Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett

There’s nothing I like better than to become engrossed in a good fantasy book, and the one of the very best sets of these fantasy books is the Discworld series. I remember the day I stood in the library looking for something new to read, when the cover of one of these books caught my eye, I picked the book up and started reading the first few pages (as you do) and found myself so engrossed that I found myself a seat and spent the next couple of hours finishing the story. That book was Equal Rites and now I’m going to share why this book still holds a special place in my heart…. Before I start telling you about this actual book, perhaps I should set the scene a ...  Read the complete review

Eskarina Smith received an unusual gift at her birth, the staff of an old, dying wizard. He was under the impression she was the eighth son of an eighth son. She may have the right equipment to be a wizard now, but she hasn’t got the equipment to be a son. Esk grows up in Bad Ass, in the Ramtop mountains of the Discworld. Granny Weatherwax , the local witch, hides the staff from her, until one day when the wizard magic fills her and even Granny Weatherwax cannot deny it any longer. Everybody knows that women cannot be wizards, stands to reason doesn’t it? Women are witches; concerned with herbs and births and the complexities of Headology. Wizards ...  Read the complete review

The Discworld can be a funny old place but when all is said and done but it has an awful lot in common with our own world. It may be true that the Discworld has a huge natural supply of magic and, to the best of my knowledge, Earth is not flat, disc shaped or supported on the backs of four giant elephants who, in turn, stand on the back of a space turtle, but I'm talking more about the day to day lives of it?s inhabitants. Yes, many of them may be wizards, witches, adventurers and thieves but I'm referring to their emotions, values and beliefs and the trouble they often lead to. And it's nine year old Eskarina, or Esk for short, who is going to ...  Read the complete review

I started reading Terry Pratchett's 'Equal Rites' as a break from my college study books at night time before bed. I don't know what made me pick it up really off the bookshelf, I think it was the hocus pocus cover, lol!? The cover says this book cost £5.99 but our copy is old so I think it would be more now... Equal Rites is the third book in a series called Discworld by the author which talks about a world which is flat like a dish and carried along on the back of a gigantic turtle called A'Tuin. A'Tuin is 10,000miles wide and then there are four elephants on top of him who carry around the large wheel of ...  Read the complete review

Eskarina Smith was supposed to be the eight son of an eighth son. This would have made her a wizard. Unfortunately, due to her father's stubbornness and considerable confusion at her birth she still received the wizard’s staff of power. Does that make her a wizard? Well, we all know women can't be wizards don't we? The third novel in the Discworld series this serves an introduction to witches and wizards and reads somewhat like a "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" tale. Centring on Eskarina's attempts to decide whether she wants to be witch or wizard and whether she will be allowed to be either, and her journey from Bad Ass to Unseen ...  Read the complete review