Books Read: 2007

[yendi]

90. Making Money, by Terry Prachett. Awesome. I'd thought it was a bit soon to revisit Moist (since he was the lead just two books ago, not counting the YA Tiffany books), but this book works brilliantly. From the Patrician solving sudoku in his head in under twenty seconds to the final, brilliant fate of the book's villain, there's not a wrong moment in this book. We even get, for the first time in ages, actual chapters! Plotwise, this is Terry's take on banking, economics, the gold standard, and other fun topics, with digressions into Golem rights (we also witness a female golem for the first time), ancient history (had the civilization of Um been mentioned before in the Discworld books? The very idea of it had me giggling), and those rich folk who leave untold millions to their dogs. We also get yet another Igor, the real name of C.M.O.T. Dibbler, some nice cameos by assorted Guards, and lots of laughs. Highest recommendation.

Comments

[yendi]

The Tiffany ones do need to be read in order (the first YA book, The Amazing Maurice, is on its own). They don't impact the "regular" continuity, even with the appearance of Granny and Nanny.