Unseen Academicals | 
The Discworld reinvents football (soccer, for Americans) and several seemingly ordinary Below Stairs characters at Unseen University come into their own particular kinds of power. Sweet, humane, a little romantic, and sadly still timely in its depiction of Othering.
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pickTHIS is the Pratchett I‘ve been waiting for thus far in the Rincewind books! (It helped that Rincewind basically only shows up here in cameos 😆) The jokey bits are woven into a much more focused plot, with actual character development and a compelling underlying message of common humanity (whether or not the characters are human!). I adored Nutt, and the football was hilarious. Do we get more Nutt in later books? I need more Nutt! #OokBookClub
pickI loved this installment of the #Discworld series, which has the wizards discovering the game of football. This one introduces wonderful characters Glenda, Nutt, Juliet and Trevor but it also features a number of Discworld favourites.
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pickCan you describe this book as a Romeo & Juliet football AU where one of the teams is wizards? Yes. Can you also describe this book as a condemnation of when community becomes mob mentality, & how difficult it is to break away from what people expect of you? Also yes.
So glad to revisit this one! I forgot just how much I loved Glenda, Juliet, Trevor, & all the other people we meet. & Nutt, poor Nutt, who just wants to have some worth.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
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pickAs predicted, this worked because it wasn't REALLY about the wizards OR sports. I loved the tandem journeys of self-discovery Nutt and Glenda went on. Better treatment of 'sharp but homely' and 'dumb but pretty' trope compared to Maskerade, but still could have done without it. By contrast, a GOOD e.g. of prejudice hiding behind fairy tale monster trope turned on its head; individuals realizing their power and NOT abusing it.
Pffft. Every line better than the one before. 🤭 Though, admittedly these days I'd like to see more acceptance and understanding of the range of capabilities of beings who choose to wear make-up.
"fluffy plump creatures"
"sugared arrogance"
Marvelous descriptions.
so-soThis one was a tough one for me to rate, there were parts I loved, and parts that bored me…sorry Pratchett. I loved Nutt, Glenda, Jules, Trev, Madam, and Pepe; I also liked the side parts about Ladyship and our favorite (and only) 😉dictator and the fashion business (which also isn‘t my thing)…. A little Cinderella, a bit of Cyrano de Bergerac… great! ….but boy all the football stuff I found so boring 😂.
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so-soI do not understand what this book was trying to do - it has like 3+ threads that it attempts to weave together that, to me, do more to weaken each than strengthen them. Honestly, I think the one that aren't orc stuff would make a fine book on their own (maybe the fashion couldn't sustain its own book). As for Nutt... his story veered to much into model minority stuff for my taste.
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I know I have revealed myself, over and over again, to be profoundly partial to Rincewind, but I love how he's just quietly willing to fight both Ridcully and the Dean if he has to. #OokBOokClub
so-soTo keep the funding of a VERY specific inheritance, the Wizards must compete to maintain the livelihood to which they have become accustomed. Compete, in a game of football.
The wizard books are not my favorite, so I was excited to meet all these new employees of the University that aren‘t wizards. We get loveable characters while also examining mob mentality, stereotyping The Other, and sports culture. A bit of a slow start for me. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
I've finally started the #OokBOokClub book I am behind on, and at a little over an hour in I have some thoughts:
1) I do not remember these UU downstairs characters beyond Nutt and it's maybe because I don't like any of them? Poor Nutt currently included.
2) I realize this isn't the most important thing, but what does Ridcully's grandpa being from Ankh-Morpork mean for him being from Lancre?
3) Ponder, shut up
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#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #UnseenAcademicals!
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Happy reading!
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Here is my #WeeklyForecast for March. I was close to finished with several books at the end of Feb.; I finished 3 books in the time it took me to put this forecast together! There are some half-finished books making a return engagement on this list also!
Top 4 left books are MUST reads for the month. Everything else applies to current challenges, clearing the #TBR, or meeting my #ARC commitments.
It's going to be another busy month!
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1-Terry Pratchett, Nora Roberts , Sandra Brown, loads of romance novelists! Also all of Nick Hornby's books- past, present, future!
2-On my sofa, next to my husband so I can read out bits to him!
3- no, prefer to read at my pace
pickIn which Sir Terry pokes fun at European Football, intrascholarly competitiveness, and Fashion. Apparently, “micro-mail” does not chafe as traditional chain mail does.
Pratchett is always good for a light and funny read, and I love spending time with the Unseen University wizards. This was a reread.
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This isn't even everything! It's most of it though. It's a short month so I wouldn't place any bets on how many of these I get through.
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pickOrganised football with rules comes to AnkhMorpork.
Lots of interesting ideas about the roles sport play and the sub-plots about celebrity and fashion also made this a really good entry to the Discworld series.
although one of the things that really annoyed her about romantic novels, as she had confided to Mr Wobble, was that no one did any cooking in them. After all, cooking was important. Would it hurt to have a pie-making sequence? Would a novel called Pride and Buns be totally out of the question? Even a few tips on how to make fairy cakes would help, and be pretty much in period as well.
Glenda had never bothered much about the adverts in the paper, because they were put there by people who were after your money.
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‘In that case,‘ he said, in the sudden silence, ‘I have worked out, with reference to calorific tables, a regime that will give every man here a nourishing three meals a day—‘
The Senior Wrangler frowned. ‘Three meals? Three meals? What kind of person has three meals a day?‘
‘Someone who can‘t afford nine,‘ said Ponder flatly.
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Quotes like this make me want to read all the Terry Pratchett books
pickReading another Terry Pratchett book is always bittersweet. I love his work so much, but I've read almost all of them now. I'm running out of new ones to read!
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pickI loved this! Hilariously, Pratchett sets this novel mostly at a wizard university, featuring trolls, dwarves, and orcs, but the characters are playing real, regulation football (ie soccer).
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Same book, slightly different location. Tried reading in the river, under the bridge. Totally practicing my troll skills 😆
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"There are all kinds of darkness, and all kinds of things can be found in them, imprisoned, banished, lost or hidden. Sometimes they escape. Sometimes they simply fall out. Sometimes they can just not take it anymore."
