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Mar. 6th, 2014 01:23 pmI'm debating-- Mark Reads is going to be doing Pratchett's Discworld books, all of them, from beginning to end. I could pick up the books as it goes and read along, but I've had very mixed results with Pratchett. I think the Tiffany Aching books (which I quite like) are the only Discworld books I've managed to finish. I've tried several others and just couldn't penetrate them. Reading along with Mark Reads has gotten me to finish things I wouldn't otherwise, but I don't know if this is worthwhile.
The most recent Pratchett I bounced off of was Going Postal. I've heard that that's one of the best in the series. That makes me reluctant to go back to The Colour of Magic which I've heard isn't all that great.
I suspect that my sense of humor doesn't march well with Pratchett's. I didn't find the Tiffany Aching books funny. I liked them, and I saw some humor in them, but 'funny' and 'humorous' wouldn't be the first words I'd use to describe them. I did find Good Omens funny and enjoyable. (I should note here that I can't generally read Gaiman's work either. In Good Omens, they somehow managed something better for me than either of them manages alone.)
My local library's collection of Pratchett is pretty hit or miss (The list is here for those who care enough to look), so if I'm to read along, I would have to buy a lot of the books.
The most recent Pratchett I bounced off of was Going Postal. I've heard that that's one of the best in the series. That makes me reluctant to go back to The Colour of Magic which I've heard isn't all that great.
I suspect that my sense of humor doesn't march well with Pratchett's. I didn't find the Tiffany Aching books funny. I liked them, and I saw some humor in them, but 'funny' and 'humorous' wouldn't be the first words I'd use to describe them. I did find Good Omens funny and enjoyable. (I should note here that I can't generally read Gaiman's work either. In Good Omens, they somehow managed something better for me than either of them manages alone.)
My local library's collection of Pratchett is pretty hit or miss (The list is here for those who care enough to look), so if I'm to read along, I would have to buy a lot of the books.
