adsfornothing started reading The book of lost tales by J.R.R. Tolkien (The History of Middle-earth ;)
The story begins with a man named Eriol, as he lands on the 'Lonely Island' …
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adsfornothing finished reading Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink (Diogenes Taschenbuch, #22953)
Sie ist reizbar, rätselhaft und viel älter als er … und sie wird seine erste …
Classmate said it was "about pedophilia and nazis" and he was largely correct on that
BUT
at the same time the prose is incredible, the feelings of the narrator believable, his relationship to the lady is well-written and feels impactful
most importantly, though, I feel like it tackles a side of the third reich literature that is rarely talked about
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@irf23 Guards! Guards! is the best entry point to the City Watch series obvs, for the entire Discworld there is always The Colour of Magic which is neat but not the pinnacle of fiction, he was obviously still finding his footing. The entire Rincewind series is not that great imo. A standalone would serve well (like Small Gods, that one's great!), but otherwise I'd always recommend the other series, I'd probably start with Death (book 1 Mort), though the witches are great (book 1 Equal Rites iirc).
The watch series does get significantly better (I love Guards! Guards! but there are brighter gems in that series), Men At Arms, Feet of Clay and the Fifth Elephant are great and I consider Night Watch to be the single best Discworld book (it's insanely good). Thud! is amazing aswell. Most of these are crime with a little social study mixed in (except …
@irf23 Guards! Guards! is the best entry point to the City Watch series obvs, for the entire Discworld there is always The Colour of Magic which is neat but not the pinnacle of fiction, he was obviously still finding his footing. The entire Rincewind series is not that great imo. A standalone would serve well (like Small Gods, that one's great!), but otherwise I'd always recommend the other series, I'd probably start with Death (book 1 Mort), though the witches are great (book 1 Equal Rites iirc).
The watch series does get significantly better (I love Guards! Guards! but there are brighter gems in that series), Men At Arms, Feet of Clay and the Fifth Elephant are great and I consider Night Watch to be the single best Discworld book (it's insanely good). Thud! is amazing aswell. Most of these are crime with a little social study mixed in (except for Night Watch which is basically just a social study), there's a lot of character growth for Vimes and seeing the Watch build its footing is very rewarding. I'd give it another shot.
adsfornothing started reading Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink (Diogenes Taschenbuch, #22953)
Sie ist reizbar, rätselhaft und viel älter als er … und sie wird seine erste …
just remembered I have to read this for German class RIP me
adsfornothing started reading The book of lost tales by J.R.R. Tolkien (The History of Middle-earth ;)
The story begins with a man named Eriol, as he lands on the 'Lonely Island' …
the time has come
adsfornothing finished reading Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #34)
Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the …
Top 15 best Discworld books easily
adsfornothing finished reading The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. …
amazing, 10/10 no notes I feel like it makes me understand a whole lot of stuff that just floated around me before, like I obviously got the whole Black Lives Matter thing and why it's important but not really the perspective of the people. I still can't understand obvs because I'm white but I feel like it gives something of an insight into the frustration that goes with it, if that makes sense.
adsfornothing started reading The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. …
gotta read this for school, as of now I read the first 200 pages and it's great!
adsfornothing finished reading Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #37)
The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things—wisdom, magic, and their love …
finished this ...two days ago? amazing, love Glenda
adsfornothing finished reading After the Fire by Will Hill
Father John controls everything inside The Fence. And Father John likes rules. Especially about never …
also read this some time ago in german tho as it won a German Youth Literature Award veri gud
adsfornothing finished reading Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien
read it some time ago forgor to put it here
adsfornothing finished reading Making money by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series -- 36)
Making money by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series -- 36)
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like . . . well, not at all like a government office. The mail …
adsfornothing started reading Das Geheimnis von Askir by Richard Schwartz (Piper -- 6666)
Das Geheimnis von Askir by Richard Schwartz (Piper -- 6666)
adsfornothing started reading Making money by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series -- 36)
Making money by Terry Pratchett (The Discworld series -- 36)
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like . . . well, not at all like a government office. The mail …
adsfornothing finished reading Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #33)
Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and …
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