Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett My rating: 5 of 5 stars This Discworld novel is simply brilliant. Full of typical Pratchett puns, jokes, and satire, it's about Ankh-Morpork's Night Watch, led by Captain Vimes and his crew of Nobbs, Colon, and 6"6" (adopted) dwarf, Carrot. A shadowy organization successfully attempts to magically call up a …
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Our Little Church | SouthernHon. My wife wrote this about our little church and the dilemma we face....
We saw two baby deer on the side of the road near our house last night. Gretchen got some good pictures of one of them. Actually, a hunter friend of mine said they're only babies if they have spots. These are yearling. Whatever. They were very cute, very pretty and they weren't scared at all. …
Our Friends from Frolix 8 by Philip K. Dick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Our Friends From Frolix 8 is a pretty good story, although far from perfect. Surprisingly, it's a fairly linear sci fi story from Dick, without his alternate worlds and universes he wrote so much about. And this was published in …
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So my Pittsburgh Penguins cemented their monumental meltdown last night by losing to the New York Rangers 2-1, thereby losing the series 4-3. A week ago, they were up 3-1 and poised to go on to the conference finals once again, but they just lost it and scored only three goals in their final three …
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Hogfather by Terry Pratchett My rating: 3 of 5 stars Call me stupid, but this was one of the more confusing books I've ever read -- and I really like Pratchett. His humor is definitely on show in this book, which is good, but I never got what was happening in the book's plot. It …
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The Tangle Box by Terry Brooks My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Tangle Box was a very enjoyable book to read. The fourth in the Landover series, I have read the first one several times, but this is the only other one I've gotten to. Fortunately, it can stand on its own merits, so …
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Tales from the Pittsburgh Penguins Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Penguins Stories Ever Told by Joe Starkey My rating: 5 of 5 stars As a longtime Pittsburgh Penguins fan, this was an awesome book to read! And I think it would be interesting for any hockey fan. However, if you're not into hockey, …
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