[The teachers] lived rough lives, surviving on what food they could earn from giving lessons to anyone who would listen. When no one would listen, they lived on baked hedgehog. They went to sleep under the stars, which the maths teachers would count, the astronomy teachers would measure and the literature teachers would name. The geography teachers got lost in the woods and fell into bear traps. (p.26)
Tiffany saw it clearly in her head, Granny Aching and this little fat woman, sitting around the pot-bellied stove in the hut on wheels, while the sheep grazed under the stars. (p.145)
'I'm up here most o'the time anyway, because I'm studying to become a gonnagle.' The young Feegle flourished a set of mousepipes. 'An' they willnae let me play doon there on account o'them sayin' my playin' sounds like a spider tryin' to fart through its ears, mistress.'(p.155)
'Tell me what you're not telling me,' said Tiffany.(p.186)
She'd seen pictures of lots of different cheeses in the Almanack. She was good at cheese and had always wondered what the others tasted like. They were faraway cheeses with strange sounding names, cheeses like Treble Wibbley, Waney Tastey, Old Argg, Red Runny and the legendary Lancre Blue, which had to be nailed to the table to stop it from attacking other cheeses.
It wasn't just the Nac Mac Feegles, but also Wentworth, a strong smell of seaweed, a lot of water and a dead shark.
Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to this, but it's now the fourth time I've tried to read "Indigo Dying" and it's really heavy going. Will there be recipes at some point?
How do you wanna work this? If I have quotes from the same books do you want them here in the discussions? Or do you want a matching list per book, or a Mirror Quotes list, or what? Let's talk taxonomy, meshuggah.
Looking-Glass Wars is Alice in Wonderland set in Victorian London, with Wonderland a sub-London type thing. I think.
Did you look it up on Amazon? They have a pretty good description.
Also, rent Pitch Black before I chew glass! Woman, I swear you were put on this earth to give me fits.
The Looking-Glass Wars? Lirael? Some Christie?
What are you in the mood for? I'm not in the mood for the sequel to Wee Free Men, as it's all "mean girls". Any suggestions?
How 'bout Texas Hero? :P
[The teachers] lived rough lives, surviving on what food they could earn from giving lessons to anyone who would listen. When no one would listen, they lived on baked hedgehog. They went to sleep under the stars, which the maths teachers would count, the astronomy teachers would measure and the literature teachers would name. The geography teachers got lost in the woods and fell into bear traps. (p.26)
Tiffany saw it clearly in her head, Granny Aching and this little fat woman, sitting around the pot-bellied stove in the hut on wheels, while the sheep grazed under the stars. (p.145)
'I'm up here most o'the time anyway, because I'm studying to become a gonnagle.' The young Feegle flourished a set of mousepipes. 'An' they willnae let me play doon there on account o'them sayin' my playin' sounds like a spider tryin' to fart through its ears, mistress.'(p.155)
'Tell me what you're not telling me,' said Tiffany.(p.186)
She'd seen pictures of lots of different cheeses in the Almanack. She was good at cheese and had always wondered what the others tasted like. They were faraway cheeses with strange sounding names, cheeses like Treble Wibbley, Waney Tastey, Old Argg, Red Runny and the legendary Lancre Blue, which had to be nailed to the table to stop it from attacking other cheeses.
It wasn't just the Nac Mac Feegles, but also Wentworth, a strong smell of seaweed, a lot of water and a dead shark.
Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to this, but it's now the fourth time I've tried to read "Indigo Dying" and it's really heavy going. Will there be recipes at some point?
Read it, and know where I put the quotes. But I'd read it again.
Indeed.
1. Wee Free Men
2. Hat Full of Sky
3. Wintersmith
Yup, Wintersmith. We got some catching up to do.
Oh for a muse of fire and $700K...
Wee Free Men?
Hel-met.
Although the penultimate one possibly slays only me because I have spent my entire life working in academia.
Should we try reading another book together? Another Discworld?
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How do you wanna work this? If I have quotes from the same books do you want them here in the discussions? Or do you want a matching list per book, or a Mirror Quotes list, or what? Let's talk taxonomy, meshuggah.
How much do I love thee? Let me count the pages. I couldn't find which quotes I'd tagged in any of the volumes, so I reread Hogfather.
Quotes to follow.