A Hat Full of Sky - Terry Pratchett
2010 August 17
2004 August 20
Well, Voyage of the Dawn Treader is out, and Terry Pratchett is in for the read aloud. As fond as I am of the former, I'm perfectly willing to cast it aside. Tiffany Aching is a marvelous character who thinks all the time. As does Pratchett. Unlike Lewis, Pratchett's world is rich and detailed and it works. The Nac Mac Feegle are delightful low-comedy anti-fairies and a good foil to the thoroughly mundane business of sheep-farming.
As an aside, Pratchett has just described a giant horse carved into the chalk, and made several mentions of skylarks, all of which pleases the XTC fans in the house.
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2014 August 7
Apparently I read this in August. When I read Good Omens last week I thought the authors hadn't gotten their eleven-year-olds quite right, that they were too young. Pratchett make eleven-year-old Tiffany feel just right.
