April Book List

Lots of Pratchett this month!

1. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
     Pretty typical Pratchett, which means "impossible to describe."

2. The Black Cauldron, Lloyd Alexander
     A loan from Stacy; it was okay but I'm frankly not sure what all the hype was about. Also, giving the Cauldron a name half way through the book without explanation, and that name being Crochan, well, that just looks like a typo. 

3. Chasing Shakespeares, Sarah Smith
     I'd much prefer believing that Shakespeare is Shakespeare and not Bacon or Oxford or whoever else, but in the end this novel isn't so much about Shakespeare as it is the people who are searching. I'm not sure I even understood what the author's point was, but it was pretty good. There were some memoriable and unique characters, always a plus.

4. A Mourning Wedding, Carola Dunn
    I read another of her books last month and really enjoyed the pleasant interlude of a nice gentle British mystery. This one wasn't quite as good, and the setting rather typical (large house party where dead bodies keep turning up), but still enjoyable. 

5. Majesty, Robert Lacey
    With all the biographies I have read of Elizabeth II, you'd think I'd know the facts of her life by heart. I do, mostly. But I still like reading them, especially old biographies like this one (very definitely pre-Diana).

6. Eva Peron: First Lady of Argentina, Darlene R. Stille
    I watched Evita and needed a book to read to fill in the gaps. This young adult biography did the trick and provided a nice, but brief, overview of her life.

7. Freaky Friday, Mary Rodgers
    It must be 15 years since I'd read this classic. It's still funny!

8. The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett
    This book and the next one are now in a carefully packed box enroute to ruthette, who has promised to take good care of them and not let them get kidnapped. 

9. A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett
    This is the first time I read them back to back, and while I like Hat Full very much, it didn't strike me as funny as Wee Free Men this time. I love the inclusion of Granny Weatherwax, though!

 

 Edit: Terry Pratchett on the Nac Mac Feegle: 

...The Nac Mac Feegle are, well, they're like little Scottish Smurfs who have seen Braveheart altogether too many times. 

*snerkle*