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From today's Discworld Emporium's Newsletter:

THE SHEPHERD'S CROWN TURNED 10!
The final Discworld book is now a decade old. All these years later, the understandable reluctance to read it can be felt as strongly now as it did that dreadful year when Terry died, and the Shepherd's Crown was published. For many fans it has remained an unread treasure in order to hold back the end and keep the turtle moving.⬇️

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julesG With that in mind, Rob Wilkins had a few words to mark the anniversary and encourage the bravery required to finish the final chapter . . .⬇️ 1d

julesG "It‘s been ten years since the publication of The Shepherd‘s Crown, the last book Terry Pratchett completed before he died. Once the spine on this one was cracked, there were no more new Pratchetts to look forward to, and I know a lot of Discworld readers who were, understandably, with that sad reality in mind, reluctant to finish - or even start - this one because it felt like the final closing of a door.⬇️ 1d

julesG But I also know that Terry wanted his books to be read and enjoyed far more than he wanted them kept on a shelf. And as time passes it becomes ever more apparent how much the Discworld books reward re-visiting, perpetually revealing something new, literary gems Terry had hidden away for a second or third, or even more, re-read. Every Pratchett is to some degree an unread Pratchett, including the ones you‘ve already enjoyed and including ⬇️ 1d

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julesG The Shepherd‘s Crown.
So the greatest way to honour Terry‘s legacy is to pull that book you‘ve been saving off the shelf, make a nice cup of tea and settle down to read the story he wrote for you. Enjoy."

Rob Wilkins
Wiltshire, August 2025 1d

julesG @dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Jennifer3 @Fortifiedbybooks 1d

julesG @willaful @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean @AlaMich 1d

BookmarkTavern There may be no more new Pratchett books, but there will always be new ways and new times to read them all. 🩷 1d

julesG @BookmarkTavern Hear! Hear! Or should that be Ook! Ook! 🦧 15h

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Jingo (Revised) | Terry Pratchett

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This entry in the Watch series satirizes war and is notable for its development of Sam Vimes, one of Discworld's best characters. I also enjoyed the presence of the Dis-organizer, the annoying personal organizer powered by an imp.

#OokBOokClub @julesG
#52bookclub (audiobook has multiple narrators)
#gottacatchemall (Tauros: a leader character) @PuddleJumper

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PuddleJumper Those covers always creeped me out! 4d

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Night Watch | Terence David John Pratchett

#OokBOokClub

Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #NightWatch next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on October 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

julesG @dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern 2w

julesG @Jennifer3 @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean @AlaMich 2w

Bookperson96 The Discworld-series are part of my TBR. I am still new here on Litsy and wanna get to know this place first. Anyways, wishing all who participate/join on Oct. 8th an enjoyable day and lots of reading/discussion time. 1w

julesG @Bookperson96 Thank you! You may join us any time. 1w

Bookperson96 You‘re welcome. 5d

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The Fifth Elephant | Terry Pratchett

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #TheFifthElephant!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

julesG @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean @AlaMich 2w

julesG @dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Jennifer3 2w

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Jingo | Terry Pratchett

#OokBOokClub

Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the #Jingo post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

julesG @dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Jennifer3 2w

julesG @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean @alamich 2w

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Jingo (Revised) | Terry Pratchett

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Welcome to the #OokBOokClub open discussion for #Jingo feel free to discuss anything! Don't forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!

#Discworld #SirTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #PratchettPosse #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #EpicBuddyRead

julesG @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean @AlaMich 2w

julesG @dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Jennifer3 2w

kwmg40 This story felt pretty dark for a Discworld novel, even if it did contain some very funny scenes. Two aspects that I liked very much: the continuing character development of Vimes and the hilarious and intriguing Dis-organiser. 2w

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julesG @kwmg40 The Dis-Organiser was hilarious indeed. 2w

julesG Yes, the novel was darker than what we've seen so far, but it can't all be sunshine and rainbows. Not even on Discworld. I think Pratchett used the Watch novels deliberately to show the darker side of life. 2w

willaful I think this was one of his more ambitious books and it's not entirely successful. But it's full of fantastic gut-punch scenes, as well as laughs. 1w

julesG @willaful There's a lot packed into the story. This time round I noticed a lot of small things connected to history (wars, border disputes, fishing rights squabbles,...) that I didn't notice upon my first read or didn't know about back then, which make more sense to me and made the novel feel less 'unsuccessfully ambitious'. 1w

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Jingo | Terry Pratchett

“He ought to stay here, and do the best he could.

But . . . history was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”

🎯🎯🎯

#OokBOokClub

julesG

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Jingo | Terry Pratchett

“Colon looked awkward, as if the bunched underwear of the past was tangling itself in the crotch of recollection.”

😂🤣

#OokBOokClub

julesG

dabbe 😂🤩😂 2w

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BookmarkTavern

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

It‘s birthday month time! #BingoBoard #BookSpinBingo

#BookSpin book club pick #DoubleSpin It Devours

#Roll100 The Woman Who Would Be King, A Year in Provence, Final Harvest

#OokBOokClub The Fifth Elephant

#BobWhiteBuddies Mystery of the Uninvited Guest

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad The Tin Woodman of Oz

#QueerBC Island Time

#ThematicCozies Booked For Revenge

TheAromaofBooks

julieclair Happy Birthday month! Enjoy your reading! 2w

kspenmoll Happy birthday! 2w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳 Happy Birthday Month 🎂🍰📚💝. 2w

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fabulous!! Happy birthday!!! 2w

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Spinning in Time | Joselyn Ignacio

Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is ONE! Our official #DoubleSpin number is THIRTEEN!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone‘s lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card. I am NOT tagging anyone on that post!! If you want to bingo, please just check my profile for the card. This saves me having to double tag ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont‘d) everyone/keep track of who wants to bingo and who doesn‘t!!

I use the same tag list for the entire year, so if you would like to be added or removed, please just let me know. It takes me a while to tag everyone (there are a lot of you!!!) so I will add “FINISHED” to the last tag batch so you know whether or not I missed you. If I did, it was completely inadvertent. Sometimes I just spell someone‘s username wrong. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks cont'd) As always, the link to the masterpost about how this challenge works can be found on my profile or here - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge/ - and the link to the Google Form where you can track your reads for the end-of-the-year-giveaway can be found here - https://forms.gle/2TgEz5N3NLq3GyV56

Thanks for playing, everyone!! Please know that I read EVERY comment on this post but don't always ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) have time to reply to them all!! Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and for making this challenge SO much fun!!

I'm going to post the Bingo board, and then come back and start the tag list on this post. Happy reading!!!

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TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @AllDebooks @PuddleJumper @ChelseaM6010 @guinsgirlreads @OriginalCyn620 @TheSpineView @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @julieclair @Jess861 @BookNAround @Megabooks @AmyG @Suet624 @PathfinderNicole @SusanLee @JoeMo @Librarybelle 3w

TheAromaofBooks @ElizaMarie @Sace @Elizabeth2 @JackOBotts @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Zuhkeeyah @Jadams89 @wordslinger42 @LeafingThroughLife @vlwelser @Bookworm54 @peanutnine @LitsyEvents @Mollyanna @BarkingMadRead @Daisey @AnneCecilie @Bookwormjillk @JenReadsAlot 3w

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TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @Eggs @Read4life @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @merelybookish @TheBookgeekFrau @Clare-Dragonfly @CoffeeNBooks @BacklistReader @Karisimo @Sarahreadstoomuch @Allylu @MatchlessMarie @ChaoticMissAdventures @rachelsbrittain 3w

Lcsmcat My bookspin is

My Beloved World

TheAromaofBooks @RaeLovesToRead @Bklover @Sargar114 @MemoirsForMe @BarbaraJean @michellelav @tdrosebud @Larkken @ImperfectCJ @CSeydel @HeyT @Prairiegirl_reading @Caryl @Nessavamusic @BookwormAHN @AsYouWish @Caterina @Singout @AshleyHoss820 3w

TheAromaofBooks @DGRachel @willaful @kelli7990 @CoffeeK8 @majkia @BookKenz @BookishMadHatter @VeganCleopatra @Soubhiville @MallenNC @mrp27 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @aperfectmjk @Lkempf @Marmie7 @janeycanuck 3w

TheAromaofBooks @bekakins @The.Great.Catsby @Pigpen_Reads @lil1inblue @Coffeymuse @robinb @DieAReader @DogMomIrene @rabbitprincess @hissingpotatoes @LeslieO @katiekat311 @TieDyeDude @ferskner @Kristelh @Chrissyreadit @KatieB @llwheeler @hes7 3w

TheAromaofBooks @Bookbuyingaddict @Scochrane26 @triplem80 @MaleficentBookDragon @candc320 @claudiuo @booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kstadt929 @Jess861 @Librariana @Lizpixie @GinaKButler @Rachel_reads @Librariana @becliz @5280reader @gossamerchild @rockpools @LibrarianRyan 3w

TheAromaofBooks @kimmypete @Rissreads @audraelizabeth @RainyDayReading @MittenGirlPeach @julsmarshall @melissajayne @Fortifiedbybooks @aCleverDuck @galueth28 @Bookzombie @GirlNamedJesse @Aconight @Allydanielle88 @Airykah13 @beliz @Nelnjali @cewilf 3w

TheAromaofBooks @KellyHamHer @a_lunae @Kiwidragonnerd @Shanaqui @LeeRHarry @Offmybookshelf @RoyallyReading @Charityann @DrSabrinaMoldenReads

That's everyone on my tag list. If you didn't get tagged and would like to be, just let me know. Happy reading, everyone!!! 3w

Librarybelle Yay! It‘s this month‘s Nancy Drew for me and a library book selection from my teetering pile! 3w

julieclair I‘ve got Blubber and Fearless! 3w

claudiuo Thanks so much! I've landed on a SciFi book and the other one is still TBD. 3w

bookandbedandtea Yay for #BookSpin Day! Thanks Sarah! 🩷 3w

BookmarkTavern My book club‘s pick is the #BookSpin number! That‘ll be good encouragement to get to it before the meeting! 💕 3w

CSeydel Thank you! My bookspin is The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz, and Doublespin is the sequel to Mickey7,

Antimatter Blues: A Mickey7 Novel

willaful My bookspin is a book by Dorothy Bryant (probably Miss Giardino, so I can return it to my mom) and doublespin is Tom Lake, which I've really been wanting to get to! I hope I'll enjoy it as much as others here have. 2w

BarbaraJean The BookSpin fates have done it again! For the past 3-4 months, the spins have landed on a book I was going to read anyway + one I needed a little push to read. This month, BookSpin is Jingo for #OokBOokClub and DoubleSpin (tagged) is a “stretch goals” book that I threw on the list for motivation to maybe read it for my church‘s book group!

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

vlwelser I totally forgot this was happening today. Signs point to a really shitty day at work 2w

Prairiegirl_reading I didn‘t realize today was the second. I think it‘s Monday. I definitely don‘t think it‘s September so this was a happy surprise! My bookspin is If We‘re Being Honest by Cat Shook and to my delight my double spin is Stoner, especially after it came highly recommended by @TheBookHippie! 2w

TheBookHippie @Prairiegirl_reading oh yay!!! I hope you love it!! 2w

MemoirsForMe Yay! 2 more memoirs for me! 2w

Prairiegirl_reading @TheBookHippie me too!! 😊 2w

Eggs Thanks Sarah 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 2w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick A Time to Be Born, a delayed Sunday Buddy Read selection, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. 2w

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