Maskerade | 
so-soA rollicking adventure with many humourous bits that has somewhat depreciated thanks to the fatphobic and ableist attitudes prevalent in 1995 that have infused so much of this book. Also old stereotypes: conventionally pretty female must be dumb and/or selectively calculating and shallow, and the not conventionally pretty female must be clever and decent. Pretty light on social commentary or underlying message too. Not my fave Discworld book.
We are upping our masking game 💪🏻 because needs must:
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My current #TBRCrewBingo board. Got another Bingo, but I guess I won't be able to clear the whole thing. But it's still a lot of fun to check whether my read books fit the requests or not 😄
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pickBook Nr 18 off my #BookSpinBingo board
Not my favourite Pratchett, but still a lot more entertaining than the original Phantom of the Opera 😁 Gotta love the Witches - they are so awesome!
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pickNanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax, Mother and Crone, are in need of a Maiden to round out their archetype but their best option, Agnes Nitt, is busy getting involved in a murder mystery at the Ankh-Morpork opera house.
What follows is Sir Terry‘s remix of The Phantom of the Opera (more Lloyd Webber than Leroux) & it is a whole lot of fun - although Agnes & her story were quite complicated & I‘m still processing my feelings there.
Discworld book 18
“...when you have ruled out the impossible, what is left, however improbable, ain‘t worth hanging around on a cold night wonderin‘ about when you could be getting on the outside of a big drink.” - Corporal “Nobby” Nobbs (pictured) on the Art of Deduction
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Me, texting my dad who just had knee replacement surgery a quote from my #CurrentRead
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Really useful and timely info: https://apple.news/ALwFl_h9XQHeVtzLFx2tS8w #WearAMask
pickThe witches are still my favorite & they get better with every installment. I really loved seeing our favorite witches visit the big city. Nanny apparently wrote a sizzler & Agnes has joined the Opera, but you see there is this mysterious Ghost at the Opera who seems to want the show to go on better than ever & seems to be mysteriously around as people begin turning up dead. I loved this delightful play on The Phantom of the Opera, Discworld-side.
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Welcome to the #OokBOokClub open discussion for #Maskerade! Feel free to discuss anything! Don't forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!
I think this applies to my #ShakespeareReadAlong group too! What do you think?
It‘s all either Drinking or Dying? 🤷♀️
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pickThis is probably my favorite Discworld book outside of the first three Rincewind novels. It was great, and I absolutely loved both Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax! I‘m looking forward to reading more of the Witch series; this was my first. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #OokBookClub #Booked2020 #MakesYouLOL
But then it would have been told to stay six feet away...
Agreed! 😋
pickOh, this book comes together beautifully! Can't believe I didn't remember a ton about this book, because it is firing on all cylinders. I'm thinking I love Agnes way more than I did the first time - she's -wonderful- and I'm looking forward to seeing her more.
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It strike me as odd that no one has had the idea that there's more than one ghost, what with 2 vastly different patterns of behavior. (I don't actually remember the solution to this mystery, so this may not be a spoiler at all!)
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Combing two of my favorite things... theatre and books!! 💖 #magnificentmarch #masks @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I find myself hoping Mr. Bucket frays just right into a properly dramatic theater person. He seems to be on his way!
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I am... concerned about the fat jokes.
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Next up: the next #OokBOokClub read! I remember NOTHING about this book!
#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #Maskerade!
Looking forward to our discussion next month!
Happy reading!
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Day 2: #MarchTBR #MarchMadness
📚Can‘t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
📚Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
📚The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
📚Hall of Small Mammals: Stories
📚The Indigo Girl
📚Free Lunch
📚Tales from Silver Lands
📚Here in the Real World
📚Waiting Room
📚The Doll‘s House
📚Secret of the Andes
📚A Corner if the Universe
📚Are You There, God? It‘s Me, Margaret
📚A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir
📚Maskerade
🎧My Lost Family
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Just a friendly reminder that next month we'll be reading #Maskerade! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on March 8th! Woohoo!
If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!
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#scarathlon #TeamStoker Just finished this. I love Discworld. It has witches and a phantom of the opera, but I don‘t think it really fits the team theme.
pickBook 67, finished Aug 26, audio
I do enjoy this one. Quite possibly my favorite with the Witches. Probably helps that I know a young lady who loves and is very good at singing, and is also quite a large person with great hair. I just mentally plug her into Agnes/Perdita's place in the story and can visualize it all perfectly.
pickStill working my way through the series. Words cannot express how much I love the wit and world of Terry Pratchett.
#musicalnewyear prompt 8: #masquerade @vivastory @Cinfhen 😉😀😉
pickThe Discworld witches take on the opera. Complete with a ghost, Greebo, a couple of the Night Watchmen, The Librarian, and of course Death.
This was my first reading of Maskerade, and I giggled a good deal of the way through it!
“He‘s The Librarian at Unseen University but, much more importantly, he‘s their organist and it turns out our organ is a Johnson, just like theirs.” (Meaning organs built by “Bloody Stupid” Johnson...) 🤣😂🤣
I‘ve been enjoying my day of reading Maskerade and #audiostainedglass making. Here‘s my time so far for #24B42019. I‘m about to demolish this hot chocolate and finish up my first book of the ‘thon.
Happy Reading tonight folks 💕
My husband got me so much Discworld for gifts! I‘m starting Maskerade tonight (already had that) and this is a perfect time to use my new Nanny Ogg and Greebo bookmark! These Discworld bookmarks are so cool, the artwork is really intricate. Love them! 💖 (for anyone pining for them, they came from the Discworld Emporium website 😉)
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pickThere's something so comforting about reading Sir Terry and the Discworld books. I've been in a reading and emotional slump and this one helped a lot. We are moving and I'm kinda nervous. It's not a big move, honestly it's just down the road, but we are leaving our first apartment and I'm feeling melancholy. Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg help a lot.
Ohmygosh...the pudding scene....I'm working a very classy event right now and reading waiting for the concert to be done....and I just read the pudding scene...
Discworld beauty secrets from Granny Weatherwax: for good hair, make sure there aren't any newts in the water.
pickTerry Pratchett does Phantom of the Opera and it is SO MUCH better than the original. Not precisely a Halloween story but with witches and opera ghosts, out was close enough! Apologies to Magrat for covering her with the book but she's not in this one!
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