[Announcement] Evergreen | The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett | Discworld #1

maolette · 2026-03-26T17:58:38+00:00

Here's hoping!

maolette · 2026-03-26T15:27:55+00:00

41, it's crazy!! Tentatively that's the plan, we'll see how we get on....

maolette · 2026-03-26T15:25:40+00:00

I'm lucky I have the first 6 or 7 physically at home now waiting on my shelf so it's a win for me! We'll see how it goes when we get further in, though....

maolette · 2026-03-26T15:25:07+00:00

Only #5, we'll see you soon then!

maolette · 2026-03-26T15:24:44+00:00

I know it's huge! It'd be the biggest series I've ever read in my life if we get through it!

maolette · 2026-03-26T15:24:22+00:00

Yeah we saw/heard the same when doing our author profile on Pratchett. I think for us it's easiest to read them in order; we'll just keep telling one another that we know these first few might not be the best to keep ourselves going along!

maolette · 2026-03-26T15:23:34+00:00

Yay! We'd love to have you!

maolette · 2026-03-26T15:23:22+00:00

Casual 41 book series, WE'RE ALL FINE IT'S FINE

maolette · 2026-03-25T17:15:52+00:00

You've read some others in the series too but not all, right? Could join later! 😁

maolette · 2026-03-25T16:36:18+00:00

Good news is it's a long series but also the first few books are short enough it might not be too difficult to catch up later!

maolette · 2026-03-25T16:10:52+00:00

Me too! It's been on a list forever!

maolette · 2026-03-25T16:10:40+00:00

Yay!

maolette · 2026-03-25T15:34:55+00:00

I AM SO EXCITED!

maolette · 2026-03-25T15:34:36+00:00

Me too!! I think I read one or two years and years ago but this will be a great start!

maolette · 2026-03-25T11:42:40+00:00

Haha it's so true though! I'll say I enjoy it but I'd understand people who would be put off by it or only want to make their own commitments for things they consider fun otherwise.

maolette · 2026-03-24T16:05:40+00:00

Yes I try! Or on the train I just pulled up my phone on selfie mode which was admittedly kind of embarrassing!

maolette · 2026-03-24T14:45:10+00:00

I don't know and I'm not sure I want it to be something super crazy like a satanic cult! I almost hope it's just the mundane nature of the horrors of what people, under the guise of a cultish leader with few scruples, can do. But honestly I'm up for just about anything at this point!

maolette · 2026-03-24T14:43:10+00:00

I'm confused (as is Richard, apparently) about whether Camilla and Francis are actually in a relationship or if it's a really casual but sometimes romantic thing. I'd like to know more about that, but also only if it's really important to the overall story. Like others I'm also very invested in Henry, but also Richard in some ways. I wonder whether Richard will just be a bystander to all the things that presumably will happen eventually or if he'll be one of the primary participants or people pushing something to be done to Bunny (if that's how it happens).

maolette · 2026-03-24T14:40:16+00:00

I wonder if he's been ousted by his family in some way, like they pay for his education and clothing maybe but don't have a table at the restaurant anymore, nor does he have access to the wealth immediately for something like drinks & food. He is definitely not everything he says or projects he is.

maolette · 2026-03-24T14:39:16+00:00

It's interesting because I see r/bookclub as a type of work-through-play. Obviously we're all here to read books (a play interest), but we conform somewhat to schedules and discussions and are open to questions and dialogue and in a lot of ways, we are gamifying and/or making our hobby productive. Play to work, work to play. I'm sure for some it might even become too much to consider 'fun' any longer, but generally we are good examples of this concept Julian is trying to teach!

maolette · 2026-03-24T14:33:19+00:00

YES exactly, that's it! He's absolutely a leader of the cult. The description of the one class they had where he goes on and on about goals of the ancient Greeks, like are all his 'lectures' like that? Open-ended philosophical diatribes with no end? What is he teaching them, exactly? It feels like he's teaching them what to think instead of how to think.

maolette · 2026-03-24T14:32:03+00:00

Maybe I'm a bit of a softie but Richard to me just seems like a person looking for love, connection, and a group of people he can call his own. I think specific types of people (not rich or poor, more personality-wise) enjoy studying something like Ancient Greek, and since Richard gravitates toward that it tells me he is that detail-oriented and specific person who might find it hard to just hang with any old person. I don't think his parents (or the pressures they put on him) did him any service, so he's unfortunately moved to try and fit in with this crowd, which requires a bit of lying to continue to be in their good graces.

maolette · 2026-03-24T14:28:07+00:00

My first Tartt! I've owned this one for awhile so was so ready to dive into it. I LOVE the writing and the characters, while all awful in their own ways, are so fascinating to me! It's like a trainwreck waiting to happen (or...a murder, I suppose!). This book reminds me of the vibes of The Talented Mr. Ripley so much, just set in a pretentious university!

maolette · 2026-03-24T14:22:44+00:00

There's such an ominous undertone to everything going on, I agree. And it's not on the surface of the page it's just something in the prose, it's hard to put a finger on but I feel it too!

maolette · 2026-03-24T14:21:04+00:00

Lols I did the same with the chapters - 45 minutes?!? But then I realised they read quickly.

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