Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

  • Started on: 2014-01-19
  • Finished on: 2014-01-20
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Humor

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series is one that is guaranteed to deliver absurd humor and fantasy related to our lives on earth while taking place on a strange disc shaped world held up by four elephants on the back of a floating turtle’s back. ‘Wyrd Sisters’ is part 6 in the series as a whole, and part 2 in the witches series featuring Granny Weatherwax and the other witches of the Ram Tops. They get trusted with the orphan son of the murdered king of Lancre, and even though they find a home for him, they stay involved with the kingdom, simply because they live in it. So together, even though they really shouldn’t, they gang up to save the kingdom from the evil Duke and return the true king to the throne. What else can I say? This was a true Discworld novel, fun to read, great fantasy, nice story. Exactly what I expected, and needed. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2014-01-19
  • Finished on: 2014-01-20
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Humor

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series is one that is guaranteed to deliver absurd humor and fantasy related to our lives on earth while taking place on a strange disc shaped world held up by four elephants on the back of a floating turtle’s back. ‘Wyrd Sisters’ is part 6 in the series as a whole, and part 2 in the witches series featuring Granny Weatherwax and the other witches of the Ram Tops. They get trusted with the orphan son of the murdered king of Lancre, and even though they find a home for him, they stay involved with the kingdom, simply because they live in it. So together, even though they really shouldn’t, they gang up to save the kingdom from the evil Duke and return the true king to the throne. What else can I say? This was a true Discworld novel, fun to read, great fantasy, nice story. Exactly what I expected, and needed. Four out of five stars.