tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post8058914724869089378..comments2023-12-19T13:11:31.497-06:00Comments on TBR 313: Murder in the countryLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-77486057456747545642013-10-21T22:11:01.283-05:002013-10-21T22:11:01.283-05:00JoAnn, I felt a real dislocation with so much TV a...JoAnn, I felt a real dislocation with so much TV and so little reading! Something was definitely missing.<br /><br />Alex, I have real trouble focusing on recorded books at the best of times. I often need subtitles watching TV (it's not a hearing problem). I have not read Pratchett's first books myself, because I've heard they are not as good and don't fit with the stories of the later books.<br /><br />elizabeth, Night Watch is excellent. So is The Truth, to my mind. If I had to choose one for the proverbial desert island, though, I think it would be Going Postal. I think.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-39612418742393682372013-10-21T16:40:01.771-05:002013-10-21T16:40:01.771-05:00Oh, I forgot about Tiffany! I may have to revise m...Oh, I forgot about Tiffany! I may have to revise my "favorites" -- but I still think Night Watch is pretty much perfect.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17825540813779206354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-10444512284357662702013-10-21T11:51:56.979-05:002013-10-21T11:51:56.979-05:00Sorry You've not been well. When I have a spe...Sorry You've not been well. When I have a spell when I can't read I listen to audio books - preferably ones I've already read so that it doesn't matter if I doze off in the middle, I can always pick it up again when I wake up.<br /><br />I think I've made a mistake with the Discworld Books by insisting on starting at the beginning. I don't think the early novels are as good as some of the later ones from what I've heard and so I've never really got into the series. Perhaps I should try some of the more recent volumes and see if I get on any better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-2080352090555362582013-10-21T07:34:47.613-05:002013-10-21T07:34:47.613-05:00So sorry to hear you were sick - you know it's...So sorry to hear you were sick - you know it's bad when you're watching television instead of reading! Glad to hear Terry Pratchett aided your recovery :)JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-36838349391182459972013-10-20T22:03:11.047-05:002013-10-20T22:03:11.047-05:00Teresa, I remember your vicious cold really linger...Teresa, I remember your vicious cold really lingered! I have a shelf overflowing with Pratchett's books, which are addictive reading, so I can understand putting them off for a while.<br /><br />elizabeth, reading this did make me want to go back to Guards, Guards and Men at Arms. It's so hard to pick *A* favorite, with Tiffany and Moist, not to mention DEATH & Susan.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-17873602785855358412013-10-20T18:58:07.157-05:002013-10-20T18:58:07.157-05:00I'm glad you're feeling better! Terry Prat...I'm glad you're feeling better! Terry Pratchett is the perfect author to read when you're recovering from something. I think that the Watch novels are my favorites of his, and Snuff was so good; I especially liked that we got a chance to see more of the relationship between Vimes and his butler Willikins, who is a great character.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17825540813779206354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-68895995396305880732013-10-20T17:22:17.968-05:002013-10-20T17:22:17.968-05:00I'm so sorry you've been sick. I know what...I'm so sorry you've been sick. I know what you mean knowing you're really sick when you can't read. I find that old episodes of TV shows I love are the way to cope. That way, it doesn't even matter if I fall asleep because I know what's going to happen.<br /><br />As for Terry Pratchett, I've had him on my list for years, but he's so prolific that I have no idea where to start, especially when there's no way I can add another long series to my reading--at least not until I finish Campion and Aubrey/Maturin.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.com