{"id":17715,"date":"2021-09-06T08:13:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T12:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=17715"},"modified":"2021-12-29T20:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T01:01:23","slug":"carpe-jugulum-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/17715","title":{"rendered":"Carpe Jugulum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carpe Jugulum<\/a><\/em> (1998) Terry Pratchett<\/a> (Discworld)<\/p>\n

\"Carpe<\/a>Verence and Magrat have invited everyone to the naming ceremony of their daughter.<\/p>\n

In Lancre, you named children at midnight, so that they started a day with a new name.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, everyone means a priest of Om.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t like me as soon as they\u2019ve met me,\u201d said Oats. <\/p>\n

\u201cI suppose that saves time,\u201d said Agnes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As well as vampires from Uberwald.<\/p>\n

In Ghat they believe in vampire watermelons, although folklore is silent about what <\/em>they believe about vampire watermelons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even worse…Granny doesn’t show up, so Nanny and Agnes have to deal with the vampires on their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cEr . . . I feel perhaps there is little that I\u2019d be able to do,\u201d Oats said. <\/p>\n

\u201cOh, it\u2019d be too dangerous to take you,\u201d said Nanny, dismissively. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut of course my prayers will go with you.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s nice.\u201d Nanny sniffed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhat mob?\u201d said Magrat. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll organize one,\u201d said Nanny. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t organize a mob, Nanny,\u201d said Agnes. \u201cA mob is something that happens spontaneously.\u201d <\/p>\n

Nanny Ogg\u2019s eyes gleamed. \u201cThere\u2019s seventy-nine Oggs in these parts,\u201d she said. \u201cSpontaneous it is, then.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is something about a Discworld book.<\/p>\n

“(S)in, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That\u2019s what sin is.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I miss Terry Pratchett.<\/p>\n

Publisher: HarperCollins
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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