Yes my fellow bookworms I have ‘ummed’ and ‘ahhed’ about this one long enough and have decided I should give it a go. The Sir Terry Pratchett Reading Challenge is hosted by Hannah on her lovely blog Once Upon A Time, and here is how Hannah describes her challenge:
The Sir Terry Pratchett Reading Challenge
‘I have been thinking about this challenge for a few months now and it seems that this is the perfect time to get it out there. You see, I need to read more Pratchett. I adore the man, I adore Discworld, yet everytime it comes up in conversation, “I’ve only read as far as Guards, Guards and I can’t even remember what happened, I definitely need to read more.” So I have been dutifully collecting Pratchett books when I’ve spotted them in the charity shop in the hopes that I’ll finally live up to that. But I haven’t. Thus the Pratchett reading challenge 2012 is born.
Any format, any book, so long as it’s Pratchett. Re-reads are also perfectly acceptable! Books need to be started and finished between January 1st 2012 and December 31st 2012. You can set your own goals, whether you want to read 5 books or go for the whole Discworld series, that is entirely up to you. Be realistic or go crazy, there are no penalties if you don’t meet your goal, in fact the only real goal is to read some Pratchett.’
Both my nan and dad are huge fans of Pratchett’s work, and what I have read I have also loved but I do feel I haven’t read enough. Just like Hannah herself if asked what I’ve read all I can name is The Colour Magic, The Light Fantastic, and Wyrd Sisters all of which if I’m honest I don’t remember a lot about as it was so long ago. Last year I did read the joint effort of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens, that reminded that I really do need to read more Pratchett (I’m afraid I could take or leave Gaiman to be honest).
As I am allowed to set my own goals, my goal is simple and that is to read one Pratchett book which is:
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The Last Hero
Why only one do I hear you shout? Because shock horror I already own this book, it is right now sitting on my book shelf…but not on the tbr shelf, no instead it is languishing in with my other long-forgotten large hardback books! So I would be happy this year if I managed to get around to reading it. However if I get that done relatively quickly than here is the list of books I could get my hands on if I go pilfering my nan and dad’s bookcases too:
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Carpe Jugulum
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Equal Rites
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Pyramids
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The Colour of Magic (re-read)
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The Light Fantastic (re-read)
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Unseen Academicals
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Wintersmith
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Wyrd Sisters (re-read)
I think this could be a really interesting reading challenge. Are any of you taking part? What other challenges have you signed up for?
Enjoy The Last Hero! It’s a fun one
Then again it’s pretty hard to go wrong with Sir Terry 
I’m glad to hear this should be a good read, but then again you’re probably right, can you really go that wrong with Sir Terry?!
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I’m definitely in for the challenge! I began reading his latest release Snuff a few weeks ago and am so keen to keep reading! It’s great so far! I’ve read about 90% of his books but you do tend to forget the stories after a while which is great because you get to enjoy and experience them all over again! I started reading them at 15 and am now 34 and just can’t get enough! Challenge on!
Wow 90% that is really impressive, and so glad to hear that his work make great re-reads as I was planning to re-read The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic because as you said I can’t really remember much of the detail anymore!
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