Pyramids, by Terry Pratchett

Summary: Teppic comes from a land where the kings are buried in pyramids (remind you of anywhere?), and he finds himself king after the death of his father. With the prompting of the high priest Dios, he has commissioned the biggest pyramid ever built. And that's when things start getting really interesting...

Comments: I find it rather amusing that the name of the country seems to be pronounced as "jelly baby". And of course there's some number of random amusing comments throughout the book. What can I say, it's Pratchett? (Although for once I did manage to come up with a plot synopsis.)

Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett

Summary: It's a Discworld book (translation: a reasonable length summary is not possible). It centers around the god Om and his one real believer, Brutha, and the head exquisitor, Vorbis.

Comments: Staying up until 4 am trying to finish a book after having gotten 2 hours of sleep the night (okay, and a 2 1/2 hour midday nap)before isn't conducive to caring about it. Just saying. I think in spite of that, it still wasn't as good as some of his other books. Not that it was bad or anything, just noticably less good. Ah well, it's not possible for everything to be perfect. And if that were the case, we likely wouldn't notice because we wouldn't know what it is for things to be not perfect.

Forever in Blue, by Ann Brashares

Summary: One more installment in the adventures of four friends muddling thru their lives together and apart.

Comments: I liked the happily ever after. I wasn't as interested in the romance at times. But I found myself caring about the characters and hoping things would turn out right for them somehow. Pure fluff, but enoyable fluff.

Sour Puss, by Rita Mae Brown

Summary: Mystery. Animals investigating. The usual for the series. Oh, and random comments about grape-growing.

Comments: Woo, I figured out whodunnit! I think I'm too busy wondering if I have time to post to bother thinking of anything to say. Altho I doubt I have much else to say. It seems I rarely do.

Interesting Times, by Terry Pratchett

Summary: The failed wizard Rincewind once again manages to save to world, or at least cause people to live happily every after, in his attempts to save his own skin.

Comments: Well, that was amusing. I don't know what else to say. Other than that it was awfully convenient how everything came together.

Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett

Summary: A new weapon is on the loose in Ankh-Morpork and Vimes and Carrot want to stop it.

Comments: Woot, random amusing comments and plot twists, and the usual amusing characterizations/descriptions. And yet different from the other books he's written. Different from the books everyone else has written, for that matter. And very amusing in places. Did I mention that?

Firstborn, by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke

Summary: The conclusion of the Time Odyssey. They discover a Q-Bomb (some kind of strange weapon capable of ... I'm not entirely sure what, but I think it involves more dimensions of the universe than we understand and it's capable of destroying life on Earth) headed towards the Earth and they have to find a way to prevent the dreadful impact.

Comments: The camera's and whoever's suitcase remind me so much of the Luggage from Discworld. Only difference is, the former are man-made and the latter magic.

They totally set it up for another story, but I'm not too sure where it would end up. Too bad this is billed as the conclusion of the story, so this hypotheical next book isn't likely to happen.

Overall, I enjoyed it. The technology involved is amazing, and to think that much of it is theoretically possible given enough time/knowledge. Amazing!