Men at Arms
Registered by appletreen of Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on 1/6/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
8 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by appletreen from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Thursday, January 6, 2005
My preferences are for the witches books, then the Rincewind books although this one is just as enjoyable as any of the other discworld books I've read so far.
To seasoned Pratchett fans any of the discworld books need no introduction and this book should not frighten off anyone new to him either.
Synopsis taken from Alibris
In the 15th Discworld fantasy novel, Terry Pratchett has fun with hard-boiled police procedurals and racial diversity programs. Captain Vimes is preparing to leave the Watch to marry Lady Sybil Ramkin when his attention is captured by the mysterious murders of a dwarf and a clown, an exploded swamp dragon, and the theft of a dangerously compelling weapon from the Assassin's Guild. It all has something to do with an obsessed nobleman and yet another plot to restore the monarchy to the city of Ankh-Morpork, despite the fact that the rightful heir, the scrupulously honest Corporal Carrot, has no interest in being king.
To seasoned Pratchett fans any of the discworld books need no introduction and this book should not frighten off anyone new to him either.
Synopsis taken from Alibris
In the 15th Discworld fantasy novel, Terry Pratchett has fun with hard-boiled police procedurals and racial diversity programs. Captain Vimes is preparing to leave the Watch to marry Lady Sybil Ramkin when his attention is captured by the mysterious murders of a dwarf and a clown, an exploded swamp dragon, and the theft of a dangerously compelling weapon from the Assassin's Guild. It all has something to do with an obsessed nobleman and yet another plot to restore the monarchy to the city of Ankh-Morpork, despite the fact that the rightful heir, the scrupulously honest Corporal Carrot, has no interest in being king.
Journal Entry 2 by appletreen from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Thursday, April 7, 2005
Offered up as an International Ray. The last person on the list is free to choose how the book continues its journey.
Please journal the book when you receive it, once you have read it, and when you have sent it on to the next person. Please aim to keep the book for no longer than a month, but remember it is not a race and there are no prizes for reading it the fastest. If you need a little longer than a month to complete the book simply PM me or Journal to let me know that the book is still active.
Particpants
UrbanSpaceman UK
sweetf UK
iggi1812 UK INT
Herrundmeyer Germany Germany preferred/INT
Elhamisabel Germany
aava Finland INT SKIPPED
Tuz Brazil N/S America
daemonwolf UK
Please journal the book when you receive it, once you have read it, and when you have sent it on to the next person. Please aim to keep the book for no longer than a month, but remember it is not a race and there are no prizes for reading it the fastest. If you need a little longer than a month to complete the book simply PM me or Journal to let me know that the book is still active.
Particpants
UrbanSpaceman UK
sweetf UK
iggi1812 UK INT
Herrundmeyer Germany Germany preferred/INT
Elhamisabel Germany
aava Finland INT SKIPPED
Tuz Brazil N/S America
daemonwolf UK
Journal Entry 3 by appletreen from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Friday, April 15, 2005
Sent to UrbanSpaceman today 15/4
I realised that I never jornalled this book when I got it earlier this week (though I did PM Catriona).
Anyway, it's all done now. As usual with Terry Pratchett, a highly enjoyable romp, though I did think that maybe it could have been tightened up a bit in the second half where things took a little longer than necessary to come to their conclusion.
Will post it on to sweetf tomorrow morning.
Anyway, it's all done now. As usual with Terry Pratchett, a highly enjoyable romp, though I did think that maybe it could have been tightened up a bit in the second half where things took a little longer than necessary to come to their conclusion.
Will post it on to sweetf tomorrow morning.
On its way to sweetf.
Received from US at the weekend, started reading it last night, will journal in a day or two.
I finished this last week, but am only just getting round to journalling it.
I enjoyed this book, and found it interesting to compare to the other Pratchett book about the night watch that I have read Night Watch. I got a totally defferent impression of Vimes in this book than I did in Night Watch, I found he seemed much older to me even though Men at Arms took place before Night Watch (I think). I do prefer the books that centre around the watch characters to the rincewind series, which I couldn't get into but on the whole I haven't read enough of the Pratchett books yet to compare.
I shall post this to Iggy1812 tomorrow.
I finished this last week, but am only just getting round to journalling it.
I enjoyed this book, and found it interesting to compare to the other Pratchett book about the night watch that I have read Night Watch. I got a totally defferent impression of Vimes in this book than I did in Night Watch, I found he seemed much older to me even though Men at Arms took place before Night Watch (I think). I do prefer the books that centre around the watch characters to the rincewind series, which I couldn't get into but on the whole I haven't read enough of the Pratchett books yet to compare.
I shall post this to Iggy1812 tomorrow.
Arrived safely this morning. Next on the tbr pile.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing.
This was my first TP book and I enjoyed it - it was a quick easy read. I'll certainly look out for more of them.
On its way to Herrundmeyer
On its way to Herrundmeyer
Got this in the mail today. Thanks for passing it on. Will read, journal again and send on to Elhamisabel ASAP. TBR
I'm about two thirds through the book, and as for now, I really like it.
I'd like to share a quote which reminded me of two other books making fun of the same topic. These are the journals of the other books (including their respective quotes):
Rutiger Knox - Mungo City - A Novel about Globalization
Lemony Snicket - The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4)
And here is Pratchett's quote out of this book:
"No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown. People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of clowns was that, after watching them, anything else that happened seemed enjoyable. It was nice to know there was someone worse off than you. Someone had to be the butt of the world. [...] Clowns were only one step away from mime artists, too."
[Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms]
I'd like to share a quote which reminded me of two other books making fun of the same topic. These are the journals of the other books (including their respective quotes):
Rutiger Knox - Mungo City - A Novel about Globalization
Lemony Snicket - The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4)
And here is Pratchett's quote out of this book:
"No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown. People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of clowns was that, after watching them, anything else that happened seemed enjoyable. It was nice to know there was someone worse off than you. Someone had to be the butt of the world. [...] Clowns were only one step away from mime artists, too."
[Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms]
Journal Entry 11 by Herrundmeyer from Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Saturday, June 11, 2005
As usual, with Terry Pratchett's books, I found this one highly enjoyable. Generally, I'm not that fond of the Watch books, but this one is really entertaining. Of course, there are several small 'guest stars' appearing, such as Death or the Librarian, who make the story even better.
Will send on to Elhamisabel ASAP.
Will send on to Elhamisabel ASAP.
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In the mail to Elhamisabel.
In the mail to Elhamisabel.
Found it in my mailbox. Thanks very much to both of you, Herrundmeyer and catrionamoore!
I'm really very, very busy at the moment so it could be that it will take me up to a month before I send the book on. I hope that's OK.
I'm really very, very busy at the moment so it could be that it will take me up to a month before I send the book on. I hope that's OK.
This book is so great!
I've always liked the Watch series best of all Discworld novels but I always forget how much I love it.
Captain Carrot is so adorable and Sam Vimes... he's one of my favourite Discworld characters. While reading the book, I felt so sorry for him (note to self: it's only a story!!!) and I loved the ending.
It's amazing how Terry Pratchett can write such funny, intelligent works of fantasy.
I'll pm aava for the address right now.
Thanks catriona, this is a great book!
I've always liked the Watch series best of all Discworld novels but I always forget how much I love it.
Captain Carrot is so adorable and Sam Vimes... he's one of my favourite Discworld characters. While reading the book, I felt so sorry for him (note to self: it's only a story!!!) and I loved the ending.
It's amazing how Terry Pratchett can write such funny, intelligent works of fantasy.
I'll pm aava for the address right now.
Thanks catriona, this is a great book!
I've got a pm from aava saying that she was rather busy so I pmed Tuz and got her address.
Due to university I wasn't able to post the book earlier but as of today it's on its way to Brazil.
I'm very sorry for the delay!
Due to university I wasn't able to post the book earlier but as of today it's on its way to Brazil.
I'm very sorry for the delay!
Thanks for the book. I loved this story! I thought it wouldn't be a problem to read the series out of sequence, but it seems that as far as it regards the City Watch, there seems to be a continuing story going on.
I'll ask for the next person's address now :)
October 19, 2005 - Sent to Daemonwolf in UK. Happy Bookcrossing! :)
I'll ask for the next person's address now :)
October 19, 2005 - Sent to Daemonwolf in UK. Happy Bookcrossing! :)
