Reaper Man | 
pickSo, I went through another Discworld novel audiobook. It‘s nice listening to them being read after reading them myself years ago. I especially like the stories of Death because of their wry sense of humour. And the apocalyptic end of Reaper Man made me cry.
pickGrateful to my library, thanks to reading the Discworld books based on availability, this is the Death book I read last, which I feel is the best one at telling Death's story. Ridiculous wizard hijinx on the side, which brings levity to the poignant tone behind a lot of the truths the principal characters encounter. Moments of action and reflection. Bonus: origin story for The Death of Rats! Beware some early 90s unenlightened passages.
Found the next Terry Pratchett book I was planning on reading already on my shelf when I was rearranging some. Good thing I didn't buy another copy!
pickThe Death novels improve as they go. Death gets fired and Discworld experiences an over abundance of life force, which is not a good thing, although it is hilarious.l https://cannonballread.com/2021/01/reaper-man-a-novel-of-discworld-elcicco/
One of my favorite series is Discworld by Terry Pratchett. I‘ve been working my way through them all in order for the last few years, most of them are rereads for me. Each pretty much stands alone, and my past reading order was all over the place, whichever the library had available or whatever I found in a used bookstore or Little Free Library.
I absolutely adore my cloth bound signature series. The tagged is one of my favorites.
pickBook 37
I changed things up at this point and instead of continuing through chronologically, I swapped over to reading the Death books.
This is my favorite Death story.
"That man is a skelington."
“No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the #clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone‘s life is only the core of their actual existence.” #QuotsyDec19
“Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.” #cycle #QuotsyNov19
Snuggles from Minerva while reading make my day 🥰 #CatsofLitsy #CatwithBook #HappyCaturday
#chillingphotochallenge #scarathlon day 10 nothing more #grim than the reaper.
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#ooKboOkcluB-ers, looook who I found on YouTube! Mark Reads the Discworld series videos! I have no idea what I was initially on YouTube for or even what I was searching. Whatever that thought was about somehow led me to discovering Mark Oshiro‘s channel. From here on out I‘ll be listening to his readings to keep me on track with the #TerryPratchett #EpicBuddyRead.
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Been neglecting my Pratchett reading lately, so that's this afternoon taken care of. #Tea #LapsangSouchong
pickBook 60 of the year finished July 26, audio.
I think I already read this one this year but here I am again as I go back through the Discworld books. I really enjoy the scene at the end with the Harvest Dance.
pickFinished last month‘s #ookbookclub on Friday while offline in the Adirondacks with a friend. Loved it! Death is the best! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
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2. Haven‘t been reading much still, but our #ookbookclub read this month has been pretty fantastic so far. (tagged)
3. I‘m binging Stranger Things now for the umpteenth time. Can‘t wait for season 3!!
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pickI liked this one, death on vacation was interesting to see. I did miss the witches though, although the bumbling wizards were entertaining I missed the ladies. Looking forward to the next one.
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“Dead people walking around is unhygienic.”
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Perspective is everything!
And sadly I think only readers really understand that. 😉
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This is not the afterlife I was promised! 😂
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pickThis is a decidedly wobbly rating. After an absolutely fantastic opening there's just... less Bill Door and more Windle Poons than I want (sorry Windle, but you don't have much of a personality). My memory has expanded the Bill Door portion, providing some of the work the book doesn't do, but that ending, when the dust has settled? Full on punch in the sternum. What can the harvest hope for?
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I have decided to make an effort on this reread to distinguish the personalities of the various head wizards and so far I have determined that the Senior Wrangler sucks.
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Ah, Ridcully has been tweaked into his true form! I'm glad he gets his football team, eventually.
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I don't think about Reaper Man very often, but damn this book opens STRONG
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Anyway, next up is the next #OokBOokClub selection because I am determined to keep pace!
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This is a weekend for rereads. My brain is mush from all the work so this seems like the only viable strategy.. 📚😅
pickBook 20 of the year, finished March 2, audio
In a nutshell: Death gets fired, hijinks ensue.
I absolutely love the bit at the end with Death and Miss Flitworth. "I HAVE BROUGHT YOU CHOCOLATES. AND FLOWERS, THE KIND GIRLS LIKE. AND I HAVE ALSO BROUGHT A DIAMOND TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU."
