Favorite book: I'll also say Rules of Civility, though I listened to it on audio while commuting. I don't know if that affected my experience.
“Uncompromising purpose and the search for eternal truth have an unquestionable sex appeal for the young and high-minded; but when a person loses the ability to take pleasure in the mundane--in the cigarette on the stoop or the gingersnap in the bath--she had probably put herself in unnecessary danger.”
Also did audio for Snuff by Pratchett. Only Pratchett can make little pots made of bodily fluids the basis of a touching story about civil rights for goblins.
“In fact, if there were such a thing as an international thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone's wallets.”
“We live and learn, or, perhaps more importantly we learn and live.”
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Interesting. I doubt I'll read Rules of Civility, but I might approach Snuff. I'm told I need to give Pratchett another chance; I didn't find Going Postal laugh-out-loud funny, or even more than mildly humorous in places. I've been nudged to try others.
My brother doesn't like Pratchett yet either. I keep telling him it's impossible. ;-)
For me, his language is so Wodehousian, that it's my kind of humor. But hey, these things are personal.
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