the source of the poison until near the reveal, which definitely adds to the experience. This book in particular does a good job of balancing the amount we're focused on Vimes investigating versus Carrot pursuing his own leads, as well as giving room for Cheery/Cheri to develop both as an individual and 1/?
pickWell there was certainly a lot of this story I did not remember! I'm maintaining my earlier conclusion regarding stories that feature the Discworld's Death, there's something so wistful about his relationship to humanity, it always makes me a little sad. One could argue that this is indeed an appropriate spooky time read, despite the Christmas/pagan winter festival vibes, due largely to Mr. Teatime's exceptionally creepy involvement. 1/?
Baby and child work as gender neutral terms, but I prefer tiny human and small human, respectively. ☺️
@DeweysReadathon
#DewesReadathon tentative #TBR - a few #ARCs and, of course, the #Discworld book.
