#4

I'm not a big fan of long series' of books. Rather, I tend to go on an author trail where once I read one book that's on the good-to-fantastic scale, I will try quite a few of the authors books until I get distracted or run out. With Terry Pratchett, the latter is almost impossible to do as there seems to be a never-ending stream of Discworld adventures that, more or less, stand alone (although for Discworld novices, I highly recommend the Color of Magic as a starting point).
    I'm a solid Pratchett fan. Captain Vimes is my hero, I want to visit Death in his ever-so-cool-and-completely-useless home, Granny Weathersmith cracks me up, the Wizard university has more than one character that reminds me of my academic days and I'd rather go to The Mended Drum for a drink than any swanky cocktail bar I've ever seen. Having said that, I was not that enthralled with Soul Music. Chock full of cliches that weren't amusing and full of very forgettable characters. The only character that I enjoyed was Susan, the frumpy, no-nonsense, unlikely-named granddaughter of Death who temporarily takes over his role while he has an existential crisis. To my happiness, the next book I started featured her as well.

Harbour Centre. Good view for reading!