{"id":16032,"date":"2021-05-31T20:28:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T00:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=16032"},"modified":"2021-12-29T20:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T01:01:23","slug":"wyrd-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/16032","title":{"rendered":"Wyrd Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wyrd Sisters<\/a><\/em> (1988) Terry Pratchett<\/a> (Discworld)<\/p>\n

\"Wyrd<\/a><\/p>\n

witches don\u2019t go in much for the structured approach to career progression.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cNo one would come up here this time of night.\u201d <\/p>\n

Magrat peered around timidly. Here and there on the moor were huge standing stones, their origins lost in time, which were said to lead mobile and private lives of their own. She shivered. \u201cWhat\u2019s to be afraid of?\u201d she managed. <\/p>\n

\u201cUs,\u201d said Granny Weatherwax, smugly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201c\u2019 Tis not right, a woman going into such places by herself.\u201d <\/p>\n

Granny nodded. She thoroughly approved of such sentiments so long as there was, of course, no suggestion that they applied to her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMeat is extremely bad for the digestive system,\u201d said Magrat. \u201cIf you could see inside your colon you\u2019d be horrified.\u201d \u201cI think I would,\u201d muttered Hwel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher : HarperCollins
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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