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Thud! by Terry Pratchett

I’ve finally just finished reading Thud! by Terry Pratchett and I have to say, for my second read fantasy novel, it was pretty damn good. Yeah, I know it’s been a while since my last “What I Read” post but just so you know, I don’t actually take this long to read a book. It’s a matter of getting the time between work, writing and websites to sit down and read a decent chunk of it at a time. If I get a chance to really get going in a book, it’ll take me all of three days to finish it if I’m enjoying it. Granted, at this point, I don’t have to force myself to read books I don’t like so yay for not having any more school to put me through that.

Anyway, on to Thud! In all honesty, please don’t hurt me, when I was first getting told to read books by Terry Pratchett, I thought he was a she. Hey, Terry’s a pretty androgynous name but I tend to make it more feminine as a default. My bad. But the only notion I had going into reading his book was that he’s funny. He’s certainly not the snort your soda type of funny but it’s a dry, British wit that if you don’t get the satire, you’re just not going to get it. I got it and thought some of his lines were absolutely hilarious. Tawneee’s nose going blort when she blew it tickled me in just the right way (but not that way, if you catch my drift).

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