I am the Genghis Kahn of bookstores!

Aug 07, 2008 15:13

Last Saturday, in an effort to reintegrate myself in normal society, I drove two and a half hours to Kansas City to spend one hour wandering around in the heat with some of ex-neighbors (who live in the same town as us). In hindsight, perhaps this would have gone more smoothly if we'd scheduled it for a day when the sidewalk wasn't melting, but I ( Read more... )

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elanid August 7 2008, 20:05:00 UTC
But what did you get??

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epic_socks August 7 2008, 20:54:45 UTC
Four Discworld books, two of Tim Zahn's standalone books, and one YA novel--The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. Plus one book of Discworld art. DEATH's awesome, I must say.

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elanid August 8 2008, 16:00:12 UTC
Death is KICKASS -- which ones did you get? And let me know how you like The Disreputable History etc -- I thought it had some serious flaws, but all the reviews I've seen loved it. Weird!

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epic_socks August 8 2008, 20:04:30 UTC
I'll just give you the list of all the Discworld books I've got:
The Colour of Magic; Mort; Sourcery; Witches Abroad; Small Gods; Lords and Ladies; Men at Arms; Maskerade; Hogfather; Thief of Time; Monstrous Regiment; Going Postal; The Colour of Magic/The Light Fantastic Graphic Novel.
I thought the Disreputable History was pretty good. It wasn't brilliant, but it wasn't bad. What didn't you like about it? Mostly I was just miscontent with the way the story progressed.

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