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Book of the Month February 2018 My dad spent ages trying to get me to read Terry Pratchett, and I'm really glad he finally managed it. Guards! Guards!  has become one of my particular favourites so far, and it was absolutely hilarious. There's a lot to love- the inept City Watch, the rather unique dragons, and the hopeless villains. Here are my highlights! Obviously, watch out for spoilers. Favourite character : Carrot Ironfoundersson. I can only think of a few characters I like, in anything, who insist on sticking to the rules, but part of Carrot's charm is that he is unaware of how much of an irritant he is. That makes him funny, and true, he's a huge part of the comedy of the book. But he's my favourite character of this book because his cluelessness makes him utterly endearing, at least to me. And his enthusiasm is never dented no matter what happens to him. The world needs more people like Carrot. Best quote : "Killed by a metaphor....

Book of the Month January 2018 Despite the frustrating end to this book, I have to say it was the most entertaining book I read in January. It was very refreshing to be so engaged with a book after quite a few I struggled to enjoy. So here are a few of my favourite parts of it! Watch out for spoilers in this post. Favourite character: Devi. After the ruthlessness and violence of the moneylender was so skillfully built up, I was fully expecting it to be a man- that seemed to suit the tone of the city. So Kvothe's discovery of Devi was a very welcome surprise. I loved the scenes where she and Kvothe bargain, and her character was the most intriguing in the whole story. Best quote: Chronicler:  "It's not really my place to comment on the story. If you say you saw a dragon..."   After a lot of dramatic storytelling on Kvothe's part, he tells the scribe to deny that the creature he has just described is a dragon. The scribe refuses, and Kvothe has t...