And so it turns out that, while the hedgehog can never be buggered, it can be baked. I am publicly breaking my vow to stop reading Discworld. Long live chalky witches!
This volume seems to contain more wisdom of life than others, although…
Mar 09, 2020shilohsmom rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
First book in the Tiffany Aching series about a young girl who has the (very great) talent to become a witch. She meets the Nac Mac Feegle, who are a clan of fighting, trouble-making pictsies who value fighting over thinking. The message…
This was the first book I've read in the Discworld universe, and I am completely hooked. I love Pratchett's prose, his cleverness, and his penchant for writing fully realized women. Thoroughly delightful.
Feb 02, 2017DBRL_KrisA rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I've only ever read two other books by Terry Pratchett - Good Omens, which he cowrote with Neil Gaiman, and the first Discworld book, The Color of Magic. I really liked Omens, but at the time, I was all about Gaiman, so (because it was not…
Dec 06, 2016Library_Liz rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
What's not to love about 6-inch-high wee blue scotsmen in kilts running through the fields with live sheep on their backs, swilling whiskey left out in the barn for them like milk in a dish for cats. Crivens me wee laddies ach how I LOVE.…
May 23, 2016busy2016 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
How can you not enjoy this book when you are dealing with the Nac Mac Feegles - the blue skinned, red haired, drinking, fighting and stealing 6-inch Scottish (scalawags the lot of them) Faeries that believe it's no good to lie unless…
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Dec 08, 2015olate rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I love this book! I think it might be better than Harry Potter, but I'm sure I'll find many who disagree. I own the larger copy with lots of pictures for my many re-reads and a paperback copy to loan out. I recently loaned it to a…
Jun 08, 2015feyfriend rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I wasn't expecting something so uniquely blended -- Celtic Myth, Monty Python and Fractured Fairy Tales in a smoothie of a read that is sweet and spicy at once, and tugs the heart strings more than once. A wonderful book.
Mar 19, 2015AgnesNutter rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Tiffany Aching is one of Terry Pratchett's greatest characters. Her books are my favourite of the discworld novels. I only wish they had been around when I was a kid!
When Tiffany's younger brother is kidnapped, she must journey through the dangerous dreamscape of Fairyland to rescue him, armed only with her wits, a bit of magic, a heavy frying pan, and a band of fiesty, blue, Scottish fairies with…
Jul 11, 2014sfogs rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Crivens! It's a grand an' jolly o' book! O' aye ye need te' read it! Whut wi' the writin' an' al'...wi' writen doon names...that's hag business..ye ken?
(You will understand if you read the book!)
Jun 01, 2013TheIronPaw rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Another thoroughly enjoyable Terry Pratchett novel - this one introduces the "Wee Free Men" ("Pictsies") who provide a continual backdrop to all the books in Pratchett's Tiffany Aching series. Despite the title however, this book is more…
Apr 18, 2013MonkeyTown rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Terry Pratchett seemed to be going through a slump for a while, but he's definitely broken out of it with this book! It made me laugh, and made me think, and made me want to share it with friends. A great read if you like comic fantasy…
Apr 28, 2012damari rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is classified as a young adult novel, but I believe it would appeal to all ages, from around 8 on up through adult.
No sooner does Tiffany Aching discover she's a witch than she must set out to rescue her little brother from an evil…
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