Having just checked back I discovered that since I started on this blog I have a woeful record when it comes to writing anything at the start of the year! Not a single post (until now) written in January of any year. I don’t think there is any particular reason for that – but it is time I broke the pattern. The other good reason for a post this month is that it completes 12 consecutive months with at least one post.
Fun
Discworld – The Next Chapter
Just yesterday I wrote about how I like to visit different “worlds” when I am reading. Last night I got to the end of the story of one of those worlds. Knowing that it was his last novel, getting to the end of Sir Terry Pratchett’s “The Shepherd’s Crown” was always going to be tinged with disappointment – not in the story itself, but because we will never know what happens next to the many characters that we have met through the Discworld series.
The Shepherd’s Crown
And so it ends….. I have started to read the last Discworld book. Glad that it includes the Nac Mac Feegle😀
Satin Island
A bit of a ‘departure’ for me – I read this only because my wife got it from the library and didn’t like it – not enough ‘story’ for her. I took a while to get into the book – it is certainly not what you might call a “page turner”. One of the reviews on Amazon describes it as “clever but empty”!! I read it to the end – was I any the wiser? Perhaps not – but it was an interesting collection of ideas – and the central character’s job title (corporate anthropologist) was intriguing. Ultimately it probably raised more questions than it answered.
Dead Souls
I’m back into the “Inspector Rebus” series. The first nine books in the series were covered in an earlier post.
This post covers the next five books I have in the series
Things That Fly
Birds, Butterflies and more – excellent photo opportunities.
This album will pop to the top of the list each time new images are added.
Terry Pratchett
Last week the world lost a unique talent when Terry Pratchett passed away.
Mrs Bradshaw’s Handbook
… to Travelling Upon the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway. A travelogue and (invaluable) guide to the routes available on the railway. Of course it is different from the novels – but still a marvellously inventive tale – although perhaps some of the jokes are a bit overplayed.
Support and Defend
More from the late Tom Clancy – except it isn’t – for me Mark Greaney is becoming unsuccessful in perpetuating the series. Shame.
The Long Mars
The series continues. Less baffling than previously – mainly because I have now decided that there is no underlying purpose to the story – it is simply two writers letting their imaginations run riot in the idea world of parallel universes. Interesting, if not always gripping.