Comments on: Some Blog Love

By: Jeremy Manning

Jeremy Manning — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:34:12 +0000

Utah Teacher,

Small Gods is my favorite so far too. I also love the City Watch books.

I haven’t gotten to the Tiffany Aching books yet.

Tom,

I’ve listened to all but one of the books. Nigel Planer is the best narrator I’ve ever heard.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:28:45 +0000

Utah Teacher,
If you can, you should check out the audio version of the Tiffany Aching series. The voices of the Nac Mac Feegles are great.

Also, I really enjoyed Pratchett’s Bromeliad Trilogy (Truckers, Diggers, and Wings). It’s YA as well and I thought it was fun.

By: UtahTeacher

UtahTeacher — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:55:40 +0000

Hello. Just wanted to chime in on Terry Pratchett. I’ve read Discworld through Pyramids–I think Small Gods was my favorite. So funny and ironic.

I actually found Pratchett through his YA series. The first book is Wee Free Men. Also hilarious. This is my favorite Pratchett book, along with Small Gods. It’s set in Disc World, but mostly separate from the main series. So far only a few of the witches are involved with the young heroine of the series. There are 3 books in the series so far and the 2nd is a little weaker, but I highly recommend them if you like YA stuff. I think part of the reason I chose my profession is because I largely prefer YA fiction to contemporary adult fiction.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:07:25 +0000

Good choice listening to ‘em. I’ve read some, and listened to others. They’re good either way, but the readers they’ve got are generally excellent, and make a good book better. I almost wish I still had a long commute so I could listen more often.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:46:17 +0000

Tom,
Good to hear that I’m not alone on Good Omens. I really like Neil Gaiman. I liked Stardust, American Gods, and Anansi Boys. I love Terry Pratchett. It would seem that putting them together could create something really good, but I didn’t care for Good Omens.

As for RSS readers, I tried out a bunch and I’m not in love with any of them. I just Bloglines a couple years ago. I kind of like Google Reader, but I haven’t used it for at least a year. Lately, I’ve been using Netvibes. It’s my current favorite. I just wanted to hear what other people use and like.

By: Jeremy Manning

Jeremy Manning — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:08:01 +0000

Tom,

I’m reading/listening to all the Discworld books in order and based on what I’ve read so far (I’m on Maskarade) you are absolutely correct about them.

I haven’t read any of Pratchett’s non-Discworld books yet. Thanks for the warning on Good Omens.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:51:32 +0000

Re Terry Pratchett: Everything except Good Omens is good, and worth reading. Any review beyond that is just fluff .. =)
The premise of Good Omens showed promise, and it started out well, but it lacked the flair of Discworld.

By: Jeremy Manning

Jeremy Manning — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:47:48 +0000

Dignin,

Didn’t year hear? I’m a government employee

By: Jeremy Manning

Jeremy Manning — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:46:06 +0000

Daniel,

Bloglines. I’ve used it for years…its the only RSS reader I’ve ever tried.

Yeah…I was thinking about writing something about the Pratchett books I’ve been reading but I’m not a great book reviewer. I’ll see what I can put together.

Did you hear about Pratchett’s early onset Alzheimer’s? Worst news I’ve heard so far this year.

By: Dignin

Dignin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:20:51 +0000

Jeremy,
Don’t forget to disclaim that you read all of those blogs/websites listed after 5:00pm!