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"its eyes were the size of very large eyes" got me last time & it CERTAINLY got me this time lmao

i always forget these books have no chapters lol so i just have to pick a random scene break to pause. anyway discworld is so fun

ngl i pulled this up here & was SHOCKED to see it marked read with a fully typed up review lmao, idr reading this one at all! altho i do remember most of what i mentioned in my review, i just thought it was all book 2. but it's been so long since i've read a discworld book & i couldn't decide what to read next, so. here we are

yes

we have just described the servants of the moon spider as being capable of traveling "behind space" so needless to say i am already having a great time

i genuinely don't think he intends these books to be as funny as they are but how else am i to respond to such pieces of dialogue as these? "'well,' [the king said], 'we must prepare to die.' the three fell silent." and "again [the lord of law] smiled. 'existence is paradox. everything that is good is also evil. you know that, i am sure.' 'aye, [said jhary], 'that is what makes me so insouciant.'" like hello???

been forever since i've read moorcock!

doing some delightfully crazy things with this

DUDE.

okay. yeah lol. this one has grabbed me. just finished part I & it's about time for bed so i will be calling it here for the night. some wild shit happening so far; i'm having a great time

okay my brain is already latching onto this more readily. thank god

okay so my brain just will not focus on this rn lmao so i'm going to call this for now & come back to it later. absolutely & genuinely "it's not you it's me"

i swear i'm actually reading this, i've just been doing it in brief intervals on my 15 minute break at work lmfao. anyway i can't quite tell if this just isn't clicking for me or if my brain just isn't cooperating. i think it's mostly the latter: there's some really cool & weird worldbuilding here that i am thoroughly enjoying, but my brain is also rly struggling. prbly i am just very tired

okay this list of dramatis personae has my attention

incredible dialogue here: "you see, if you ever want to commit a murder, the thing you've got to do is prevent people from associating their ideas. most people don't associate anything - their ideas just roll around like peas on a tray - but once you begin lettin 'em string their peas into a necklace, it's going to be strong enough to hang you"
"dear me! what a blessing it is none of my friends have any ideas at all"

i should prbly update this, huh? i'm having fun so far! deeply charming, with a light airy kind of briskness to both its prose and its dialogue. we've got some early breadcrumbs for the mystery and i'm curious to see how it all plays out

one of my goals this year is to read more non-spec fiction so here we go! this one sounded very fun

i'd forgotten about both the eebs AND the ick

HE'S HERE :)))))

thank you dresden files. dresden files thank you

i need a reading win here y'all, of the 4 books i've read so far this year 1 of them has actually been good. save me dresden files. dresden files save me.

rly need a banger after that last one pls do not disappoint me here

"about this time, i found myself, able once more, to see the gardens, with clearness" my guy this is just not necessary

forgot to update page count (︶︹︺)

okay. i'm starting to see it now. this man is doing things to and with commas that i think constitute as some sort of war crime

updating before i forget: enjoying this so far! i can def see where the prose style would be offputting, but i'm doing fine. the swine men are very funny imo lol

curious to see how i feel about this one! i know a lot of ppl rly dislike his prose style

i confess i am mostly reading this bc i want to get to the third & its haunted mine

what the hell happened to the pacing of this all of a sudden it is SLOGGING