Discworld marathon blog...

[Quatermass]

Okay, so I recently capped off a book-reading blog on another BBS at 100 books with The Stand by Stephen King. But while I am sick and tired of searching for new books to read, I have decided on a new thing to do: a Discworld marathon.

The rules are as follows:

*I must read and finish, in publication order, one Discworld novel every week at a bare minimum.

*After every one, I will have to post a review.

*Alternative versions using the same text are permitted (ie, the illustrated version of The Wee Free Men), but graphic novel versions or plays or screenplays are not.

*It must be in publication order/story order. Young adult Discworld books must be read at the time they were published.

Whaddya reckon? Should I bother?

[DaveC]

Awesome idea! I am still on my first go round and it has taken me about 2 year and a half, (not taking into account that I spread CoM and LF over a year), I have just finished UA and it has been roughly 2 weeks per book.

[Tonyblack]

Reading through a series in chronological order is always a good idea. I've done it myself with DW books as well as Bernard Cornwell ones.

It's an excellent way to see, not only character development, but the development of the writer as well.

Just make sure you end up enjoying the experience and not feeling it to be a 'task'. There were times on my marathon read throughs that I wished I'd never started.

[deldaisy]

You DO like to put pressure on yourself huh Q? When you SHOULD be destressing.....

Mate... just read them because they are a good read.... enjoy.

[Quatermass]

Reading through a series in chronological order is always a good idea. I've done it myself with DW books as well as Bernard Cornwell ones.

It's an excellent way to see, not only character development, but the development of the writer as well.

Just make sure you end up enjoying the experience and not feeling it to be a 'task'. There were times on my marathon read throughs that I wished I'd never started.

Hopefully, I will.

You DO like to put pressure on yourself huh Q? When you SHOULD be destressing.....

Mate... just read them because they are a good read.... enjoy.

I need something to have some sort of intellectual challenge. I can enjoy it as well.

[poohcarrot]

I think it's a very good idea because;

a) It'll keep you out of mischief.
b) We can all disagree and argue with you about your ratings, and say you're talking pants!

[Dotsie]

I need something to have some sort of intellectual challenge. I can enjoy it as well.

Didn't you say you were thinking about doing a PhD? I hear they're easy

You might find you don't have as much time for reading and writing though. Unless you're doing a PhD in literature.

[Jan Van Quirm]

Very OCD but rewarding too - go for it

[Quatermass]

I think it's a very good idea because;

a) It'll keep you out of mischief.
b) We can all disagree and argue with you about your ratings, and say you're talking pants!

Better to talk pants than talk s**t.

My general rating means that 7.5/10 is an average book. Not an average Discworld book, just an average book. Not bad, but not excelling. I gave Unseen Academicals 8.5, and I Shall Wear Midnight 10.

I need something to have some sort of intellectual challenge. I can enjoy it as well.

Didn't you say you were thinking about doing a PhD? I hear they're easy

You might find you don't have as much time for reading and writing though. Unless you're doing a PhD in literature.

I'm applying for a PhD scholarship soon, and if I have to give this up in favour of a PhD or work, then I'll do so. But there's not much work around ATM that I can commit to, and I haven't got a PhD subject in mind, not quite, anyway.

Very OCD but rewarding too - go for it

Will do. I read the first little bit of The Colour of Magic during Earth Hour. With a torch.

[LilMaibe]

My general rating means that 7.5/10 is an average book. Not an average Discworld book, just an average book. Not bad, but not excelling. I gave Unseen Academicals 8.5

Boo!

[Quatermass]

My general rating means that 7.5/10 is an average book. Not an average Discworld book, just an average book. Not bad, but not excelling. I gave Unseen Academicals 8.5

Boo!

8.5/10 means 'very good'. 9 means excellent, and 10 means perfect.

Anyway, why do I have to justify my opinion to you?

[poohcarrot]

Anyway, why do I have to justify my opinion to you?

Um...You don't. However, as you have decided to give us your opinion without being asked, we therefore have every right to criticise your opinion by stating our opinion.

All Lilmaibe was doing was stating her opinion.

My opinion.
Pyramids 10
Monstrous Regiment 6
Night Watch 8
Thud! 8
Making Money 6

[Quatermass]

Anyway, why do I have to justify my opinion to you?

Um...You don't. However, as you have decided to give us your opinion without being asked, we therefore have every right to criticise your opinion by stating our opinion.

All Lilmaibe was doing was stating her opinion.

Excuse me, but she shot down my opinion of Unseen Academicals without giving me any justification. I don't call 'boo!' a compelling argument against my opinion, to mangle the words of Dorfl.

Okay, technically, part of the point of doing reviews IS to justify my opinions, but they're not justifying the opinions to anyone except maybe myself. Or if they are justifications to others, it is a general justification. Ah, bugger, I'm contradicting myself.

Okay, I should have said that I do not have to justify myself to LilMaibe because her response was ad hoc, without any justification for her argument. And your arguments aren't much better. You want to comment on my reviews? Fine, but make it a little more substantial than booing my opinions.

The main point of the marathon is that it has been a while since I have read many Discworld books, and it'll certainly be the first time that I have actually read them in order. With the exception of Small Gods, they are written in chronological order, more or less...

My opinion.
Pyramids 10
Monstrous Regiment 6
Night Watch 8
Thud! 8
Making Money 6

I think you may have got everything right, except you got Pyramids and Making Money the wrong way around, more or less.

[poohcarrot]

Excuse me, but she shot down my opinion of Unseen Academicals without giving me any justification.

My opinion.
Pyramids 10
Monstrous Regiment 6
Night Watch 8
Thud! 8
Making Money 6

I think you may have got everything right, except you got Pyramids and Making Money the wrong way around, more or less.

Excuse me, but you just shot down my opinion of Pyramids without giving me any justification!

[Quatermass]

Excuse me, but she shot down my opinion of Unseen Academicals without giving me any justification.

My opinion.
Pyramids 10
Monstrous Regiment 6
Night Watch 8
Thud! 8
Making Money 6

I think you may have got everything right, except you got Pyramids and Making Money the wrong way around, more or less.

Excuse me, but you just shot down my opinion of Pyramids without giving me any justification!

It's only the seventh book. I'll get to it soon enough. Besides, you didn't give any justification for the opinion I shot down, whereas I will be for the others.

In fact, I will go and copy my reviews that I did elsewhere of Unseen Academicals and I Shall Wear Midnight. Those two will be omitted from this marathon for that reason. I will post them here, both to show what my reviews will be like, and to show my reasoning behind my giving them those scores.