{"id":2156,"date":"2010-12-22T21:10:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T02:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:45:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:45:58","slug":"wintersmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2156","title":{"rendered":"Wintersmith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wintersmith<\/a><\/em> (2006) Terry Pratchett<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Oddly, I thought I’d read Wee Free Men<\/em>, but apparently I hadn’t.<\/p>\n

I tend to be quite fond of young adult books, and Terry Pratchett is no exception; not that his adult books would be unacceptable for young adults, it’s simply Tiffany Aching is a Teenager.<\/p>\n

Tiffany is sent to learn from Miss Treason–sort of a witch apprenticeship. Unfortunately, she unable to restrain herself when Miss Treason takes her to see a Morris dance that’s out of season, and Tiffany attracts the attention of the Wintersmith, and not even Granny Wetherwax and Nanny Ogg can solve her problems for her.
\nRating:8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Harper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wintersmith (2006) Terry Pratchett Oddly, I thought I’d read Wee Free Men, but apparently I hadn’t. I tend to be quite fond of young adult books, and Terry Pratchett is no exception; not that his adult books would be unacceptable for young adults, it’s simply Tiffany Aching is a Teenager. Tiffany is sent to learn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,2,291,20],"tags":[142,141],"class_list":["post-2156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-fantasy","category-paper","category-young-adult","tag-discworld","tag-terry-pratchett"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-yM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2682,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2682","url_meta":{"origin":2156,"position":0},"title":"I Shall Wear Midnight","author":"Michelle","date":"December 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I Shall Wear Midnight (2010) Terry Pratchett Tiffany Aching is now officially a witch, and is doing her best to be a good witch, and perhaps even counteract some of the stereotypes. 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