Welcome to Litsy!

Thanks for the tag, @kspenmoll

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1) being disturbed every other paragraph, sticky book covers, smelly/grubby/very used library books, books whose spine I have to crack to be able to read them

2) a signed edition of my favourite Pratchett book, tagged

When your outfit matches the book you're reading...
Even without knowing the play Macbeth, (though I caught the Hamlet flavour) this is still an awesome, fun read, with Terry Pratchett's uncanny ability to include solemn moments and important asides amongst the humour and shenanigans. It's that last reveal that got me! 🤭 Read the guest intro last and enjoyed it too!

"The wind howled."

Short and sweet! ?

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Taking a break from Towles for some absurdity and fun (with underlying social commentary!) today.

I may have had a little splurge on 99p Kindle books but then again why shouldn't I have them?

#Booklovers #BookNerds #LibraryMouse #InkDrinker #ReadersLiveAThousandLives
#BookNerdsUnite #BookWitch #BookGeek #Reader #ReadABook #LostInABook #SundayReadersClub #Tea #Books #BookLover #WeekendReads #ReadThisBook #JustOneMoreChapter #LetMeRead #GreatReads #MIAB #ProfessionalBookworm #LostInABook

Need Mr. Pratchett to bring laughter back. This week has been rough.

A great hamlet spoof set in Pratchett‘s Discworld

Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author

1) witches (in the sense: witches = natural magic; wizards = studied magic - - - either can be either gender)
2) Wyrd Sisters - I love Pratchett's witches.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

How about you, @LauraBeth @ozma.of.oz @DGRachel?

Another charming discworld book! I love the witch characters!

Reread to check how rude the Hedgehog Song is before I let 11yo loose with my box of Pratchett‘s. Read on Libby.

This is my first Discworld novel, chosen on the recommendation of a friend, and I really loved it! I‘ll have to read more, for sure!

‘I hate cats.‘
Death‘s face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red for an instant.
I SEE, he said. The tone suggested that death was too good for cat-haters.

My second discworld book, loved it. Terry builds the best sentences and the most wonderful characters. Can‘t wait to find more Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax adventures!

Granny Weatherwax is one of my favourite Discworld characters and this is a riff of my favourite Shakespeare play. ‘Nuff said!

“Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.”

#Halloween has #witches, right?

Happy Halloween!

#QuotsyOct20 @TK-421

Opening day is here!!! @quietjenn your package is fabulous!!🤩 The wrapping is gorgeous. I can see you put a lot of thought and care into this! The Craft pin and the tote are so cool and your book selections are on point!! I love everything!! Thank you so much!!
🖤🧡🎃🧡🖤
@wanderinglynn That you for hosting!!
#hhs #hauntedhallowswap

Thanks for the tag @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick !
1. I like chocolates... and have a weakness for Almond Joy
2. I don‘t watch horror... I am voting for current news
3. “THERE IS NO JUSTICE. THERE IS JUST ME.” -Death - From #terrypratchett
#ThoughtfulThursday

Want to play, @obviateit , to celebrate being back?

For me, this is the book where Pratchett established a concrete tone of voice and the series took off. The previous books showed hints of it but could not fully combine his humour with the plot.
In this one, he weaves in the subject of how words matter and how history is written.

I love Nanny Ogg. Always makes me cry with laughter. Do you remember verse no. 50 of „The Hedgehog Can Never be Buggered at All“? 😜🤗😜 #discworld

On my way back to Switzerland and taking @Heideschrampf ‘s advice. Listening to the audiobook of Wyrd Sisters, which was actually the first Discworld novel I bought almost 20 years ago. 🤗
#gnuterrypratchett #speakhisname #terrypratchett #discworld

Two busy days put me behind. In honor of #NursesDay I'm posting books lent to me by my friend who's a nurse and an all around awesome person.
#MagicalMay @Eggs

Remembering Terry today. He has been gone for five years now, I still read a discworld novel every month or so. Just referred to the Wyrd Sister as a pop culture version of Macbeth in my English lessons.
#gnuterrypratchett #terrypratchett #speakhisname #discworld

Started on WYRD SISTER and I love it!!!!!!!!!😍😍😍
I think I love the witches the most of all The Discworld characters!

“We got the #spell exactly right. Except for the ingredients. And most of the poetry. And it probably wasn‘t the right time. And Gytha took most of it home for the cat, which couldn‘t of been proper.” #QuotsyOct19

#ChillingPhotoChallenge for yesterday!

Oct 22: Green
Status: hardcover and read! I love the witches!

#Scarathlon
#TeamStoker

I‘m Magrat Garlick! It‘s time for all the witches! 🧙🏻‍♀️

https://bookriot.com/2018/09/07/quiz-which-discworld-witch-are-you/

#whichcharacterareyou @bookriot #bookriotquiz

Nothing like a Sir PTerry reread to brighten up one‘s week

I spent some time at my local library after my shift today, and I found some great options for all the #Scarathlon events. 4/6 of these are directly related to Halloween, and the remaining 2 fall within the #TeamSlaughter themes! 👻🎃☠️

#OctoberTBR #OctoberStack #ScarathlonTBR

Husband did alright 😍 #birthdayswag

“This cat, on the other hand, was its own animal. All cats give that #impression, of course, but instead of the mindless animal self-absorption that passes for secret wisdom in the creatures, Greebo radiated genuine intelligence. He also radiated a smell that would have knocked over a wall and caused sinus trouble in a dead fox.” Paul Kidby illustration. #QuotsyJuly19

“Destiny was funny stuff, he knew. You couldn‘t trust it. Often you couldn‘t even see it. Just when you knew you had it cornered, it turned out to be something else—coincidence, maybe, or providence. You barred the door against it, and it was standing behind you. Then just when you thought you had it nailed down it walked away with the hammer.” #destiny #QuotsyJuly19

Apparently books make very good pillows! 😍😻📚💕 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten

#notimeforcathaters

#friyayintro @howjessreads

2) reaching all my #BFC goals
3) Indian - great variety
4) had two, they died in a fire around Christmas 15 years ago

#hellothursday @wanderinglynn

1) favourite at the moment, the pin I got from @Mitch. I wear it nearly every day.
2) my witch, which is covering up a previous witch tattoo. Both inspired by my love for Esme Weatherwax ? (tagged book)
3) a scarf with the text of a book on
4) bookmarks
5) no preferences, I like @BookishMarginalia's "goes postal" swaps

“There are thousands of good reasons why magic doesn‘t rule the world. They‘re called witches and wizards, Magrat reflected...It was probably some wonderful organization on the part of Nature to protect itself. It saw to it that everyone with any magical talent was about as ready to cooperate as a she-bear with toothache, so all that dangerous power was safely dissipated as random bickering and rivalry.” #rival #QuotsyMar19

I just saw this on FB. Looks like only the three will be released in this format for now. What do you think of these covers Pratchett fans? I don‘t care for them myself. Here are the preorder links:

📙 https://bit.ly/2udCjJX
📘 https://bit.ly/2UE1Ibz
📗 https://bit.ly/2HzXvlA

#PratchettsPosse #OokBOokClub

“The storm was really giving it everything it had. This was its big chance...Now an opening in the #weather had given it an opportunity to strut its hour, and it was building up its role in the hope of being spotted by one of the big climates.” #QuotsyFeb19

This was a slow burn at first, but by the end I found it to be one of the more amusing of the Discworld series. Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg are charmingly eccentric and the plot was just fun once it got going. A lot of the humor put me very much in the mind of Monty Python, and Shakespeare references are obviously always going to be my cup of tea. A fun time.

Finished last night. Despite the entertaining toying with Macbeth, this book just doesn‘t work for a really long time. It took me two tries to get through that. At some point the scene shifts, or maybe it was just the orangutan librarian swinging life back in, anyway that charm unique to Discworld kicked in and suddenly it‘s a great book, or a great ending to a not-great read, or something. Thanks @jmofo for motivating my 2nd try.

“But milk jugs don‘t just drop out of the sky,” said Tomjon, demonstrating the astonishing human art of denying the obvious.

——

It‘s taken almost two hundred pages, but the book does find that Discworld charm.

#audiocooking @Graywacke I am so glad Weatherwax is in this book. The bit about her having to do the facts of life talk was classic.
#24B42019
1:29 and counting

Ok, @jmofo , finally starting my first Pratchett in years. I‘m imagining him sitting in the corner watching me, both smiling and shaking his head.

“I hate cats."
Death's face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The #blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red for an instant.
"I SEE," he said. The tone suggested that death was too good for cat haters. "YOU LIKE GREAT BIG DOGS, I IMAGINE.” #QuotsyDec18 image: Paul Kidby

“Humans had built a world inside the world, which reflected it in pretty much the same way as a drop of water reflected the landscape....Inside this little world they had taken pains to put all the things you might think they would want to escape from — hatred, fear, tyranny, and so forth. Death was intrigued. They thought they wanted to be taken out of themselves, and every art humans dreamt up took them further in...” #theater #QuotsyNov18

Y'all, my sister joined Litsy today! @AmCow needs Litsy friends!

Amber, some of my favorites to follow are @ErinSueG @WhiskeyMistress @Kayla.Adriena @TheReadingMermaid @MinDea @UnidragonFrag @CaliforniaCay and so many more, I know I'm leaving tons out!

The only book I finished on vacation! This was my second Pratchett, and I loved it!

A brief "wossname" of the plot? Macbeth and the power of words. A very powerful story with plenty of witty, caustic humor.

Double Double Toil and Trouble,
Mix the cauldron and watch it bubble....??

#ShakespeareReadAlong
#ookBOokClub