January 31, 2008 – 2:23 am
# Hardcover: 352 pages
# Publisher: Doubleday (20 Sep 2007)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 0385611013
# ISBN-13: 978-0385611015
Synopsis
It’s an offer you can’t refuse. Who would not to wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork’s Royal Mint and the bank next door? It’s a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not necessarily for long. The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There’s something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he’s about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him dead Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies. Everywhere he looks he’s making enemies. What he should be doing is …Making Money!
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January 30, 2008 – 2:07 am
# Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
# Publisher: HarperTorch (August 29, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0060815310
# ISBN-13: 978-0060815318
The discworld has resurfaced and it’s as good as ever. This is very much a Sam Vimes book and like all of the Sam Vimes books, “Thud” is pretty dark (which I like). Pratchett explores deeper meanings in these book than most of the rest of the series and on this occasion he is exploring the mideast conflict. Two groups of ancient enemies are building up hostilities in the city of Ankh Moorpork over some ancient symbols. The dwarves and trolls do not need much antagonism to set them fighting each other. A Dwarf radical is killed and the trolls are blamed, and so the tension builds. Enter Read More »
January 29, 2008 – 2:02 am
# Mass Market Paperback: 429 pages
# Publisher: Corgi Books; New Ed edition (26 Sep 2005)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 0552149438
# ISBN-13: 978-0552149433
# Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 2.8 cm
Like all the other books in this excellent series, this book is hilarious, with both an exciting plot and well developed characters. The only problem I have is that like some of the other more recent books in the series, it is less obvious that it is a Discworld book. Don’t get me wrong this book is brilliant and I like the new characters, but I just wish there could be another Death or Rince wind story soon. Read More »
January 28, 2008 – 6:34 pm
# Paperback: 192 pages
# Publisher: TokyoPop (December 26, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1427803196
# ISBN-13: 978-1427803191
# Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5 x 0.7 inches
Synopsis
Young Mikan runs away to Tokyo following her best friend, Hotaru, who has been enrolled in an exclusive, secretive private school for geniuses. But it turns out that Alice Academy is a lot more than meets the eye. If Mikan wants to stay by Hotaru’s side, she has to both pass the strange “entrance exam” and face the even greater challenge of befriending her very odd new classmates. Read More »
January 25, 2008 – 1:45 am
# Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
# Publisher: HarperTorch; Reissue edition (Sep 2004)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 0060013168
# ISBN-13: 978-0060013165
# Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.6 x 3.8 cm
This book is yet another work of art from everyone’s favorite author tp. tp brings us a whole list of new characters having new and different adventures with, of course, some cameo roles from some of his more well known characters suck as Duke Sam Vimes. this book is very funny as usual, but has some serious undertones. I couldn’t put it down, definitely a must read. Read More »