false 2442 26 <p>Be careful what you wish for...</p><p>Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who had a good heart, a wise head, and poor planning skills&#8212;which unforunately left the Princess Emberella in the care of her <i>other</i> (not quite so good and wise) godmother when DEATH came for Desiderata. So now it's up to Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg to hop on broomsticks and make for far-distant Genua to ensure the servant girl <i>doesn't</i> marry the Prince.</p><p>But the road to Genua is bumpy, and along the way the trio of witches encounters the occasional vampire, werewolf, and falling house (well this is a <i>fairy tale</i>, after all). The trouble really begins once these reluctant foster-godmothers arrive in Genua and must outwit their power-hungry counterpart who'll stop at nothing to achieve a proper "happy ending" even if it means destroying a kingdom. </p> 929672 1991 Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12) total:4875|5:66|4:59|3:37|2:9|1:1| 4875 19611 6024 123 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 09:51:38 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 09:52:41 -0800 2009 changes.
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Witches Abroad was one of the better Terry Pratchett books I read. It was a battle of good and evil (twin witches have to be one or the other, after all) and how the evil thinks it's good? But it's not. And it's turning people into fairy tales because it thinks they like that? But they don...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 06:57:35 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 07:09:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 09 19:21:59 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 31 15:16:05 -0700 2009

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Reading other people's reviews is interesting. Loved the Fren...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 23:44:03 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 23:47:22 -0800 2008 2
Pratchett's a master of light, engaging, fun books - but he's really good at them, and so you're seduc...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Jul 03 05:01:24 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 07:39:00 -0800 2009 Terry Pratchett, les aventures d’un convent bien connu (celui que forment dans les montagnes du Bélier Mémé Ciredutemps, Nounou Ogg, et Magrat Goussedail). Elles s’en vont mettre un peu le bazar dans une ville peuplée de contes de ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 03:42:24 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 03:47:17 -0700 2008
I really like Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax but some of the stories abo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 08:55:47 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 09:06:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 18:55:47 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 18:58:32 -0700 2009 3
Witches Abroad is an incredibly enjoyable book - I read it the first time and found I wasn't interested in it that much. The second time I read it (After reading Wyrd Sisters) I found I just couldn't pu...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 19 19:43:03 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 20:16:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 11:28:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 12:03:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 11:28:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 20:49:54 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 11:20:29 -0800 2009
On the one hand, Lilith's motivation is even less convincing than those of the Disney villainesses she parodies. On th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 18:37:12 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 18:37:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 10:51:49 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 10:57:22 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 16:10:07 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 01:15:28 -0700 2009
It is a humorous fantasy about three witches flying abroad to a foreign city. The strongest part was the middle section, when the author make...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 03:52:41 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 03:54:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 30 07:27:35 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 08:04:32 -0700 2007 Especiall...more...]]>