From today's Discworld Emporium's Newsletter:
THE SHEPHERD'S CROWN TURNED 10!
The final Discworld book is now a decade old. All these years later, the understandable reluctance to read it can be felt as strongly now as it did that dreadful year when Terry died, and the Shepherd's Crown was published. For many fans it has remained an unread treasure in order to hold back the end and keep the turtle moving.⬇️
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My bookshop is not very reliable, but at last one pre-ordered book (strangely the one that was published most recently) has arrived.
It fits very well with the colour of my accent wall.
My son passed on a lovely (not!!!) cold. Listening to the tagged #audiobook and drinking tea is all I can do at the moment. 😬 I'm grumpy about it, because I would rather get my to-do list done.
pickHistory is... propaganda. When the dictator of a small kingdom demands that twelve scholars construct an ancient city and its history from scratch, to justify his 'expansion plans', that's what they do.
A KJ Parker Dark Academia/Historical Fantasy novella, with his usual unnamed narrator that might or might not be unreliable.
panSorry Ms Jackson, but this was utter rubbish!! Especially for your adult mystery debut.
Flat characters, repetitive, and I knew I should have bailed the moment the doctors let the main character leave the hospital about 36 hours after a massive brain injury and emergency brain surgery with "change the bandages daily".
#audiobook narration didn't help the book either. But at 2.5x it was over quickly.
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Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #NightWatch next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on October 8th! Woohoo!
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#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #TheFifthElephant!
Looking forward to our discussion next month!
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August wrap up - since I'm sure I won't finish another book in the next 55 minutes. 😉
39 books read
2 books DNF'd
pickI liked Cassandra in Reverse, but I really loved this one. I needed tissues, more than once.
Friendship, family, love, grief, betrayal, forgiveness, cats, dogs, neighbours,.... And a magical twist.
pickRead and reviewed in July #NetGalley #ARC #MountARC
Eleanor and the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel are back on English soil, but that doesn't mean their fight is over. On the contrary, the vampires are conspiring again and are trying to take down the League one member at a time, it seems. Eleanor's mission, given to her by Anima, leads her to uncover a centuries old secret that could mean an end to the vampires influencing humans.
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pick#audiobook because my pre-order hasn't arrived yet
Loved the story, the characters, the writing! I'm in awe at all the research that went into this book.
panViolet is neurodivergent, extremely book smart, but inexperienced at interacting with people and charmingly blunt. She's a new doctor just out of university and doing her rotation in a hospital. She meets Gus, an anaesthesiologist, on her first nightshift. He's confident, likeable, easy on the eyes, and nice to Violet. Violet could fall for him instantly, but he's still hung up on his ex-fiancée.
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pickI enjoyed spending time with the wonderfully strong women of this series, Taishi, Salminde and Qisami again. And yes, I also enjoyed seeing Jian, the chosen one, continue to struggle with the burden of being the chosen one.
The third book has all the same things I liked about the other instalments in the series: found family, banter, well-crafted fight scenes, and characters to root for.
And now I'll re-read the whole series.
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Thanks for all the feedback last week, it spurned me on and I've finished all the ribbing. What's left now is the double stitching of the librar card part.
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Berry crumble. I could have licked the bowl clean.
The tagged zombie #RomCom #audiobook has reached "cringe" level (words for private parts ??♀️??♀️??♀️). I think I'm going to bail.
For anyone who doesn't have the Murderbot Diaries (incl. two short stories) and five of Martha Wells's fantasy novels yet, here's your chance: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/martha-wells-murderbot-and-more-tor-books
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Finished the bottom ribbing and ribbing on one shoulder of my Library Vest. 🎉🎉
pickLoved the story and especially appreciated the research about Georgian society, shops around St James's and conman schemes of that period that went into this book.
Thanks @RaeLovesToRead for "pushing" me to read this.
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List of this year's Hugos: https://locusmag.com/2025/08/hugo-lodestar-and-astounding-awards-winners-2/
pickA vampire mystery is less about gory details or enthralling vampires and more about lonely people. Don't get me wrong, it's also about catching the murderer, but mainly it is about how lonely the individual POV characters and some of the side-characters are.
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Pub date: 14 August 2025
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Fourth and last book in the Tomes and Tea series.
Dedication made me chuckle.
Published: 12 August 2025
This last book wraps up the series nicely, but I'm still sad this is the last book. I hope we get some spin-offs or novellas set in this universe in the future.
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Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #FifthElephant next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on September 8th! Woohoo!
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#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #Jingo!
Looking forward to our discussion next month!
Happy reading!
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Humble Bundle is offering a Crochet (and Knitting) book bundle.
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/comfort-crochet-amigurumi-and-knitting-open-r...
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My son bought Murderbot prints from Tommy Arnold https://www.tommyarnoldart.com/ and I just totally unprofessionally framed them.
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pickCollection of three stories featuring the "Warp Drive Five". All center around Second Contact with alien species.
The humour of the TV show plus popping art work in each panel.
I really enjoyed it
Have finished the main body of the Library Card Vest. Now I'm stuck with the ribbing, which takes ages.
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This is the one I've recommended most in the past years. I absolutely loved the "Gosford Park" meets "Groundhog Day" vibes of the book.
pickAnd I've finished.
I'm leaving a few thoughts in the comments under spoiler tags.
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Started the audiobook this morning.
Should anyone want to join us, we're also discussing the book on StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/buddy_reads/2a0342c8-7d83-4120-b3b6-3f632132978d?l...
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pickThanks to @Robotswithpersonality
I liked it, but didn't love it. It feels like I was missing some information at the beginning.
July wrap up
30 books finished, 2 DNF'd
pickThis was a short read. Great fun.
Caveat: Some things to say to piss off men might only work with men from the US, other phrases are more universal or can be tweaked for more international impact.
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Work in Progress - Library Card Vest (pattern by Pretty Grandpa @ Ravelry)
Sorry for the bad picture I was too lazy to switch on more lights.
I'm certain I've shown these two succulents before. 😉
Made the planter with a silicone mold and the tiny succulent garden (non-Lego set) was a gift from my son.
I'm currently knitting four projects on and off. I'll show pics next time.
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pan#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC published in 2024
I liked the premise of pen pals having sent each other sarcastic hate mail for over 20 years.
Pan because the miscommunication was more deceitful than cute.
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TLDR; fake engagement, dark academia, chosen one vibes, ends in cliffhanger
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ce6cce1d-466e-47be-a2d6-dadf9b196ba3
Low pick
pickA decent ending to the series/trilogy, but not how I expected things to end.
The story starts right where Shadow Cabinet ended - not going to spoil the ending of book two here, people who have read it know what happened. From there lots of things are going on that lead to a lot of loose ends to tie up and Dawson used a rather deus ex machina method to achieve this.
Low pick
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pickThird book in the Magpie Murders series.
Susan is back in London. She's fed up with the Atticus Pünd novels. Twice she's been close to death because of them already. And now there is a new Atticus Pünd manuscript, a continuation novel by Eliot Grace. Well, a tiny peak at the first part of the manuscript can't hurt. Right?
I enjoyed this, but somehow both denouements did not come as a surprise.
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Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #Jingo next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on August 8th! Woohoo!
If anyone wants to be tagged/untagged for future posts please let me know! Happy to oblige!
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#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #FeetOfClay!
Looking forward to our discussion next month!
Happy reading!
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A new novelette, set after Artificial Condition, is coming. For free. On Thursday. More information here: https://reactormag.com/read-a-new-murderbot-story-for-free-right-after-the-seaso...
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So the greatest way to honour Terry‘s legacy is to pull that book you‘ve been saving off the shelf, make a nice cup of tea and settle down to read the story he wrote for you. Enjoy."
Rob Wilkins
Wiltshire, August 2025 8h