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Hello friends! Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a spoiler. Find the #Jingo post & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag each other & we'll jump in to discuss with you. Feel free to chat about anything!

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Jingo | Terry Pratchett

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Welcome to the #OokBOokClub open discussion for #Jingo! Feel free to discuss anything! Don't forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!

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julesG Favourite quotes: "One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual." + "Veni, vici...Vetinari." 4y

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khooliha I loved this book, whiiiiich might be made obvious by the half million posts I made about it. I remembered it being good and carried a worry that it wouldn't have aged well and I was so glad to have been wrong! 4y

julesG @khooliha That's right. It aged well. 4y

gossamerchild I finished finished this today. I freaking love Commander Vimes. He's just so...human. I love his thought processes. 4y

julesG @gossamerchild You're right. Vimes is "down to earth". I used to like Carrot more but the #OokBOokClub re-read of the Watch books made me a Vimes fan. ? 4y

gossamerchild @julesG I think the two of them together are just perfect. Each other's foils 🥰 4y

julesG @gossamerchild I admit, I even hate-love/love-hate Vetinari. There are a few instances throughout the Watch stories when I think he's right about some things. But he's the villain, of course. 😁 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @gossamerchild I just finished too! And yes, I think they are the perfect foils. Vimes is so human, the Everyman, and Carrot is the too perfect to be true ideal that works, but only for him. 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @khooliha I loved it too, and I highlighted a bunch of quotes to post too. 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa So anyway, I finished, better late than never....I‘m running behind on a bunch of my planned reading at the moment, so definitely me and not the book. I really liked this one, you get the prejudices, and then he undermines every one of them. I love the Leonardo Di Vinci-like character homages, Nobby on woman‘s rights, all the commentary on US verses Them, etc. This one will be a favorite for sure, the Watch books definitely winners for me. 4y

khooliha @Riveted_Reader_Melissa It's a very quotable book! 4y

khooliha @julesG You know, I don't know if I've ever thought of Vetinari as the villain - I see him as a guy trying to build a perpetual plate spinning machine while in the midst of spinning the plates. I certainly think Vimes and a bunch of other people see him as a villain, though. 4y

julesG @khooliha That's what I was going for. That he's supposed to be the villain for some. I should probably be more literary and call him the antagonist. Sounds better than villain. 😉 4y

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Jingo | Terry Pratchett

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #Jingo!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

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MariaW 😍 4y

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julesG @MariaW Why don't you join us? 4y

Catherine_Willoughby Getting through my #Discworld TBR pile - need to reed Pyramids and Guards Guards before I jump to Interesting Times lol 4y

julesG @Catherine_Willoughby I made good way with the audiobooks read by Nigel Planer(?). 4y

MariaW @julesG Kann im Moment nicht richtig abschalten. 🙈 4y

Catherine_Willoughby @julesG I listed to some of his and read some books- depends on the time I have 4y

julesG @MariaW Ich drücke dir die Daumen, dass es bald besser wird 4y

DrexEdit So far behind with Discworld. Sigh. I hope to catch up to you all again soon! 4y

Gezemice I am reading it now. I think this might be his funniest work. 4y

julesG @Gezemice I might disagree on funniest. 😁 4y

Gezemice @julesG I know, there are so many out there! I think it probably dependson the mood when I read it. A lot of the Watch and the Witch novels (ooh, never realized this alliteration before) are very funny. Those are his best - the middle ones. Early is a bit too scattered and late gets more subdued. 4y

Iblu I am a bit behind still reading this having even jumped completely the Johnny book!!!! I‘ll catch up I promise!!! 4y

julesG @Iblu Don't worry. You'll catch up. 4y

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Jingo (Revised) | Terry Pratchett

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Just a friendly reminder that next month we'll be reading #JINGO! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on July 8th! Woohoo!

If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!

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Gezemice Jingo is one of the funniest! 4y

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