I’ve never read a Discworld book I didn’t like, and this was no exception. The witches of Lancre are personal favorites of mine and they feature heavily in this book. Terry Pratchett is always a joy: clever quips, subverted tropes, and generally a darn good time.
A laugh-out-loud and incredibly Discworld take on A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring everyone's favourite witches, Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax
'The Discworld novels have always been among the most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies' Independent
The fairies are back - but this time they don't just want your teeth.
It's Midsummer Night - no time for dreaming. Because sometimes, when there's more than one reality at play, too much dreaming can make the walls between them come tumbling down. And there's usually a damned good reason for there being walls between them in the first…
I happened upon a Stainless Steel Rat book some years ago and found it delightful, so this year I got this omnibus. These are prequel novels, so they happen chronologically before the main series, and take us through the early years of “Slippery” Jim Degriz. I love them partly because they play with genre–you don’t often encounter a sci-fi rogue–but mostly because they are wonderfully written: not especially deep, but adventurous and funny.
This book was very dark. I’ve seen it marketed as a thriller, but it doesn’t serve that role very well in my opinion–there are long sequences where the protagonist shops for an apartment, buys furniture, naps, eats pizza, etc. It wasn’t what I was expecting, but personally I enjoyed the leisurely pace. The frequent references to Swedish culture and the current events of the day made it feel like the characters were really in Sweden (only natural since the author was Swedish himself.) And the ending was pretty satisfying.
Listbeth Salander returns in the second novel in the bestselling series - 100 million copies of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series sold worldwide.
"Even more gripping and astonishing than the first . . . This novel will leave readers on the edge of their seats" Joan Smith, Sunday Times
Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her.…
When slave-girl Levila Day is sold to a city scrivener, the last thing she expects is to gain magic powers.
But her new master not only frees her and offers to teach her his trade, he bestows on her mystical ink that only she has the innate power to use. With this ink, Levila can create detailed illusions of events real or fictional--even places she's never been and people she'll never meet.
Levila doesn't know how dangerous her magic might be or how to control it. Seeking answers, Levila and her master must journey overland, braving perilous and magic-riddled lands in hopes of reaching Jhast, the distant town where dwells a half-crazed hermit priest--the only person who might have the knowledge Levila needs.
If Levila can reach him before her own power dooms her as it did her father.
