2023 February
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The Truth is Discworld book 25. Finished reading this last night! I bought this back in 2019, and it's the last physical Discworld book I have that I hadn't read yet. It was a fun read about the establishment of the free press in Ankh-Morpork, coinciding with a conspiracy to oust the city's leadership. Plays out as a sort of crime/mystery thriller, except told from the PoV of an accidental investigative journalist. While this isn't actually one of the City Watch books (my favorite Discworld subseries), many of the City Watch do appear as supporting cast. And it's a bit
2022 September
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Maskerade is Discworld book no. 18, from the Witches subseries. Took me a couple of weeks to get through this one, on and off. It's a combination murder mystery/investigation and parody of opera-related tropes. The exploits and schemes of Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg are always welcome, but I would have probably appreciated this more if I was into the Phantom of the Opera. Not my favorite of the series. After this one, I only have one more physical Discworld book I haven't read. (Which implies it's time to look for some more...) Side note: I really like this particular
2022 April
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Today is Easter Sunday, if you celebrate that kind of thing. It's kind of a good time to start afresh. And maybe also to remember we are already three and a half months into this year, the third of the pandemic. A Quote 'We're all just people.' Nanny blew a cloud of blue smoke at the chimney. 'Everyone's just people.' -- Terry Pratchett in Wyrd Sisters This one felt really poignant to me for some reason. The World Putin's invasion of Ukraine is now in its 8th week. Ukraine has managed to sink a Russian warship. PH/Politics: A bunch of
2022 March
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"Why did he have to go to prison?" "We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they're elected. Don't you?" "Why?" "It saves time." I had a physical copy of this book and started it maybe 2 or 3 years ago and put it down somewhere and forgot to pick it back up again until last week. (Not sure when I bought it, I didn't own it in 2016.) Luckily I had a bookmark telling me where I had stopped and was surprisingly able to pick up where I left all with only a little confusion. Finished it
2021 April
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So after reading Neuromancer last month, I was looking for a bit of lighter fare, so I decided to work on some Discworld books and started with the first book of the City Watch subseries, Guards! Guards!. I was already quite a bit in when I was like "why does all of this seem so familiar? Are Discworld books really so same-y that it feels like I've read this before?" The good news is that it wasn't true, Discworld books aren't super-samey; I have read it before, way back in 2016 in fact. And I also found out that I
2019 October
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"The price for being the best is always having to be the best" - nanny ogg, lords and ladies
Quoted dhh's tweet:Remember when “working real hard” had a goal? Like getting out of a shitty situation, so you could stop wearing yourself thin. Now the prize for “working real hard” and making it big is that you get to “work real hard” forever. Hustle culture sucks.
2016 December
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2016 Reading Challenge, 29/52: Guards, Guards by Terry Pratchett
2016 August
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Could have sworn I also had a copy of Colour of Magic and Lords and Ladies, but these were the only ones I found... I wonder if I should collect them all lol #discworld
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Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett My rating: 4 of 5 stars I bought a used copy of this book a while back and finally decided to read it, it wasn't particularly long. I'd found however, that I'd already read it before lol. Anyway, I still managed to read through it a second time, it was pretty good. I like the Discworld books, they're ridiculous, popcorn fantasy reads, and this one was no exception. However I do believe I should now track which ones I've actually read... View all my reviews
2014 April
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This week's book was Mort (from the Discworld series). I've read the first few Discworld books, and some of the random later ones, but I figured I should start reading them in order and maybe I'll be finished sometime before I die if Pratchett slows down a bit. I also have a couple of unread physical books in the series, but they're a bit ahead of the sequence. The Discworld books are quick reads anyway (I finished Mort in around three hours while doing other stuff), so it shouldn't take too long, hopefully...
2006 May
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Sometimes it's frightening to consider the existent of how much popular culture consumes our time. Most weekends I usually manage to reserve some time for some sort of learning, but over the last 48 hours, aside from work, my time has been swallowed by: Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett Episode 21 of Smallville Season 5 Episodes 18 and 19 of Simpsons Season 17 8 hours of Suikoden V gameplay ... and probably 2-3 odd hours of watching random cartoons or wrestling on TV Hmm... I forgot to watch a movie though. At least I'm not a complete TV zombie...
2006 March
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Books I've finished reading in the past few months: Rapid Development by Steve McConnell -- I was browsing through my company's small library of development books and found this little gem among the usual language-specific tomes. A bit old, but I know from Code Complete that Steve McConnell really hits in the mark with regard to software best practices. This book is aimed mainly at technical leads — coincidentally, that was my role at the time. I picked up a lot of good ideas, hopefully I can start to make some interesting changes in the place I work at. Pragmatic