Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

This is a Buddy Read for Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett starting on October 22, 2025.


Happy Reading!

Reading this today, right on time I guess...

The premise of this, immediately made me think of the phenomena of a school clock creeping along when you just want class/school to end for the day...

I liked some moments, but for the most part it just slid across me like half these books do...

This seems to have a wide range of characters in it, from Death & Susan to Nanny Ogg, and others...

Full of puns and references, as usual, like Jeremy Clockson / Jeremy Clarkson (the Top Gear guy)...

I am finally starting!!!!!

This was my favorite Death book in my original read. We'll see if it can beat out Hogfather this time around.

Given how little talk there is on this thread, do you think it's just us finishing up the Discworld?

I dunno... I think Nirkatze is, but she fell behind on commenting in October... she mentioned still having some books to go back and commenting on in one of our threads recently... we lost most of the rest, since the group quieted down, I think...

Nirkatze is a few months behind, RachelG is one month behind...

Hopefully things perk back up end of December for Discworld. I definitely plan to complete the series and was going to request threads for the next 6 books next month.

I forgot this one... I will have to go back and read it.

Ahhh, a philosophical opening:

I remember yesterday," said Wen thoughtfully. "But the memory is in my head now. Was yesterday real? Or is it only the memory that is real? Truly, yesterday I was not born."

hehehe

Narilka wrote: "Hopefully things perk back up end of December for Discworld. I definitely plan to complete the series and was going to request threads for the next 6 books next month."

I'm ride or die until the end... Nirkatze usually is, too... I think right now she's waiting for the Black Friday sale to stock up on BR books and new releases we've been delaying BRs on...

If you decide to pause for a month on anything, that's on you and I'll go along with it, but this isn't a series I really struggle to read once a month...

Sounds great :) I'll enter those requests just as soon as it is December.

Timelord Iain wrote: "I dunno... I think Nirkatze is, but she fell behind on commenting in October... she mentioned still having some books to go back and commenting on in one of our threads recently... we lost most of ..."

I read this one around the proper time... bloody hell, I don't remember a thing about it though. Gah! I think it had Susan in it? Didn't stick with me.

And yeah, I'm also ride-or-die until the end. I'd like to just finish this. But I don't think I've rated any more than 3stars...

I rated a few 5 stars and a few 4, but most are solidly 3 at best for me, too...

I think maybe a couple Witches and Guards ticked up to 4... maybe the Masquerade one. But I also think that Terry Pratchet humor just doesn't hit me right.

Yes, it has Susan. The Auditors of Reality are at it again and Death needs some help.

Yeah, that sounds vaguely familiar... I believe I mostly enjoyed it while reading. Ah well. Time killed my memories, I suppose...

Nirkatze wrote: "Yeah, that sounds vaguely familiar... I believe I mostly enjoyed it while reading. Ah well. Time killed my memories, I suppose..."

Given the theme of this book, that is either deeply profound or a wild coincidence ;)

@30% I love this quote:

Susan stopped. Of course someone would be that stupid. Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DON'T TOUCH," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.

I'm enjoying the various threads. (view spoiler)[The Monks of History that make sure tomorrow actually happens! And Lu Tze the sweeper lol Lobsang has a LOT to learn but he'll be a hell of a monk at the end. There's a weight lifter on YouTube that goes around looking like a janitor and then can outlift the bro-dudes in the gym. He reminds me of this book :D It's pretty funny if you've never seen it before.

It's interesting that this is technically a Death novel but he has to sort of stay out because of The Rules and so sends in Susan. I completely forget what she makes of Jeremy, being the only other person like herself that she's going to meet that we're told about. (hide spoiler)]

Nirkatze, it's too bad you didn't remember more and could tell us how Susan's teaching style at that school holds up lol

Hm, now I vaguely remember Susan being a teacher... wasn't there a student she was trying to connect to...?

The Madam gave Susan a problem student both I think because they didn't know how to handle the student and as a kind of challenge/punitive punishment to Susan.

Yeah, I vaguely remember that... and I remember thinking that it wasn't a very realistic depiction, but whatever, plot.

what do you know?... you're just a schoolteacher ;)

If I've learned anything from kids series like Sisters Grimm, adults are evil and can just adopt children to murderers, so why not punitive student assignments?...

Timelord Iain wrote: "If I've learned anything from kids series like Sisters Grimm, adults are evil and can just adopt children to murderers, so why not punitive student assignments?..."

You don't need to have read kids series to know people can be petty/vindictive like that ;)